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	2021
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 an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. It is an amalgamation of the former ridings of Mount Lorne and Copperbelt. It is bordered by the ridings of Riverdale South, Copperbelt North, Takhini-Kopper King, and Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes.

The district comprises the rural-residential subdivisions of southern Whitehorse, Yukon: Mary Lake; Cowley Creek; Wolf Creek; Pineridge; Golden Horn; Mount Sima; MacRae; and Whitehorse Copper.

The district was first contested in the 2011 election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

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.