The Yukon Liberal Party raked in triple the revenue of both the Yukon Party and the Yukon NDP in 2019, according to an Elections Yukon report.

By Gabrielle Plonka on July 15, 2020

The Yukon Liberal Party raked in triple the revenue of both the Yukon Party and the Yukon NDP in 2019, according to an Elections Yukon report.

The revenue report was released Tuesday by Maxwell Harvey, the chief electoral officer.

Access to no strings attached funding is critical to support outreach to the electorate to outline goals and policies, Harvey said in a press release.

Political financing regulation and disclosure requirements are designed to make political financing fair and transparent.

The total revenue for all four Yukon parties in 2019 was $257,740.

The Yukon Liberal Partys revenue for 2019 was $156,000.

The Yukon Partys revenue was $55,676, while the Yukon NDPs revenue was $44,543.

The Yukon Green Partys revenue was $1,520.

The Yukon Liberal Party saw 90 contributions total $49,415, with $22,195 in monetary donations. In-kind donations totalled $27,220.

Other revenue totalled $106,585. The partys president could not be reached for comment before press time to elaborate on this revenue.

In 2018, the Liberal party reported a total revenue of $51,020.

According to Elections Yukon, other revenue constitutes fundraising proceeds; donations received at meetings and rallies; membership fees; event registration fees; loans; or investment income.

According to Dave Wilkie, the assistant chief electoral officer, political parties are not required to itemize other revenue totals.

Other jurisdictions have more robust or tighter rules as far as requiring more information, but here other revenue is very non-specific, Wilkie said.

About $6,000 of monetary contributions was donated by eight of the 11 Liberal members of the legislative assembly.

Ranj Pillai, Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources, and Paolo Gallina, the MLA for Porter Creek Centre, were the largest donors contributing $1,500 and $1,000 respectively.

There are five donations under the name of Mostyn for $400 each.

The donors are Richard Mostyn, the minister of Highways and Public Works, Richard T. Mostyn, Shona Mostyn, Liam Mostyn and Peter Mostyn.

Ted Adel and Don Hutton are the only two Liberal members of the assembly not listed as party donors. Neither man is a member of the cabinet.

Larry Bagnell, the Yukons Liberal MP, donated $400 to the party.

Other major contributors were Nuway Crushing, a civil engineering company, the TD Bank and Susan Walton. Those three donors gave $1,000 each.

The Yukon Partys revenue of $55,676 saw 142 contributions totalling $42,711, with $32,211 in monetary donations. In-kind donations totalled $10,500.

Other revenue totalled $12,965.

Four of the Yukon Partys six elected members donated a total of about $4,500.

Stacey Hassard, who was the Yukon Partys interim party leader from late 2016 up until Currie Dixons election to the role in May, donated $1,798 to the party and was the largest individual donor. Dixon contributed $900.

Brad Cathers and Geraldine Van Bibber are the only two Yukon Party members not directly listed as donors.

The Yukon Party saw more donations from businesses than the Liberals in 2019.

All In Exploration, Big Bear Donair, CAP Management Services, Kluane Drilling Ltd., Nickel Creek Platinum, Pelly Construction Ltd., Pembridge Resources and the TD Bank all made donations.

The largest corporate donors were the TD Bank and Pembridge Resources, which contributed $1,000 each.

The Yukon NDP had the highest number of donors, with 208 contributions totalling $42,742.

In-kind donations added up to $1,446 and other revenue totalled $1,802.

The party did not receive any corporate donations in 2019.

The NDPs two elected members, leader Kate White and Liz Hanson, donated $1,250 and $1,100 respectively.

Skeeter Wright, a previous NDP candidate, was the largest donor, contributing $1,840.

The two other donors contributing more than $1,000 were Max Fraser, a local filmmaker, and Lesley McCullough, acting deputy Justice minister from 2016 to 2019.

Fraser and McCullough donated $1,275 and $1,100 respectively.

Karen Barnes, the recently-retired Yukon University president, contributed $600.

The Yukon Green Party, which doesnt currently have any elected members in the legislativeaAssembly, reported three contributions in 2019 totalling $1,500.

Mike Ivens, the Green Party president, donated $1,300.

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