The 1996 Whitehorse West territorial by-election took place on February 5, 1996. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the district's incumbent MLA Tony Penikett on September 27, 1995.
NDP candidate David Sloan won the by-election.
Background The previous MLA for Whitehorse West, Tony Penikett, resigned on September 27, 1995 to accept a position as a policy advisor in the office of Saskatchewan Premier Roy Romanow."Penikett gets Regina post". Vancouver Sun, September 27, 1995.
Results
| NDP | Dave Sloan | align="right"| 433 | align="right"| 42.3% | align="right"| -3.3%
|Liberal | Larry Bagnell | align="right"| 326 | align="right"| 31.9% | align="right"| +14.8%
|- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 1023 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| –
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