Yukon Legislative Assembly

The Yukon Legislative Assembly is the legislative assembly for Yukon, Canada. It has 19 elected members. It is presided over by the Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. There are five political parties in the territory. Three parties are represented in the legislature. The Yukon Liberal Party has a majority of the seats.

Yukon Legislative Assembly Assemblée législative du Yukon
35th Yukon Legislative Assembly[1]
Type
Type	Unicameral house of the Legislature of Yukon
Leadership
Commissioner	Angélique Bernard since March 12, 2018
Speaker	Jeremy Harper, Liberal since May 11, 2021
Premier	Sandy Silver, Liberal since December 3, 2016
Leader of the Opposition	Currie Dixon, Yukon since April 12, 2021
Structure
Seats	19
Political groups	Government   Liberal (8) Confidence and supply   New Democratic (3) Official Opposition   Yukon (8)
Elections
Last election	April 12, 2021
Next election	TBD
Meeting place
Legislative Building Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Website
legassembly.gov.yk.ca

The assembly was created in 1977 by the Yukon Elections Act. Members to the assembly were first elected in a general election in 1978. The Legislative Assembly is the only legislature of Canada's territories that has political parties. The legislature for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut follow a consensus government without political parties.