Porter Creek Centre

Porter Creek Centre

Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Porter Creek Centre in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Yvonne Clarke Yukon Party
First contested	2002
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)	2,477
Census subdivision(s)	Whitehorse

Porter Creek Centre is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. ^[1] It was created in 2002 out of the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek North and Porter Creek South. It encompasses the Whitehorse subdivision of Whistle Bend and part of the subdivision of Porter Creek. It is bordered by the ridings of Porter Creek South, Porter Creek North, and Riverdale North.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riding created from Porter Creek North and Porter Creek South
31st	2002–2006		Archie Lang	Yukon Party
32nd	2006–2011
33rd	2011–2016		David Laxton
	2016–2016			Independent
34th	2016–2021		Paolo Gallina	Liberal
35th	2021–Present		Yvonne Clarke	Yukon Party

Election results

2021 Yukon general election redistributed results [2]
Party		Votes	%
	Yukon Party	546	47
	Liberal	392	34
	New Democratic	223	19

2021

v t e 2021 Yukon general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Yvonne Clarke	704	41.87	+5.5%
	Liberal	Paolo Gallina	643	38.25	-4.9%
	New Democratic	Shonagh McCrindle	334	19.86	-0.6%
Total valid votes			1,681
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Yukon Party gain		Swing		+1.81
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016

2016 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Paolo Gallina	452	43.3%	+11.7%
	Yukon Party	Michelle Kolla	379	36.3%	-2.5%
	NDP	Pat Berrel	213	20.4%	-9.3%
Total			1044	100.0%

2011

2011 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	David Laxton	298	38.5%	-8.8%
	Liberal	Kerry Huff [3]	245	31.6%	+0.8%
	NDP	Jean-François Des Lauriers	230	29.7%	+7.8%
Total			773	100.0%	–

2006

2006 Yukon general election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Archie Lang	344	47.3%	-4.3%
	Liberal	David Laxton	224	30.8%	-9.5%
	NDP	Kate White	159	21.9%	+13.8%
Total			727	100.0%	–

2002

2002 Yukon general election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Archie Lang	399	51.6%	–
	Liberal	Scott Kent	312	40.3%	–
	NDP	Judi Johnny	63	8.1%	–
Total			774	100.0%	–

See also

• List of Yukon territorial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. Yukon Votes 2006 District Profiles, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2006, retrieved 25 September 2010
2. Hutton, Kyle (24 May 2025). "Yukon's New Electoral Boundaries". Blunt Objects. Substack . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
3. "Kerry Huff Acclaimed as Porter Creek Centre Candidate". Yukon Liberal Party. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
4. McElheran, Graeme (6 October 2006). "NDP and Libs hope to tilt Porter Creek left". Yukon News . Whitehorse . Retrieved 25 September 2010.