The Yukon Liberal Party () is a political party in the territory of Yukon, Canada. The party is not organizationally linked to the federal Liberal Party of Canada in any official manner.

History After twenty years as a minor party, the Yukon Liberal Party won the 2000 general election and formed a government under Premier Pat Duncan. The government, however, was reduced to minority government status. Duncan called a snap election for November 2002 in the hope of regaining her government's majority. The party was almost completely wiped out, however, by the Yukon Party. Duncan won the Liberals' sole seat in the Yukon Party's landslide.

The Liberal Party remained in opposition until the 2016 general election where the party went from third place in the legislature to majority government with its leader, Sandy Silver, becoming Premier.

Following the 2021 Yukon general election, on April 28, the NDP announced that they had entered into a formal confidence and supply agreement with the Liberals.

Only one sitting Liberal MLA sought re-election in the 2025 Yukon general election, an election where the party was almost completely wiped out.

Electoral performances Legislative Assembly Election Leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Status 1978 Iain MacKay 2,201 26.0 2 2nd 1982 Ron Veale 1,564 15.0 2 3rd 1985 Roger Coles 806 7.6 2 3rd 1989 Jim McLachlan 1,303 11.1 2 3rd 1992 Paul Thériault 2,098 16.1 1 4th 1996 Ken Taylor 3,486 24.1 2 3rd 2000 Pat Duncan 6,092 42.7 7 1st 2002 4,056 29.0 7 3rd 2006 Arthur Mitchell 4,704 34.7 4 2nd 2011 3,979 25.2 3 3rd 2016 Sandy Silver 7,404 39.4 10 1st 2021 6,132 32.4 3 1st 2025 Mike Pemberton 1,914 10.2 7 3rd

Leaders Iain MacKay 1978–1981 Ron Veale 1981–1984 Roger Coles 1984–1986 Jim McLachlan 1986–1989 Paul Thériault 1989–1992 Jack Cable 1992–1995 Ken Taylor 1995–1997 Jack Cable 1997–1998 Pat Duncan 1998–2005 Arthur Mitchell 2005–2011 Darius Elias 2011–2012 Sandy Silver 2012–2023 Ranj Pillai 2023–2025 Mike Pemberton 2025–2026 Debra-Leigh Reti 2026–present

See also List of political parties in Canada List of premiers of Yukon List of Yukon Leaders of Opposition

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External links Yukon Liberal Party Yukon Liberal Caucus Yukon Federal Liberal Association Riding Constitution of Yukon Liberal Party (PDF)