The Yukon Liberals Are Coming Apart at the Worst Possible Time – The Walrus

Oct. 7, 2025

When an Indigenous frontrunner lost the leadership race to a little-known furniture dealer, the party plunged into disarray

On May 12, Doris Bill stood before a small crowd to launch her campaign for the Yukon Liberal Party leadership. A former CBC journalist, three-term Kwanlin Dün First Nation chief, and residential school survivor, she made her bid at a time when Yukoners were disillusioned with the party. The Liberals, in power since 2016, have seen two premiers quit for personal reasons since the last election; the latest, Ranj Pillai, left a vacancy Bill was now vying to fill. “With me stepping in the race, people are telling me it’s rejuvenating the party,” Bill told the CBC. If successful, she would become the Yukon’s first Indigenous premier—and the first born in the territory.

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