Whitehorse South Centre

Whitehorse South Centre

Yukon electoral district
Defunct territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
First contested	1974
Last contested	1989
Demographics
Census subdivision(s)	Whitehorse

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.

Members

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
27th	1974-1978		Jack Hibberd	Independent
28th	1978-1981			Progressive Conservative
	1981-1982		Roger Kimmerly	New Democratic Party
29th	1982-1985
30th	1985-1989
31st	1989-1992		Joyce Hayden	New Democratic Party

Election results

1974 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jack Hibberd	267
	Independent	Tony Penikett	143
	Independent	Ron Veale	130
Total

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1978 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Jack Hibberd	245	43.44
	Liberal	Bert Law	197	34.93
	NDP	Ken Krocker	122	21.63
Total valid votes			564	100
Total rejected ballots			3	0.53
Turnout			567	62.24
Registered voters			911
Source: Canadian Elections Database [1]

By-election, October 13, 1981
Resignation of Jack Hibberd

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Roger Kimmerly	203
	Progressive Conservative	Neil Hayes	127
	Liberal	Mimi Stehelin	116
	Independent	Chuck Rear	97
Total

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1982 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Roger Kimmerly	328	43.39
	Progressive Conservative	Chuck Rear	320	42.33
	Liberal	Carol Christian	108	14.29
Total valid votes			756	100
Total rejected ballots			5	0.66
Turnout			761	78.13
Registered voters			974
Source: Canadian Elections Database [2]

1985 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Roger Kimmerly	346	47.14
	Progressive Conservative	Ron Granger	303	41.28
	Liberal	Arthur Giovinazzo	85	11.58
Total valid votes			734	100
Total rejected ballots			4	0.54
Turnout			738	76.32
Registered voters			967
Source: Canadian Elections Database [3]

1989 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Joyce Hayden	350	47.23
	Progressive Conservative	Gerry Thick	228	30.77
	Liberal	Phil Wheelton	163	22.00
Total valid votes			741	100
Total rejected ballots			4	0.53
Turnout			745	75.25
Registered voters			990
Source: Canadian Elections Database [4]

See also

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

References

1. "1978 Yukon Election". Canadian Elections Database.
2. "1982 Yukon Election". Canadian Elections Database.
3. "1985 Yukon Election". Canadian Elections Database.
4. "1989 Yukon Election". Canadian Elections Database.