Yukon Progressive Conservative Party Explained

Yukon Progressive Conservative Party
Native Name:Parti progressiste-conservateur du Yukon
Subheader:Former territorial party
Successor:Yukon Party
Ideology:Conservatism
Position:Centre–right
Colours:Blue
Blank1 Title:Fiscal policy
Blank2 Title:Social policy
Seats1 Title:Seats in the House of Commons
Seats2 Title:Seats in the Senate
Seats3 Title:Seats in Legislature
Country:Canada
State:Yukon
Parties Dab1:List of political parties in Yukon
Elections Dab1:List of Yukon general elections

The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party (French: Parti progressiste-conservateur du Yukon) was a conservative political party in Yukon, Canada. It was succeeded by the Yukon Party.

History

The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was founded in April 1978. Long time Yukon legislator Hilda Watson was elected the party's first leader defeating Yukon MP Erik Nielsen by one vote.[1] Watson had been a member of the territorial Legislative Council since 1970, and became the first woman in Canadian history to lead a political party into a general election. However, she was unable to win a seat in the 1978 election, and consequently resigned. Chris Pearson became leader of the party as well as the government.

The Progressive Conservatives were defeated in the 1985 election by the Yukon New Democratic Party (NDP) led by Tony Penikett. With Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservative federal government's increasing unpopularity, the Yukon Progressive Conservatives decided to sever their relations with the federal Conservatives, and renamed themselves the "Yukon Party" prior to the 1992 election.

Election results

ElectionLeader%Seats+/–PositionGovernment
1978Hilda Watson37.1 11 1st
1982Chris Pearson46.9 1 1st
1985Willard Phelps46.9 4 2nd
1989Willard Phelps46.9 1 2nd

Leaders

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Vision for Economic Diversification.