Porter Creek South

Porter Creek South

Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Porter Creek South in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ranj Pillai Liberal
First contested	1992
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Electors (2016)	877
Census subdivision(s)	Porter Creek

Porter Creek South is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It comprises part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek and is the smallest riding in Whitehorse. It is bordered by the ridings of Porter Creek Centre, Porter Creek North, and Takhini-Kopper King.

The riding is currently held by Liberal MLA Ranj Pillai, Deputy Premier of the Yukon, who was elected on November 7, 2016, when the Yukon Liberal Party was elected to a majority government.

Porter Creek South is also the former seat of Pat Duncan, 6th Premier of the Yukon, who served from 2000 to 2002. It was the only seat won by the Yukon Liberal Party in the 2002 territorial election when the Duncan's Liberal government was defeated.

It is considered a Liberal stronghold.

MLAs

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
32nd	1992-1996		Alan Nordling	Independent
33rd	1996-2000		Pat Duncan	Liberal
34th	2000-2002
35th	2002-2006
36th	2006-2011		Don Inverarity
36th	2011–2016		Mike Nixon	Yukon Party
37th	2016–present		Ranj Pillai	Liberal

Election history

2016 general election

2016 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ranj Pillai	337	46.6%	+6.0%
	Yukon Party	Mike Nixon	285	39.4%	-3.5%
	NDP	Shirley Chua-Tan	102	14.1%	-2.4%
Total			724	100.0%	–

2011 general election

2011 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Mike Nixon	257	42.9%	+0.3%
	Liberal	Don Inverarity	243	40.6%	-2.8%
	NDP	John Carney	99	16.5%	+2.6%
Total			599	100.0%	–

2006 general election

2006 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Inverarity	304	43.4%	-8.3%
	Yukon Party	Dean Hassard	298	42.6%	+4.5%
	NDP	Samson Hartland	97	13.9%	+3.8%
Total			700	100.0%	–

2002 general election

2002 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	408	51.7%	-12.5%
	Yukon Party	Lynn Ogden	301	38.1%	+13.3%
	NDP	Paul Warner	80	10.1%	-0.7%
Total			789	100.0%	–

2000 general election

2000 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	607	64.2%	+21.3%
	Yukon Party	Larry Carlyle	235	24.8%	-14.3%
	NDP	Mark Dupuis	103	10.8%	-7.0%
Total			945	100.0%	–

1996 general election

1996 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	435	42.9%	+15.0%
	Yukon Party	Alan Nordling	397	39.1%	+39.1%
	NDP	Mark Dupuis	181	17.8%	-7.8%
Total			1013	100.0%	–

1992 general election

1992 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Nordling	435	46.5%	–
	Liberal	Shayne Fairman	261	27.9%	–
	NDP	Brian McLaughlin	240	25.6%	–
Total			936	100.0%	–