Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn

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Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn
Flag of Yukon.svg Yukon electoral district
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Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn
Boundaries of Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
Territorial electoral district
Legislature Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Jen Gehmair
Yukon Party
District created2009
First contested 2011
Last contested 2025
Demographics
Electors (2021)1,618
Census subdivision(s) Carcross, Carcross 4, Macpherson-Grizzly Valley, Marsh Lake, Mt. Lorne, Tagish, Whitehorse, Unorganized, Yukon, Unorganized

Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn (formerly Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes) is a territorial electoral district of Yukon that has been represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 2011.

Contents

The riding was created in 2009 by merging most of the former districts of Mount Lorne and Southern Lakes. In accordance with the Yukon Electoral District Boundaries Act (2024), the district was split into Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn and Southern Lakes for the 2025 Yukon general election. [1] [2]

Geography

Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn includes the communities of Marsh Lake, Little Squanga, Mount Lorne, Golden Horn, the Carcross Cutoff area, Annie Lake Road, Lewes Lake, and the Robinson subdivision. The riding is part of the traditional territory of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation, the Teslin Tlingit Council, and the Kwanlin Dün First Nation.

It is bordered by the ridings of Riverdale North, Riverdale South, Copperbelt South, Porter Creek South, Southern Lakes, Kluane, and Lake Laberge. It is the smallest electoral district outside of Whitehorse.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
Riding created from Mount Lorne and Southern Lakes
33rd  2011–2016   Kevin Barr New Democratic
34th  2016–2021   John Streicker Liberal
35th  2021–2025
Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn
36th  2025–present   Jen Gehmair Yukon Party

Election results

2025

2025 Yukon general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Jen Gehmair 52057.8
New Democratic Kevin Kennedy34838.7
Liberal James Rowberry323.6
Total valid votes1,100
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source(s)
"Unofficial Election Results 2025". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.
2021 Yukon general election redistributed results [3]
PartyVotes%
  Yukon Party 36541
  Liberal 32035
  New Democratic 21624

2021

2021 Yukon general election : Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Streicker 44638.98+0.5%
Yukon Party Eric Schroff40635.48+11.3%
New Democratic Erik Pinkerton29225.52-11.8%
Total valid votes1,144
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Liberal hold Swing -4.98
Source(s)

2016

2016 Yukon general election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal John Streicker 45138.5%+27.9%
  NDP Kevin Barr 43737.3%-9.5%
Yukon Party Rob Schneider28424.2%-13.7%
Total1172100.0%

2011

2011 Yukon general election : Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Kevin Barr 48846.8%
Yukon Party Deborah Fulmer39537.9%
Liberal Ted Adel11110.6%
First Nations Party Stanley James494.7%
Total1,043100.0%
Source(s)
"Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2011 General Election" (PDF). Elections Yukon. 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2017.

See also

References

  1. "Electoral District Boundaries Act (2024) receives assent in the Yukon Legislative Assembly". Government of Yukon. 21 November 2024.
  2. "EDBC Final Report 2024" (PDF). Elections Yukon. 9 October 2024.
  3. Hutton, Kyle (24 May 2025). "Yukon's New Electoral Boundaries". Blunt Objects. Substack . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  4. Unofficial Results, Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes Elections Yukon, November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017