 Yukon electoral district | |||
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| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Yukon Party | ||
| District created | 2002 | ||
| First contested | 2002 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2006) | 849 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Carcross, Tagish, Marsh Lake, Jake's Corner, Judas Creek | ||
Southern Lakes is an electoral district in rural Yukon which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon in Canada. In accordance with the Yukon Electoral District Boundaries Act (2024), it was first contested at the 2025 Yukon general election.[1][2]
Geography
The riding is part of the traditional territory of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation, the Teslin Tlingit Council, the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, and the Ta'an Kwach'an Council. It was bordered by the rural ridings of Pelly-Nisutlin, Kluane, and Lake Laberge, as well as the rural-residential riding of Mount Lorne south of Whitehorse.
History
Southern Lakes was originally created as part of the 2002 Electoral Boundaries Commission when the riding of Ross River-Southern Lakes was divided into the ridings of Southern Lakes and Pelly-Nisutlin. Southern Lakes retained the communities of Carcross and Tagish and merged with the bedroom community of Marsh Lake.
In the 2009 electoral redistribution, the riding was dissolved, combining with the Hamlet of Mount Lorne to form the new riding of Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes.[3]
In accordance with the Yukon Electoral District Boundaries Act (2024), Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes was split into Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn and Southern Lakes at the 2025 Yukon general election.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Lakes Riding created from Ross River-Southern Lakes |
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| 31st | 2002–2006 | Patrick Rouble | Yukon Party | |
| 32nd | 2006–2011 | |||
| Riding dissolved into Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes | ||||
| Riding re-created from Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes | ||||
| 36th | 2025–present | Tyler Porter | Yukon Party | |
Election results
2025
| 2025 Yukon general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Tyler Porter | 269 | 44.68 | +3.68 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tip Evans | 193 | 32.06 | –0.23 | ||||
| Liberal | Cynthia James | 127 | 21.10 | –5.62 | ||||
| Independent | Jean-Michel Harvey | 13 | 2.16 | New | ||||
| Total valid votes | 602 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 51.94 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 1,159 | |||||||
| Yukon Party hold | Swing | +1.96 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2021 Yukon general election redistributed results[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | |
| Yukon Party | 287 | 41 | |
| New Democratic | 226 | 32 | |
| Liberal | 187 | 27 | |
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Patrick Rouble | 276 | 42.4% | +2.5% | |
| NDP | Kevin Barr | 238 | 36.6% | +3.2% | |
| Liberal | Ethel Tizya | 134 | 20.6% | +2.0% | |
| Total | 651 | 100.0% | – | ||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Patrick Rouble | 227 | 39.9% | – | |
| NDP | Rachael Lewis | 190 | 33.4% | – | |
| Liberal | Manfred Janssen | 106 | 18.6% | – | |
| Independent | Warren Braunberger | 41 | 7.2% | – | |
| Total | 569 | 100.0% | – | ||
See also
References
- "Electoral District Boundaries Act (2024) receives assent in the Yukon Legislative Assembly". Government of Yukon. 21 November 2024.
- "EDBC Final Report 2024" (PDF). Elections Yukon. 9 October 2024.
- "New map of Yukon electoral districts (2009)". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
- Hutton, Kyle (24 May 2025). "Yukon's New Electoral Boundaries". Blunt Objects. Substack. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon (January 15, 2007). Retrieved November 16, 2016
- The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2002 General Election Elections Yukon (March 3, 2003). Retrieved November 16, 2016