Porter Creek Centre
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (June 2011) |
 Yukon electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Porter Creek Centre in relation to other electoral districts in Whitehorse | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Yukon Party | ||
| First contested | 2002 | ||
| Last contested | 2011 | ||
Porter Creek Centre is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada.[1]
MLAs
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2002–2006 | Archie Lang | Yukon Party | |
| 2006 | 2006–2011 | |||
| 2011 | 2011–present | David Laxton | Yukon Party | |
Election results
2002 general election
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Archie Lang | 399 | 51.6% | – | Liberal | Scott Kent | 312 | 40.3% | ||
| NDP | Judi Johnny | 63 | 8.1% | |||||||
| Total | 774 | 100.0% | ||||||||
2006 general election
Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Archie Lang | 344 | 47.3% | -4.3% | Liberal | David Laxton | 224 | 30.8% | -9.5% | |
| NDP | Kate White | 159 | 21.9% | +13.8% | ||||||
| Total | 727 | 100.0% | ||||||||
2011 general election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | David Laxton | 298 | – | – | Liberal | Kerry Huff[3] | 245 | NDP | Jean-François Des Lauriers | 230 | |||||
| Total | 773 | ||||||||||||||
References
- ^ a b Yukon Votes 2006 District Profiles, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2006, retrieved 25 September 2010
- ^ McElheran, Graeme (6 October 2006). "NDP and Libs hope to tilt Porter Creek left". Yukon News. Whitehorse. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
- ^ "Kerry Huff Acclaimed as Porter Creek Centre Candidate". Yukon Liberal Party. October 28, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2011.