Vuntut Gwitchin (electoral district)

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Vuntut Gwitchin
Flag of Yukon.svg Yukon electoral district
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Boundaries of Vuntut Gwitchin
Territorial electoral district
Legislature Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Annie Blake
New Democratic
First contested 1978
Last contested 2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)204
Communities Old Crow

Vuntut Gwitchin 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 seats.

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The electoral district was known as Old Crow, named after the community it encompasses, before 1992. In the 1974 election [1] and the 1970 election, [2] the riding was part of Ogilvie [1] and Dawson, respectively. [2]

It is the least populated electoral district in any provincial or territorial legislature in Canada, with fewer than 200 total ballots cast in any territorial election to date. In two elections since the district's creation, in 1996 and 2021, two candidates finished in an exact tie; under Yukon election law, a tied vote is settled by drawing lots rather than by reconducting a full by-election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Old Crow
Riding created from Ogilvie
24th  1978–1982   Grafton Njootli Progressive Conservative
25th  1982–1985 Kathie Nukon
26th  1985–1989   Norma Kassi New Democratic
27th  1989–1992
Vuntut Gwitchin
28th  1992–1995†   Johnny Abel Yukon Party
 1996–1996 Esau Schafer
29th  1996–2000   Robert Bruce New Democratic
30th  2000–2002 Lorraine Peter
31st  2002–2006
32nd  2006–2011   Darius Elias Liberal
33rd  2011–2012
 2012–2013   Independent
 2013–2016   Yukon Party
34th  2016–2021   Pauline Frost Liberal
35th  2021–Present   Annie Blake New Democratic

Election results

2021

As both candidates each received 78 votes, it resulted in a tie. A judicial recount took place and there remained a tie vote, therefore a random draw determined that Annie Blake would fill the seat. [3]

2021 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Annie Blake 7850.0%+48.0%
  Liberal Pauline Frost 7850.0%-1.3%
Total156100.0%

2016

2016 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Pauline Frost 7751.3%-12.8%
Yukon Party Darius Elias7046.7%+10.8%
  NDP Skeeter Miller-Wright32.0%+2.0%
Total150100.0%

2011

2011 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Darius Elias [4] 9364.1%+18.1%
Yukon Party Garry Njootli5235.9%+9.9%
Total145100.0%

2006

2006 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Darius Elias 6545.8%+22.0%
  NDP Lorraine Peter 4028.2%-19.3%
Yukon Party William Josie3726.0%-2.7%
Total142100.0%

2002

2002 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Lorraine Peter 6847.5%+9.8%
Yukon Party Randall Tetlichi4128.7%-0.3%
  Liberal Joe Tetlichi3423.8%-9.5%
Total143100.0%

2000

2000 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Lorraine Netro 6937.7%-17.3%
  Liberal Esau Schafer 6133.3%+33.3%
Yukon Party Kathie Nukon 5329.0%-16.0%
Total183100.0%

1997 by-election

April 1997 by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Robert Bruce 8855.0%+13.2%
Yukon Party Esau Schafer 7245.0%+3.2%
Total160100.0%

1996

1996 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Robert Bruce 6941.8%-2.4%
Yukon Party Esau Schafer 6941.8%-14.0%
  Liberal Shirlee Frost2716.4%+16.4%
Total165100.0%

1996 by-election

1996 by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Esau Schafer 8755.8%-7.4%
  NDP Randall Tetlichi6944.2%+44.2%
Total156100.0%

1992

1992 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Johnny Abel 9663.2%
  Liberal Grafton Njootli5636.8%
Total152100.0%

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References

  1. 1 2 "1974 General Election" (PDF). Elections Yukon, pp. 9. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "1970 General Election" (PDF). Elections Yukon, pp. 32. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  3. "Yukon NDP win final riding by rare drawing of lots, maintaining Liberal, Yukon Party tie in assembly". CBC North . April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  4. "Elias to Seek the Confidence of Vuntut Residents". Yukon Liberal Party. April 16, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2011.