About Us

New Democrats across Canada and in the Yukon work to protect the most vulnerable members of our society.

MLAs Todd Hardy and Steve Cardiff represent the NDP in the territorial legislature, working closely with Party Leader Elizabeth Hanson. The NDP caucus most recently has initiated the territory-wide ban on smoking in public places and businesses, one of many progressive actions over the years.

The Yukon New Democratic Party has a long history of activism and social change in the territory. We are proud of the legacy of our first MLAs (Fred Berger, Stu McCall and Eleanor Millard), the successful territorial governments led by Tony Penikett (1985-1993) and Piers McDonald (1996-2000), and MPs Audrey McLaughlin and Louise Hardy.

An NDP government established the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board, the first co-management board established in Canada. And it was an NDP government that brought in a Human Rights Act made us the first western Canadian jurisdiction to ban discrimination on the basis of age, criminal record or sexual orientation.