Porter Creek South

Porter Creek South

Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Porter Creek South in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ranj Pillai Liberal
First contested	1992
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)	921
Census subdivision	Porter Creek

Porter Creek South is a territorial electoral district of Yukon that has been represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 1992. It comprises part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek and is the largest riding in Whitehorse.

Porter Creek South is also the former seat of Pat Duncan, 6th Premier of the Yukon, who served from 2000 to 2002. From 2016 to 2025, it was represented by Ranj Pillai, the 10th Premier of the Yukon.

Geography

The riding is south of the Range Road extension, the intersection of Range Road and Whistle Bend Way south on Range Road south of Northland Mobile Home Park, west of Yukon University, south to the intersection of the Alaska Highway, south of the Kopper King Mobile Home Park to include Raven's Ridge, Fish Lake Road, and north and extending to the municipal boundaries.

It is bordered by the districts of Porter Creek Centre, Whistle Bend South, Takhini, Mountainview, Whitehorse West, Copperbelt North, Copperbelt South, Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn, Kluane, and Lake Laberge.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Porter Creek South Riding created from Whitehorse Porter Creek West and Whitehorse West
28th	1992–1996		Alan Nordling	Independent
29th	1996–2000		Pat Duncan	Liberal
30th	2000–2002
31st	2002–2006
32nd	2006–2011		Don Inverarity
33rd	2011–2016		Mike Nixon	Yukon Party
34th	2016–2021		Ranj Pillai	Liberal
35th	2021–2025

Election history

2025

v t e 2025 Yukon general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Harjit Mavi
	Yukon Party	Adam Gerle
	New Democratic	Dario Paola
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2025". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2021 Yukon general election redistributed results [1]
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal	309	40
	Yukon Party	264	34
	New Democratic	201	26

2021

v t e 2021 Yukon general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ranj Pillai	309	47.17	+0.6%
	Yukon Party	Chad Sjodin	262	40	+0.6%
	New Democratic	Colette Acheson	84	12.82	-1.3%
Total valid votes			655
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		-17.18
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016

2016 Yukon general election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ranj Pillai	337	46.6%	+6.0%
	Yukon Party	Mike Nixon	285	39.4%	-3.5%
	NDP	Shirley Chua-Tan	102	14.1%	-2.4%
Total			724	100.0%	–

2011

2011 Yukon general election ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Mike Nixon	257	42.9%	+0.3%
	Liberal	Don Inverarity	243	40.6%	-2.8%
	NDP	John Carney	99	16.5%	+2.6%
Total			599	100.0%	–

2006

2006 Yukon general election ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Inverarity	304	43.4%	-8.3%
	Yukon Party	Dean Hassard	298	42.6%	+4.5%
	NDP	Samson Hartland	97	13.9%	+3.8%
Total			700	100.0%	–

2002

2002 Yukon general election ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	408	51.7%	-12.5%
	Yukon Party	Lynn Ogden	301	38.1%	+13.3%
	NDP	Paul Warner	80	10.1%	-0.7%
Total			789	100.0%	–

2000

2000 Yukon general election ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	607	64.2%	+21.3%
	Yukon Party	Larry Carlyle	235	24.8%	-14.3%
	NDP	Mark Dupuis	103	10.8%	-7.0%
Total			945	100.0%	–

1996

1996 Yukon general election ^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	435	42.9%	+15.0%
	Yukon Party	Alan Nordling	397	39.1%	+39.1%
	NDP	Mark Dupuis	181	17.8%	-7.8%
Total			1013	100.0%	–

1992

1992 Yukon general election ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Nordling	435	46.5%	–
	Liberal	Shayne Fairman	261	27.9%	–
	NDP	Brian McLaughlin	240	25.6%	–
Total			936	100.0%	–

See also

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

References

1. Hutton, Kyle (24 May 2025). "Yukon's New Electoral Boundaries". Blunt Objects. Substack . Retrieved 3 June 2025.
2. The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2016 General Election Elections Yukon (March 6, 2017).
3. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2011 General Election Elections Yukon (December 8, 2011).
4. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon (January 15, 2007).
5. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2002 General Election Elections Yukon (March 3, 2003).
6. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon (June 27, 2000).
7. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the Yukon General Election Held September 30, 1996 Elections Yukon (January 20, 1997).
8. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 1992 General Election Elections Yukon (March 3, 1993).