Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Piers McDonald

♂ Piers McDonald
aliasPiers McDonald
Record
41049 · 7101

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 83%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Yukon 5 1 6
Birth 4 August 1955
Age 68 years + 8 months
First mandate 7 June 1982 → 41 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 26 years + 10 months
 
Mandate ended 24 years + 14 days ago (16 April 2000)
Special notes
None
 
Piers McDonald (1955– ) 200x186
© Photo c.1982 Legislative Assembly, Yukon — Fair trade
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Yukon 17 10 5 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. YT 28
NDP
 1 Party leader 39–44 01 May 1995 — 27 Apr 2000 4 11 26
2. YT 28
NDP
 1 Opposition Leader 40–41 28 Sep 1995 — 29 Sep 1996 1 0 1
3. YT 29
NDP
 1 Premier 41–44 30 Sep 1996 — 16 Apr 2000 3 6 17

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 6  
3 documented challengers
⊖ John Edzerza  m 
⊖ Wayne Jim  m 
 		 ⊖ Peter (Swede) Hanson  m 
 
Eligible: 551 Votes: 440 Participation: 79.85% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
25		 Yukon
7 June 1982
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 27142(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:43 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
26
NDP
 1/3 230 52.51% +57 Loser:
PC
 173 39.50% Peter (Swede) Hanson

Service: 2 years 11 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 531 Votes: 453 Participation: 85.31% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
26		 Yukon
13 May 1985
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Minority
ID: 27158(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
29
NDP
 1/3 251 55.53% +68 Loser:
PC
 183 40.49% Ken Cooper

Service: 3 years 9 months 6 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 421 Votes: 337 Participation: 80.05% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
27		 Yukon
20 February 1989
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 27176(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
33
NDP
 1/3 210 62.31% +117 Loser:
PC
 93 27.60% Mike McGinnis

Service: 3 years 7 months 28 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,301 Votes: 733 Participation: 56.34% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
28		 Yukon
19 October 1992
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  YP  Minority
ID: 27187(F) — 28 Feb 2022 10:46 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
37
NDP
 1/3 313 42.94% +23 Loser:
YP
 290 39.78% Scott Howell

Service: 3 years 11 months 10 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 1,320 Votes: 900 Participation: 68.18% Candidacies: 4
Territorial
29		 Yukon
30 September 1996
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  NDP  Majority
ID: 27212(F) — 21 Jul 2021 13:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
41
NDP
 1/4 441 49.27% +190 Loser:
YP
 251 28.04% Scott Howell

Service: 3 years 6 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 1,390 Votes: 991 Participation: 71.29% Candidacies: 3
Territorial
30		 Yukon
17 April 2000
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 27231(F) — 28 Feb 2022 12:55 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent → (Party leader)
Age
44
NDP
 2/3 338 34.53% -38 Winner:
LIB
 376 38.41% Wayne Jim

Online biographical references (3)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Piers McDonald		 03 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Piers McDonald		 03 Jan 2024
EN Yukon Legislature Speaks
Piers McDonald		 03 Jan 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Jan 2024 20:37 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.