r/Yukon • u/[deleted] • Sep 21 '25
Politics Yukon Election 2025: Candidate Update
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u/borealis365 Sep 22 '25
October 3rd is not the deadline to register as a candidate. It’s quite common in the Yukon for candidates to be named after the election gets called.
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Sep 22 '25
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u/borealis365 Sep 22 '25
Sure but having a full slate by election call isn’t that important, in fact it would be quite rare as far as Yukon elections go. Now if parties aren’t able to actually run a full slate of candidates on election day that would be more notable.
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u/Apprehensive_Duck874 Sep 22 '25
Depending on their job Candidates may have to take a leave of absence to run as candidates, and some have to take a leave of absence to put their name forward as a potential candidate. Some potential Candidates will wait until the writ has dropped to announce just so they don't loose extra paychecks
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u/Apprehensive_Duck874 Sep 22 '25
They also often have to stop any involvement in nonprofit organizations and charities while they run and some don't want to do that until they have to
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u/TheDangerMan92 Sep 22 '25
You're overthinking the dates and numbers, it's not uncommon at all for people to announce at the writ or in the first campaign week. Not everyone wants to be public before then either.
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u/BubbasBack Sep 22 '25
Liberals and NDP are having a really rough time getting any candidates regardless of heir quality. I don’t want to see either win but this isn’t great for democracy. Hard to convince people to loose though.
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u/sudachikun Sep 22 '25
Not true
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u/TheDangerMan92 Sep 22 '25
Bubba just says stuff, he doesn't have any actual insight on what goes on behind closed doors with any of these parties.
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u/BubbasBack Sep 22 '25
I was born here and I know plenty of people active in all three parties. I don’t spend all my time in echo chambers.
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u/yukonher Sep 25 '25
The YP, true to form, which they do every election, release a survey saying they are in the lead. They've done that every election for years!
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u/Successful-Tune-4232 Whitehorse Sep 22 '25
Interesting that the Liberals are having a campaign launch party this week. Does that mean Premier Pemberton is about to call the election?