Yukon (electoral district)

Yukon

Yukon electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Ryan Leef Conservative
District created	1952
First contested	1953
Last contested	2011
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2011)	33,897
Electors (2011)	23,357
Area (km²)	474,712.64
Pop. density (per km²)	0.07
Census divisions	Yukon
Census subdivisions	Whitehorse, Dawson City, Watson Lake, Haines Junction

Yukon is the only federal electoral district in Yukon Territory, Canada. It has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1902 to 1949 and since 1953.

The City of Whitehorse comprises an overwhelmingly large portion of the electorate and thus elections are fought on a comparatively small area.

Demographics

Population, 2005	31,227
Electors	21,196
Area (km²)	482,443 km²
Population density (people per km²)	0.06/km²

Geography

The district includes all of the Yukon Territory.

History

The electoral district was created in 1901 with the obligation that the Yukon send a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons by January 1, 1903. James Hamilton Ross, the Yukon's third Commissioner, was elected on December 2, 1902.

The riding was abolished in 1947, and the riding of Yukon—Mackenzie River was created including a portion of the Northwest Territories. In 1952, Yukon-Mackenzie River was abolished, and the riding of Yukon was recreated.

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
9th	1902–1904		James Hamilton Ross	Liberal
10th	1904–1908		Alfred Thompson	Conservative
11th	1908–1911		Frederick Tennyson Congdon	Liberal
12th	1911–1917		Alfred Thompson	Conservative
13th	1917–1921			Unionist
14th	1921–1925		George Black	Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		Martha Black	Independent Conservative
19th	1940–1945		George Black	National Government
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
Yukon—Mackenzie River from 1949 to 1953
22nd	1953–1957		James Aubrey Simmons	Liberal
23rd	1957
	1957–1958		Erik Nielsen	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1987
	1987–1988		Audrey McLaughlin	New Democratic
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000		Louise Hardy	New Democratic
37th	2000–2004		Larry Bagnell	Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–present		Ryan Leef	Conservative

Current Member of Parliament

Yukon's current Member of Parliament is Ryan Leef. He was first elected in the 2011 election as the candidate of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Election results

Yukon (1953–present)

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ryan Leef	5,422	33.77	+1.11	$78,970
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	5,290	32.95	-12.85	$79,778
	Green	John Streicker	3,037	18.91	+6.08	$42,746
	New Democratic	Kevin Barr	2,308	14.37	+5.67	$28,631
Total valid votes/Expense limit			16,057	100.00	$230,125
Total rejected ballots			67	0.42	–
Turnout			16,124	68.11	–
Eligible voters			23,673	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	6,715	45.80	-3.26	$56,745
	Conservative	Darrell Pasloski	4,788	32.66	+9.12	$68,782
	Green	John Streicker	1,881	12.83	+9.00	$14,609
	New Democratic	Ken Bolton	1,276	8.70	-14.85	$13,004
Total valid votes/Expense limit			14,660	100.00	$82,727
	Liberal hold		Swing	-6.19

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	6,847	48.52	+2.84	$42,606
	New Democratic	Pam Boyde	3,366	23.85	-1.82	$35,493
	Conservative	Susan Greetham	3,341	23.67	+2.78	$17,992
	Green	Philippe LeBlond	559	3.96	-0.59	$20
Total valid votes/Expense limit			14,113	100.00	$76,176
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.33

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	5,724	45.68	+13.21	$43,323
	New Democratic	Pam Boyde	3,216	25.67	-6.27	$42,221
	Conservative	James Hartle	2,618	20.89	-14.27	$19,750
	Green	Philippe LeBlond	571	4.55	–	$1,463
	Marijuana	Sean Davey	299	2.38	–
	Christian Heritage	Geoffrey Capp	100	0.79	+0.39
Total valid votes			12,528	100.00
Total rejected ballots			50	0.40
Turnout			12,578	61.82
	Liberal hold		Swing	+9.74

Conservative change is from a combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes.

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	4,293	32.47	+10.52	$48,252
	New Democratic	Louise Hardy	4,223	31.94	+3.01	$65,576
	Alliance	Jim Kenyon	3,659	27.67	+2.42	$31,121
	Progressive Conservative	Don Cox	991	7.49	-6.45	$6,316
	Independent	Geoffrey Capp*	53	0.40	-0.58	$1,044
Total valid votes			13,219	100.00
Total rejected ballots			53	0.40
Turnout			13,272	63.50
	Liberal gain from New Democratic Party		Swing	+3.8

*Capp was a Christian Heritage Party candidate, but the party lacked registered status.

Canadian federal election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Louise Hardy	4,002	28.93	–	$52,148
	Reform	Ken Gabb	3,493	25.25	–	$18,143
	Liberal	Shirley Adamson	3,036	21.95	–	$43,661
	Progressive Conservative	Ken McKinnon	1,928	13.94	–	$24,269
	Independent	Don Branigan	1,234	8.92	–	$8,160
	Christian Heritage	Geoffrey Capp	136	0.98	–	$1,267
Total valid votes			13,829	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86	0.62
Turnout			13,915	69.81

