Yukon Green Party

Yukon Green Party

Parti vert du Yukon
Yukon Green Party Parti vert du Yukon
Deregistered territorial party
Leader	vacant
Founded	28 February 2011
Dissolved	24 March 2021 (deregistered)
Headquarters	Whitehorse, Yukon
Ideology	Green politics
Colours	Green
Seats in Legislature	0 / 19
Website
	www.yukongreenparty.ca
	Politics of Yukon; Political parties; Elections;

The Yukon Green Party (French: Parti vert du Yukon) was a territorial green political party in Yukon, Canada. It was inspired by the Green Party of Canada.^[3]

Its first leader was Kristina Calhoun, a stay-at-home mother, who has lived in Yukon since 2006.^[4]^[5]^[6] The party began at a meeting in November 2010, and was registered in February 2011.^[1]^[7]

Frank de Jong led the party as its interim leader in the 2016 general election. Its platform in that election included electoral reform, legalizing marijuana, ending public funding for Catholic schools, and introducing a carbon tax in Yukon that would be offset by monthly refund payments to Yukoners.^[8]^[3]^[9]

Frank de Jong has since moved out of Yukon. The party wanted to elect a new leader at a future annual general meeting, but ultimately failed to do so.^[3]

The party did not run any candidates in the 2021 Yukon general election, and as a result was deregisted by Elections Yukon on March 24, 2021.^[10]^[11]^[2]

Platform

The party was in favour of:

Defunding Catholic schools^[12]
Banning wet tailings dams^[13]
Proportional representation^[13]
Yukon-wide public transit^[13]

Electoral record

General election	Leader	# of candidates	# of elected candidates	# of votes	% of popular vote
2011	Kristina Calhoun	2 / 19	0 / 19	104	0.66%
2016	Frank De Jong	5 / 19	0 / 19	145	0.8%

Party leaders

Kristina Calhoun, 2011–2016^[4]^[5]
Frank de Jong, 2016–2019^[14]

References

^ ^a ^b Sander-Green, Nadine (9 August 2011). "Greens are a party of balance, candidate says". Whitehorse Daily Star. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b Harvey, H. Maxwell (10 May 2022). "Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections Yukon. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Cohen, Sidney (31 August 2016). "Yukon Greens run record number of candidates". Whitehorse Daily Star. Whitehorse, Yukon. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b Thompson, John (12 August 2011). "Green shoots grow slow". Yukon News. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b Kerry, Josh (11 March 2011). "Green Party sprouts two heads". Whitehorse, Yukon: Yukon News. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
^ Unrau, Jason (10 March 2011). "Greens enter crowded election field". Whitehorse Star. Whitehorse, Yukon. Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
^ Forrest, Maura (2 September 2016). "De Jong takes over Green Party leadership as candidates step forward". Whitehorse, Yukon: Yukon News. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
^ "Yukon's Green Party feels the sting of strategic voting". Yukon News. 10 August 2016.
^ "Address root causes of crime, and legalize pot says Yukon Green Party". CBC. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ "Why Yukon's Green Party faded to black this election". CBC News. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ Ritchie, Haley (25 March 2021). "Greens won't run candidates in 2021 election". Yukon News. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
^ Forrest, Maura (10 August 2016). "Yukon's Green Party feels the sting of strategic voting". Whitehorse, Yukon: Yukon News. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rifkind, Lewis (26 October 2016). "Yukon Greens got some good ideas". Rabble. Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
^ Rudyk, Mike (2 November 2016). "Yukon's Greens hope to boost the youth vote". CBC. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2017.