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Yukon Green Party _{Parti vert du Yukon}
Active territorial party

Leader	Kristina Calhoun
Founded	28 February 2011 (2011-02-28)^[1]
Headquarters	Whitehorse, Yukon
Membership	50^[2]
Ideology	Green
Colours	Green
Seats in Legislature	0 / 19
Website
www.yukongreenparty.ca
Politics of Yukon Political parties Elections

The Yukon Green Party is a territorial green political party in Yukon, Canada. It was inspired by the Green Party of Canada. Its leader is Kristina Calhoun, a stay-at-home mother, who has lived in Yukon since 2006.^[2]^[3]^[4] The party began at a meeting in November 2010, and was registered in February 2011.^[5]

Electoral record[edit]

General election	# of candidates	# of elected candidates	# of ridings	# of votes	% of popular vote	% of popular vote in contested ridings
2011	2	0	19	104	0.66	5.81

References[edit]

^ 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 Thompson, John (12 August 2011). "Green shoots grow slow". Yukon News. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
^ Kerry, Josh (11 March 2011). "Green Party sprouts two heads". Whitehorse, Yukon: Yukon News. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
^ Unrau, Jason (10 March 2011). "Greens enter crowded election field". Whitehorse, Yukon: Whitehorse Star. Archived from the original on 18 May 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
^ "Short History". Yukon Green Party. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.

External links[edit]

Official website

Green Parties in Canada

Overview

Federal	Green Party of Canada

Provincial & territorial	Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon

Current provincial & territorial leaders	Beddome Calhoun Coon Bevan-Baker Keeping Lau Schreiner Tyrrell Weaver

Municipal	Vancouver Winnipeg

Former parties	Alberta Nova Scotia

See also	Office-holding politicians Current party leaders

Green Party of Canada

Leaders	Hancock Trieger Cholette Lea Priesnitz Garfinkle (interim) Russow Bradshaw (interim) Harris May

Deputy leaders	Hyer

Current MPs	May

Former MPs	Wilson Hyer

Leadership elections	2003 2004 2006

Parliamentary election candidates	1988 1993 1997 2000 2004 2006 2008 2011 2015

See also	History Young Greens of Canada

Green Party of Alberta

Leaders	Ashmore Keeping

Contested elections	2012

Green Party of British Columbia

Leaders	Carr Parker Hetherington Carr Sterk Olsen Weaver

Current MLAs	Weaver

Green Party of Manitoba

Leaders	Beddome Basham Nelson Buchart Nelson Basham Beddome

Green Party of New Brunswick

Leaders	Milligan (interim) Millett (interim) MacDougall Doucet (interim) Coon

Current MLAs	Coon

Green Party of Nova Scotia

Leaders	Wright McGowan Durkee Watson Percy Nheiley (Interim)

Contested elections	2006

Green Party of Ontario

Leaders	Mathewson De Jong Schreiner

Deputy leaders	Smith Torrie O'Donnell Van Veldhuysen Daye Nguyen

Leadership elections	1993 2001 2009

Contested elections	1990 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011

Green Party of Prince Edward Island

Leaders	Labchuk Lanthier (interim) Bevan-Baker

Leadership elections	2012

Current MLAs	Bevan-Baker

Green Party of Quebec

Leaders	Blanchette Ouimet Grant Ferland Laridhi Savignac McKay Rainville Sabourin Tyrrell

Green Party of Saskatchewan

Leaders	Webster Anderson Lau Kern Finley Jones Shasko Lau

Yukon Green Party

Leaders	Calhoun

v t e Territorial political parties in Yukon

Represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly	Yukon Party (12) New Democratic (6) Liberal (1)

Other parties recognized by Elections Yukon	Green First Nations

Historical parties represented in the legislature	Independent Alliance Progressive Conservative

Portal:Politics List of political parties Politics of Canada

v t e Politics of Yukon

Premier	Darrell Pasloski Former premiers

Opposition Leader	Liz Hanson Former Opposition Leaders

Legislature	Current assembly Cabinet

Political parties	First Nations Greens Liberals New Democrats Yukon Party

Elections	2011 election Past elections Yukon electoral districts

Other Canadian politics	Federal BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PEI NL YU NT NU

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