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Audrey McLaughlin	6,252	43.34
	Liberal	Don Branigan	3,359	23.29
	Progressive Conservative	Al Kapty	2,566	17.79
	Reform	A.B. Short Thompkins	1,891	13.11
	National	Robert L. Olson	296	2.05
	Christian Heritage	Geoffrey Capp	61	0.42
Total valid votes			14,425	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	New Democratic	Audrey McLaughlin	6,594	51.42
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Friday	4,524	35.28
	Liberal	Joe Jack	1,450	11.31
	Christian Heritage	Jacob de Raadt	255	1.99
Total valid votes			13,823	100.00

By-election on July 20, 1987
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Audrey McLaughlin	3,273	35.20
	Liberal	Don Branigan	3,014	32.42
	Progressive Conservative	David Leverton	2,536	27.28
	Independent	Fred Marshall	474	5.10
Total valid votes			9,297	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	6,648	56.80
	Liberal	Ron Veale	2,535	21.66
	New Democratic	Sibyl A. Frei	1,884	16.10
	Libertarian	Keith Dye	511	4.37
	Rhinoceros	Douglas R. Gibb	126	1.08
Total valid votes			11,704	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	3,926	47.06
	Liberal	Ione J. Christensen	3,825	39.56
	New Democratic	Jim McCullough	1,918	19.84
Total valid votes			9,669	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1979
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	4,538	40.59
	Liberal	Allen R. Lueck	4,065	36.36
	New Democratic	Joe Jack	2,578	23.06
Total valid votes			11,181	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	3,913	47.06
	Liberal	Paul S. White	2,784	33.48
	New Democratic	Tony Penikett	1,618	19.46
Total valid votes			8,315	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1972
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	4,332	53.04
	Liberal	Donald William Branigan	2,633	32.24
	New Democratic	William Harvey Kent	951	11.64
	Independent	Rainer Giannelia	252	3.09
Total valid votes			8,168	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1968
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	3,110	47.97
	Liberal	Chris Findlay	3,048	47.02
	New Democratic	Robert A. McLaren	325	5.01
Total valid votes			8,168	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1965
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	3,136	55.19
	Liberal	Ray McKamey	2,546	44.81
Total valid votes			5,682	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1963
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	2,969	49.62
	Liberal	Victor Wylie	2,455	41.03
	Social Credit	Ray Wilson	560	9.36
Total valid votes			5,984	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1962
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	3,250	44.95
	Liberal	Victor Wylie	2,664	45.05
Total valid votes			5,914	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1958
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	2,947	54.48
	Liberal	James Aubrey Simmons	2,340	43.26
	Independent_Conservative	John Victor Watt	122	2.26
Total valid votes			5,409	100.00

By-election on October 23, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	2,365	51.39
	Liberal	James Aubrey Simmons	2,237	48.61
Total valid votes			4,602	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1957
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	James Aubrey Simmons	2,422	50.67
	Progressive Conservative	Eric Nielsen	2,358	49.33
Total valid votes			5,409	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1953
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	James Aubrey Simmons	2,176	57.81
	Social Credit	Richard Gordon Lee	998	26.51
	Progressive Conservative	George Black	590	15.67
Total valid votes			5,409	100.00

Yukon—Mackenzie River (1949 election only)

Main article: Yukon—Mackenzie River

Canadian federal election, 1949
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	James Aubrey Simmons	3,284
	Independent	Arthur Massey Berry	2,283
	Co-operative Commonwealth	James Elwyn Stephens	1,140

Yukon (1902–1947)

Canadian federal election, 1945
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Progressive Conservative	George Black	849	40.05
	Labor-Progressive	Tom McEwen	687	32.41
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Clive Hunter Cunningham	584	27.255
Total valid votes			2,061	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1940
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	National Government	George Black	915	53.57
	Liberal	Charles Reid	793	46.43
Total valid votes			1,708	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1935
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Independent Conservative	Martha Louise Black	696	55.64
	Liberal	John Patrick Smith	555	44.6
Total valid votes			1,251	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1930
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	George Black	846	60.3
	Liberal	William Edward Thompson	557	39.7
Total valid votes			1,380	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1926
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	George Black	823	60.3
	Liberal	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	648	39.7
Total valid votes			1,471	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1925
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	George Black	742	59.36
	Liberal	Robert Lowe	508	40.64
Total valid votes			1,250	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1921
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	George Black	707	51.12
	Liberal	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	658	47.58
	Independent	George Pitts	18	1.3
Total valid votes			100.00

Canadian federal election, 1917
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Government (Unionist)	Alfred Thompson	959	54.27
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	808	45.73
Total valid votes			1,767	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	Alfred Thompson	1,285	60.79
	Liberal	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	829	39.21
Total valid votes			1,767	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1908
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	992	40.24
	Unknown	George Black	726	29.45
	Unknown	Robert Lowe	482	19.55
	Conservative	Joseph Andrew Clarke	265	10.75
Total valid votes			2,465	100.00

Canadian federal election, 1904
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Conservative	Alfred Thompson	2,113	58.56
	Liberal	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	1,495	41.44
Total valid votes			3,608	100.00

By-election on December 2, 1902
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James H. Ross	2,971	58.83
	Conservative	Joseph Andrew Clarke	2,079	41.17
Total valid votes			5,050	100.00

See also

• List of Canadian federal electoral districts
• Past Canadian electoral districts

References

• "(Code 60001) Census Profile". 2011 census. Statistics Canada. 2012. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=FED&Code1=60001&Geo2=PR&Code2=60&Data=Count&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1902–1947)
• Library of Parliament Riding Profile (1952-preesent)
• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada