Commissioner of Yukon with the confidence of the Yukon Legislature
Term length
At His Majesty's pleasure contingent on the premier's ability to command confidence in the legislative assembly
Formation
1978
First holder
Chris Pearson
Deputy
Deputy premier of Yukon
Website
Office of the Premier
The premier of Yukon is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian territory of Yukon. The post is the territory's head of government, although its powers are considerably more limited than that of a provincial premier. The office was established in 1978 when most authority was devolved from the appointed commissioner to the leader of the party that had the confidence of the Yukon Legislative Assembly; for the year immediately prior to this, that leader was one of the members serving with the commissioner's Executive Committee (a Cabinet).
From the first conventional legislative elections in 1978 to 1989, the term "government leader" was used. Tony Penikett chose to change the title to premier for his 1989 to 1992 term amid some controversy. His successor, John Ostashek, returned to using government leader, as did Ostashek's successor Piers McDonald. McDonald's successor Pat Duncan made the decision to use the title premier upon taking office in 2000 and the title has since remained unchanged.
The current premier of Yukon is Ranj Pillai, leader of the Yukon Liberal Party. Pillai was formally sworn in as premier on January 14, 2023, leading a minority government.
federal government. Yukon has had nine premiers since 1978, of which five were from the Yukon Party and its predecessor the Yukon Progressive Conservative...
Yukon (formerly called the Yukon Territory and referred to as the Yukon) is the smallest and westernmost of Canada's three territories. It is the third-least...
tenth premierofYukon since January 14, 2023 and leader of the Yukon Liberal Party since January 9, 2023. He represents the electoral district of Porter...
1978 Yukon general election. Italicized text indicates a member of cabinet. Bold text indicates a party leader. Both indicates the PremierofYukon List...
challenger, Daniel Lang, dropped out of the race. The Yukon Party won the 1992 election, and Ostashek became PremierofYukon. He won only a minority government...
Canadian politician from Yukon. Duncan served as leader of the Yukon Liberal Party from 1998 to 2005 and as the sixth premierofYukon from 2000 until 2002...
mediator and negotiator and former politician in Yukon, Canada, who served as the third premierofYukon from 1985 to 1992. Born in Sussex, England, on...
of the Canadian territory ofYukon. It is chosen by the Premier from the elected members of the governing party in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. The...
Whitehorse (French pronunciation: [wajtɔʁs]) is the capital ofYukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located...
The Yukon Liberal Party (French: Parti libéral du Yukon) is a political party in the territory ofYukon, Canada. The party is not organizationally linked...
Canadian politician, who served as the ninth premierofYukon from 2016 to 2023. He was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election...
commissioner ofYukon (French: Commissaire du Yukon) is the representative of the Government of Canada in the Canadian federal territory ofYukon. The commissioner...
Members of the Canadian Royal Family The PremierofYukon (Ranj Pillai) The Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly (Jeremy Harper) The Justices of the...
LS and LT are retained but the LTZ is renamed Premier, the latter serving as the equivalent to the Yukon XL Denali. The LS trims also saw the badged "LS"...
earlier by order of the Commissioner ofYukon due to a motion of no confidence in the current minority government or on the advice of the premier. On September...
on S-10 models. The name Yukon refers to the Yukon territory of northern Canada. For the 1995 model year, the Tahoe and Yukon gained a new, longer four-door...
philosopher Ryland Moranz, musician Chris Pearson, first PremierofYukon Tara-Jean Popowich, winner of So You Think You Can Dance Canada (Season 2) Jamie Pushor...
1941) is a former Yukon politician, who briefly served as the second premierofYukon in 1985. Born in 1941, he was the grandson of Willard "Deacon" Phelps...
30, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He was the seventh premierofYukon and leader of the Yukon Party, serving from 2002 to 2011, as well as the MLA for...
The Yukon New Democratic Party (NDP; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique du Yukon) is a social democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada...
14 years as federal leader of the NDP. At the party's leadership convention in 1989, former BC Premier Dave Barrett and Yukon MP Audrey McLaughlin were...
[citation needed] 1936 – June 10, 2007) was a Yukon politician. An entrepreneur, he was elected leader of the Yukon Party in June 1992 and led it to victory...
Canada in 1880, adding to the size of the North-West Territories. In 1898 the Yukon Territory, later renamed "Yukon" in 2003, was carved from the area...
is a long-time MLA, Cabinet minister, and the fifth premierofYukon. He was leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party from 1995 to 2000. Post-politics...
deputy premierofYukon since 2023. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly ofYukon in the 2016 election. She represents the electoral district of Mountainview...
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