Riverdale South

Riverdale South

Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Riverdale South in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Justin Ziegler New Democratic
First contested	1978
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Electors (2021)	1,691
Census division	Yukon
Census subdivision	Whitehorse

Riverdale South is a territorial electoral district of Yukon that has been represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 1978.

From 2016 to 2025, the district was represented by Tracy-Anne McPhee, former Minister of Education and Minister of Health and Social Services.

Geography

Riverdale South comprises the southern portion of the Whitehorse neighbourhood of Riverdale, located east of the Yukon River. The district includes residential areas south of Lewes Boulevard, along with the Grey Mountain area. It is bordered by the ridings of Riverdale North, Whitehorse Centre, Copperbelt South, and Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
Riverdale South
24th	1978–1980		Iain MacKay	Liberal
	1981–1982		Ron Veale
25th	1982–1985		Bea Firth	Progressive Conservative
26th	1985–1989
27th	1989–1991
	1991–1992			Independent
28th	1992–1996
29th	1996–2000		Sue Edelman	Liberal
30th	2000–2002
31st	2002–2006		Glenn Hart	Yukon Party
32nd	2006–2011
33rd	2011–2016		Jan Stick	New Democratic
34th	2016–2021		Tracy-Anne McPhee	Liberal
35th	2021–2025
36th	2025–present		Justin Ziegler	New Democratic

Election history

2025

v t e 2025 Yukon general election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Justin Ziegler	434	44.4
	Yukon Party	Aurora Viernes	339	34.7
	Liberal	Sunny Patch	204	20.9
Total valid votes			977
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2025". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2021

v t e 2021 Yukon general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tracy-Anne McPhee	415	39.29	+2.1%
	New Democratic	Jason Cook	334	31.62	-2.4%
	Yukon Party	Cynthia Lyslo	307	29.07	+0.5%
Total valid votes			1,056
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.28
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016

2016 Yukon general election ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tracy-Anne McPhee	421	37.2%	+8.9%
	NDP	Jan Stick	384	34.0%	-5.2%
	Yukon Party	Danny Macdonald	323	28.6%	-3.8%
Total			1128	100.0%	–

2011

2011 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Jan Stick [2]	380	39.2%	+18.7%
	Yukon Party	Glenn Hart	314	32.4%	-11.9%
	Liberal	Dan Curtis	275	28.3%	-9.5%
Total			969	100.0%	–

2006

2006 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Glenn Hart	357	41.6%	+1.9%
	Liberal	Phil Treusch	324	37.8%	+3.6%
	NDP	Peter Lesniak	176	20.5%	-5.6%
Total			857	100.0%	–

2002

2002 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Glenn Hart	385	39.7%	+16.0%
	Liberal	Sue Edelman	332	34.2%	-14.7%
	NDP	Cary Gryba	253	26.1%	-1.3%
Total			970	100.0%	–

2000

2000 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Edelman	422	48.9%	-8.8%
	NDP	Heather Finton	237	27.4%	+27.4%
	Yukon Party	Ginny Macdonald	205	23.7%	-18.6%
Total			864	100.0%

1996

1996 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Edelman	476	57.7%	+52.7%
	Yukon Party	Barbara Toombs	349	42.3%	+12.0%
Total			825	100.0%	–

1992

1992 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
}	Independent	Bea Firth	384	39.7%	–
	Yukon Party	Dale Stokes	293	30.3%	–
	NDP	Maurice Byblow	242	25.0%	–
	Liberal	Paul Thériault	48	5.0%	–
Total			967	100.0%	–

See also

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

References

1. Unofficial Results, Riverdale South Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Elections Yukon, November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
2. "Territorial Election 2011". Yukon NDP. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.