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Whitehorse West is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada.
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Whitehorse South Centre was a territorial electoral district in Yukon. Serving the city of Whitehorse, the district elected one member to the Yukon Territorial Council from 1974 to 1978, and to the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1978 to 1992.
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- ↑ "Two former members defeated as Yukon elects new councillors". The Globe and Mail , September 10, 1970.