Copperbelt South

Copperbelt South

Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Copperbelt South in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Scott Kent Yukon Party
District created	2009
First contested	2011
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Electors (2021)	1,723
Census subdivision(s)	Mary Lake, Cowley Creek, Wolf Creek, Whitehorse Copper, Mount Sima, MacRae, Pineridge, Golden Horn

Copperbelt South is a territorial electoral district of Yukon that has been represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 2011.

Geography

The riding is an amalgamation of the former ridings of Copperbelt and Mount Lorne. It is bordered by the districts of Riverdale South, Copperbelt North, Porter Creek South, and Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn.

Copperbelt South includes the subdivisions of Lobird, McLean Lake, Ear Lake Road, Canyon Crescent, Mount Sima, MacRae, Wolf Creek, Fox Haven, Pineridge, Spruce Hill, Mary Lake, Cowley Creek, and Whitehorse Copper, and it extends south to Km 1405 on the Alaska Highway.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Copperbelt South Riding created from Copperbelt and Mount Lorne
33rd	2011–2016		Lois Moorcroft	New Democratic
34th	2016–2021		Scott Kent	Yukon Party
35th	2021–2025
36th	2025–Present

Election results

2025

v t e 2025 Yukon general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Scott Kent	787	66.5
	New Democratic	Robin Reid-Fraser	337	28.5
	Liberal	Derek Yap	60	5.1
Total valid votes			1,184
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2025". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2021 Yukon general election redistributed results [1]
Party		Votes	%
	Yukon Party	731	55
	Liberal	295	22
	New Democratic	295	22

2021

v t e 2021 Yukon general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Scott Kent	726	56.98	+20.1
	New Democratic	Kaori Torigai	289	22.68	-4.5%
	Liberal	Sheila Robertson	259	20.32	-14.6%
Total valid votes			1,274
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Yukon Party hold		Swing		+18.33
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016

2016 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Scott Kent	449	36.9%	-4.8%
	Liberal	Jocelyn Curteanu	425	34.9%	+18.6%
	NDP	Lois Moorcroft	331	27.2%	-14.8%
	Green	Philippe LeBlond	12	1.0%	+1.0%
Total			1,217	100.0%	–

2011

2011 Yukon general election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Lois Moorcroft	397	42.0%	–
	Yukon Party	Valerie Boxall	394	41.7%	–
	Liberal	Colleen Wirth	154	16.3%	–
Total			945	100.0%	–

See also

• List of Yukon territorial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. Hutton, Kyle (24 May 2025). "Yukon's New Electoral Boundaries". Blunt Objects. Substack . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
2. "Moorcroft confirmed Copperbelt South winner". CBC News, October 17, 2011.