Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes

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

Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. It is one of the Yukon's eight rural ridings.

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The district was first contested in the 2011 election. It was created by merging most of the former districts of Mount Lorne and Southern Lakes. The riding includes the Yukon communities of Carcross, Tagish, Marsh Lake, and Mount Lorne as well part of the traditional territory of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation, the Teslin Tlingit Council, and the Kwanlin Dün First Nation.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
33rd  2011–2016   Kevin Barr New Democratic
34th  2016–2021   John Streicker Liberal
35th  2021–Present

Election results

2021

2021 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Streicker 44638.98+0.5%
Yukon Party Eric Schroff40635.48+11.3%
New Democratic Erik Pinkerton29225.52-11.8%
Total valid votes 1,144
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Liberal hold Swing -4.98
Source(s)
"Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016

2016 Yukon general election [1]
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
PartyCandidateVotes%
New Democratic Kevin Barr 48846.8%
Yukon Party Deborah Fulmer39537.9%
Liberal Ted Adel11110.6%
First Nations Party Stanley James494.7%
Total1,043 100.0%
Source(s)
"Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2011 General Election" (PDF). Elections Yukon. 2011. Retrieved January 22, 2017.

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References

  1. Unofficial Results, Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes Elections Yukon, November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 22, 2017