Yukon Green Party Explained
| Yukon Green Party |
| Native Name: | Parti vert du Yukon |
| Native Name Lang: | fr |
| Leader: | vacant |
| Foundation: | 28 February 2011[1] |
| Dissolved: | 24 March 2021 (deregistered)[2] |
| Headquarters: | Whitehorse, Yukon |
| Ideology: | Green politics |
| Colours: | Green |
| 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 Green Party (fr|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.[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] [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.
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
- Yukon-wide public transit
Electoral record
| General election | Leader | - of candidates
| - of elected candidates
| - of votes
| % of popular vote |
|---|
| Kristina Calhoun | | | 104 | 0.66% |
|---|
| Frank De Jong | | | 145 | 0.8% | |
|---|
Party leaders
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Sander-Green. Nadine. Greens are a party of balance, candidate says. Whitehorse Daily Star. 3 September 2011. 9 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120325160357/http://www.whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/greens-are-a-party-of-balance-candidate-says/. live. 25 March 2012.
- Web site: Harvey . H. Maxwell . Report of the Chief Electoral Officer . . 10 May 2022 . 25 March 2024.
- Web site: Yukon Greens run record number of candidates. Cohen. Sidney. 31 August 2016. Whitehorse Daily Star. en. 1 September 2016. Whitehorse, Yukon. https://web.archive.org/web/20170207023322/http://www.whitehorsestar.com/News/yukon-greens-run-record-number-of-candidates. live. 7 February 2017.
- Web site: Thompson. John. Green shoots grow slow. Yukon News. 3 September 2011. 12 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120326175305/http://www.yukon-news.com/news/24280/. dead. 26 March 2012.
- Web site: Green Party sprouts two heads. Kerry. Josh. 11 March 2011. Yukon News. 18 May 2011. Whitehorse, Yukon. 2 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002202406/http://www.yukon-news.com/news/22187/.
- Web site: Greens enter crowded election field. Unrau. Jason. 10 March 2011. Whitehorse Star. 18 May 2011. Whitehorse, Yukon. https://web.archive.org/web/20110316060151/http://whitehorsestar.com/archive/story/greens-enter-crowded-election-field/. live. 16 March 2011.
- Web site: De Jong takes over Green Party leadership as candidates step forward. Forrest. Maura. 2 September 2016. Yukon News. en. 13 January 2017. Whitehorse, Yukon. 16 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170116163857/http://www.yukon-news.com/news/de-jong-takes-over-green-party-leadership-as-candidates-step-forward/.
- Web site: Yukon's Green Party feels the sting of strategic voting. 10 August 2016. Yukon News.
- Web site: Address root causes of crime, and legalize pot says Yukon Green Party. CBC. 2 January 2017. 1 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170101003134/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/address-root-causes-crime-legalize-000813796.html.
- News: 25 March 2021 . Why Yukon's Green Party faded to black this election . . 31 March 2021.
- News: Haley . Ritchie . 25 March 2021 . Greens won't run candidates in 2021 election . . 31 March 2021.
- Web site: Yukon's Green Party feels the sting of strategic voting. Forrest. Maura. 10 August 2016. Yukon News. en. 4 January 2017. Whitehorse, Yukon. https://web.archive.org/web/20170101001232/http://www.yukon-news.com/news/yukons-green-party-feels-the-sting-of-strategic-voting/. live. 1 January 2017.
- Web site: Yukon Greens got some good ideas. Rifkind. Lewis. 26 October 2016. Rabble. en. 4 January 2017. 5 January 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170105085257/http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/lewis-rifkind/2016/10/yukon-greens-got-some-good-ideas.
- Web site: Yukon's Greens hope to boost the youth vote. Rudyk. Mike. 2 November 2016. CBC. en. 13 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170116151309/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-green-party-territorial-election-young-voters-1.3832123. live. 16 January 2017.
