Lake Laberge (electoral district)

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Lake Laberge
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Lake Laberge (electoral district)
Interactive map of riding boundaries
Territorial electoral district
Legislature Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Brad Cathers
Yukon Party
First contested 1992
Last contested 2025
Demographics
Electors (2021)1,719
Census subdivision(s) Ibex Valley, Lake Laberge 1, Macpherson-Grizzly Valley, Whitehorse, Whitehorse, Unorganized, Yukon, Unorganized

Lake Laberge is a territorial electoral district of Yukon that has been represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 1992.

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The district is one of the Yukon's eight rural districts and is named after the eponymous Lake Laberge, which is within its boundaries. The riding is usually considered as a Yukon Party stronghold.

Geography

Lake Laberge encompasses the Whitehorse subdivisions of MacPherson, and Hidden Valley, as well as the residents of the Takhini Hot Springs Road, Pilot Mountain, the Hamlet of Ibex Valley, and the North Klondike Highway and Lake Laberge as far as Braeburn Lodge. The riding is also part of the traditional territory of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, and the Ta'an Kwach'an Council.

As of the 2025 general election, it is bordered by the rural ridings of Mayo-Tatchun, Kluane, Southern Lakes, Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn, and Watson Lake-Ross River-Faro, as well as the Whitehorse ridings Porter Creek North and Riverdale North.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Lake Laberge
Riding created from Hootalinqua
28th  1992–1996   Mickey Fisher Yukon Party
29th  1996–1999   Doug Livingston New Democratic
 1999–2000   Pam Buckway Liberal
30th  2000–2002
31st  2002–2006   Brad Cathers Yukon Party
32nd  2006–2009
 2009–2011   Independent
33rd  2011–2016   Yukon Party
34th  2016–2021
35th  2021–2025
36th  2025–Present

Electoral results

2025

2025 Yukon general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Brad Cathers 94871.9
New Democratic Kai Miller30623.2
Liberal Tom Amson644.9
Total valid votes1,398
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Yukon Party hold Swing
Source(s)
"Unofficial Election Results 2025". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 3 October 2025.

2021

2021 Yukon general election : Lake Laberge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Brad Cathers 79962.56+15.6%
New Democratic Ian A Angus25920.28-1.7%
Liberal Tracey Jacobs21917.14-10.7%
Total valid votes1,277
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Yukon Party hold Swing -21.14
Source(s)

2016

2016 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Brad Cathers 55846.5%-5.4%
  Liberal Alan Young34228.5%+12.9%
  NDP Anne Tayler26121.8%-10.7%
Green Julie Anne Ames383.2%+3.2%
Total1199100.0%

2011

2011 Yukon general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Brad Cathers 52851.9%-5.4%
  NDP Frank Turner33032.5%+17.5%
  Liberal Mike Simon [2] 15915.6%-12.1%
Total1017100.0%

2006

2006 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Brad Cathers 45857.3%+1.2%
  Liberal John Breen22127.6%+1.5%
  NDP Nina Sutherland12015.0%-3.0%
Total799100.0%

2002

2002 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Brad Cathers 46655.9%+21.6%
  Liberal Pam Buckway 21826.1%-22.4%
  NDP Bill Commins15018.0%+0.8%
Total834100.0%

2000

2000 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Pam Buckway 51448.5%+2.6%
Yukon Party Roger Gallagher36334.3%-1.8%
  NDP Gary LeGoffe18217.2%-0.8%
Total1059100.0%

1999 by-election

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October, 1999 by-election On the resignation of Doug Livingston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Pam Buckway 45945.9%+24.2%
Yukon Party Mickey Fisher 36136.1%+7.0%
  NDP Graham McDonald18018.0%-11.4%
Total1000100.0%

1996

1996 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Doug Livingston 32829.4%+9.6%
Yukon Party Mickey Fisher 32529.1%-6.%5
  Liberal Linda Biensch24221.7%+0.1%
  Independent Mark Bain22119.8%+19.8%
Total1116100.0%

1992

1992 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Mickey Fisher 34535.6%
  Independent Chris Gladish22323.0%
  Liberal Bonnie Hurlock21021.6%
  NDP Sandra Gibbs19219.8%
Total970100.0%

See also

References

  1. John Thompson (1 August 2011). "Brad Cathers keeps crown". Yukon News.
  2. "Nomination Meeting Set for Lake Laberge". Yukon Liberal Party. 25 January 2011. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2011.