John Ostashek Yukon Party Piers McDonald New Democratic The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the 29th Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada.

The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic New Democratic Party (NDP).

The NDP formed a new majority government of the territory with 11 seats.

The Yukon Party and the centrist Yukon Liberal Party each won three seats, although Liberal leader Ken Taylor failed to be elected.

The following MLAs had announced that they would not be running in the 1996 election: Independent New Democratic Party Yukon Party Bold indicates party leaders † - denotes a retiring incumbent MLA