Copperbelt North

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Copperbelt North
Flag of Yukon.svg Yukon electoral district
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Boundaries of Copperbelt North in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Currie Dixon
Yukon Party
District created2009
First contested 2016
Last contested 2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)2,120
Census subdivision(s)Copper Ridge, Lobird

Copperbelt North is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. The riding was created in 2009 following the amalgamation of part of the district of Whitehorse West and the former district of Copperbelt. It includes much of the Whitehorse subdivision of Copper Ridge, as well as the Lobird mobile home park.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Copperbelt and Whitehorse West
33rd  2011–2016   Currie Dixon Yukon Party
34th  2016–2021   Ted Adel Liberal
35th  2021–Present   Currie Dixon Yukon Party

Election results

2021

2021 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Currie Dixon 71751.91+9.8
Liberal Ted Adel 34625.05-20.0
New Democratic Saba Javed31823.02+10.2
Total valid votes 1,381
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Yukon Party gain Swing -13.43
Source(s)
"Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016

2016 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Ted Adel 56645.1%+10.8%
Yukon Party Pat McInroy52942.1%-1.7%
  NDP André Bourcier16112.8%-0.6%
Total1256100.0%

2011

Copperbelt North [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Currie Dixon 52047.8%
  Liberal Arthur Mitchell 40737.4%
  NDP Skeeter Miller-Wright15914.6%
Total1088100.0%

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