Porter Creek North

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Porter Creek North
Flag of Yukon.svg Yukon electoral district
YT Whitehorse Elections Porter Creek North.svg
Boundaries of Porter Creek North in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Geraldine Van Bibber
Yukon Party
First contested 1992
Last contested 2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)2,019
Census subdivision(s)Porter Creek, Crestview, Kulan

Porter Creek North is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) 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.

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The electoral district was known as Whitehorse Porter Creek East before 1992.

The district at various points has been held by Yukon Conservative Senator Dan Lang, former Premier John Ostashek, former Whitehorse City Councillor Doug Graham, and former Yukon Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber.

MLAs

Whitehorse Porter Creek East

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
24th 1978–1982   Dan Lang Yukon Progressive Conservative Party
25th 1982–1985
26th 1985–1989
27th 1989–1991
1991–1992   Yukon Party

Porter Creek North

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
28th 1992–1996   John Ostashek Yukon Party
29th 1996–2000
30th 2000–2002   Don Roberts Yukon Liberal Party
2002   Independent
31st 2002–2006   Jim Kenyon Yukon Party
32nd 2006–2011
33rd 2011–2016 Doug Graham
34th 2016–2021 Geraldine Van Bibber
35th 2021–present

Election results

2021 Yukon general election redistributed results [1]
PartyVotes %
  Yukon Party 35546
  Liberal 23831
  New Democratic 17823

2021

2021 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Geraldine Van Bibber 56249.16+5.2%
Liberal Staci McIntosh33128.95-8.8%
New Democratic Francis Van Kessel25021.87+7.2%
Total valid votes1,143
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Yukon Party hold Swing -10.11
Source(s)
"Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016

2016 Yukon general election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Geraldine Van Bibber 43544.0%-5.3%
Liberal Eileen Melnychuk37237.7%+27.6%
New Democratic Francis van Kessel14514.7%-16.5%
Green Mike Ivens373.7%-4.8%
Total989100.0%

2011

2011 Yukon general election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Doug Graham 40049.3%+2.3%
New Democratic Mike Tribes25331.2%+7.3%
Liberal Dawn Beauchemin8210.1%-18.8%
Green Mike Ivens698.5%+8.5%
Total811100.0%

2006

2006 Yukon general election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Jim Kenyon 31147.0%+1.7%
  Liberal Dale Cheeseman19128.9%+8.7%
  NDP Dave Hobbis15823.9%+5.7%
Total661100.0%

2002

2002 Yukon general election [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Jim Kenyon33145.3%+11.2
  Liberal Dave Austin14820.2%-33.1%
  NDP Mark Bowers13518.5%15.4%
  Independent Roger Rondeau11215.3%+3.2
Total731100.0%

2000

2000 Yukon general election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Don Roberts 50453.3%+14.1%
Yukon Party John Ostashek 32334.1%-7.1%
  NDP Sidney Maddison11412.1%-7.4%
Total946100.0%

1996

1996 Yukon general election [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party John Ostashek40341.2%-11.2%
  Liberal Don Roberts38439.2%+25.4%
  NDP Luigi Zanasi19119.5%+13.8%
Total979100.0%

1992

1992 Yukon general election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party John Ostashek47452.4%
  NDP Carl Rumscheidt30133.3%
  Liberal Eldon Organ12513.8%
Total904100.0%

See also

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