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Porter Creek North is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon,Canada. It contains part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek,as well as the subdivisions of Crestview and Kulan. It is bordered by the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek Centre,Porter Creek South,Takhini-Kopper King,and Riverdale North,as well as the rural ridings of Lake Laberge and Kluane.
Kluane is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is named after Kluane National Park,which is within the riding. It is one of the Yukon's eight rural districts.
Archibald Donald Lang was a Canadian politician,who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011.
Don Inverarity is a Canadian politician,who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2006 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Liberal Party.
The Yukon Territorial Council was a political body in the Canadian territory of Yukon,prior to the creation of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Although not a full legislature,the council acted as an advisory body to the Commissioner of Yukon,and had the power to pass non-binding motions of legislation which would be forwarded to the commissioner for consideration.
Alan Ronald Nordling is a former Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse Porter Creek West from 1986 to 1992 and Porter Creek South from 1992 to 1996,in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. He was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.
Kate White is a Canadian politician,who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. She represents the Whitehorse electoral district of Takhini-Kopper King as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party caucus.
Doug Graham is a Canadian politician,who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. He represented the electoral district of Porter Creek North as a member of the Yukon Party caucus until his defeat in the 2016 election.
David Laxton is a Canadian politician who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. He served as the 10th Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly and represented the electoral district of Porter Creek Centre on behalf of the Yukon Party until his resignation from caucus in mid-2016.
Scott Kent is a Canadian politician,who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2000,2011 and 2016 Yukon elections. He currently represents the Whitehorse electoral district of Copperbelt South as a member of the Yukon Party caucus.
Mike Nixon is a Canadian politician,who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. He represented the electoral district of Porter Creek South as a member of the Yukon Party caucus until 2016.
Ranj Pillai is a Canadian politician,who has been the tenth premier of Yukon since January 14,2023 and leader of the Yukon Liberal Party since January 9,2023. He represents the electoral district of Porter Creek South in the Legislative Assembly of Yukon,to which he was first elected in the 2016 election.
Ogilvie was a territorial electoral district in the Canadian territory of Yukon,which was represented on the Yukon Territorial Council from 1974 to 1978. The district comprised part of Dawson City,extending northerly to the Ogilvie Mountains region,while the southerly part of Dawson City was in the separate district of Klondike. The idea of splitting Dawson City in this manner was controversial,however,due to a perceived risk that if both Ogilvie and Klondike elected councillors who lived in their districts' other,smaller communities,Dawson City itself would have been left effectively unrepresented on the council despite being the most important community in both districts;in the 1974 Yukon general election,however,Dawson City residents won both districts,with Eleanor Millard winning in Ogilvie while Fred Berger carried Klondike.
Whitehorse Riverdale was a territorial electoral district in the Canadian territory of Yukon,which was represented on the Yukon Territorial Council from 1974 to 1978. The district consisted primarily of the Riverdale area in the capital city of Whitehorse.
Whitehorse Porter Creek was a territorial electoral district in the Canadian territory of Yukon,which was represented on the Yukon Territorial Council from 1974 to 1978. The district consisted primarily of the Porter Creek area in the capital city of Whitehorse.
Pelly River was a territorial electoral district in the Canadian territory of Yukon,which was represented on the Yukon Territorial Council from 1974 to 1978. The district consisted primarily of town of Faro,as well as much of the rural northeast quadrant of Yukon.
Peter (Swede) Hanson was a Canadian politician,who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Yukon from 1978 to 1982. He represented the electoral district of Mayo as a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party,and served in the Executive Council of Yukon as minister of consumer and corporate affairs,tourism,economic development and renewable resources in the government of Chris Pearson.
Edward Geoffrey Lattin was a Canadian politician,who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse North Centre in the Legislative Assembly of Yukon from 1978 to 1982 as a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.
Robert Fleming was a Canadian politician,who served on the Yukon Territorial Council from 1974 to 1978 and in the Legislative Assembly of Yukon from 1978 to 1982.
Howard Tracey is a former Canadian politician,who represented the electoral district of Tatchun as a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.
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- ↑ "The Hon. Daniel Lang, Senator". Parliament of Canada. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
- ↑ "Senators - Detailed Information". Parliament of Canada. Archived from the original on February 5, 2009.
- ↑ "60 pct. voter turnout elects Yukon council". Vancouver Sun , November 20, 1974.
- ↑ "Yukon Senator Daniel Lang retiring from the upper chamber". CBC News. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
