Yukon (electoral district)

Yukon

Yukon electoral district
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Brendan Hanley Liberal
District created	1952
First contested	1953
Last contested	2025
District webpage	profile, map
Demographics
Population (2024) [1]	47,124
Electors (2015)	25,264
Area (km²) [2]	482,443
Pop. density (per km²)	0.1
Census division(s)	Yukon
Census subdivision(s)	Whitehorse, Dawson, Watson Lake, Haines Junction, Carmacks, Faro, Teslin, Mayo, Carcross, Lake Laberge

Yukon is a federal electoral district covering the entire territory of Yukon, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1902 to 1949 and since 1953.

The city of Whitehorse comprises an overwhelmingly large portion of the electorate.

Demographics

Population, 2024 [3]	47,124
Electors	21,196
Area (km2)	482,443 km2
Population density (people per km2)	0.06/km2

According to the 2016 Canadian census

• Twenty most common mother tongue languages (2016) : 83.4% English, 4.5% French, 2.3% Tagalog, 2.2% German, 0.6% Cantonese, 0.6% Northern Tutchone, 0.5% Spanish, 0.5% Kaska, 0.3% Dutch, 0.3% Mandarin, 0.3% Japanese, 0.3% Panjabi, 0.2% Cebuano, 0.2% Gwi'chin, 0.2% Russian, 0.2% Southern Tutchone, 0.2% Polish, 0.2% Tlingit, 0.2% Czech ^[4]

Geography

The district includes all of Yukon.

History

The electoral district was created in 1901 with the obligation that Yukon send a Member of Parliament to the House of Commons by January 1, 1903. James Hamilton Ross, the third Commissioner of Yukon, was elected on December 2, 1902.

The riding was abolished in 1947, and the riding of Yukon—Mackenzie River was created including a portion of the Northwest Territories. In 1952, Yukon-Mackenzie River was abolished, and the riding of Yukon was recreated.

This riding did not change as a result of the 2012 redistribution.

Riding associations

Riding associations are the local branches of political parties:

Party		Association name	CEO	HQ city
	Conservative	Yukon Conservative Association	Colin Yellowknee	Whitehorse
	Green	Yukon Green Party Association	Shirley A. Watts-Haase	Marsh Lake
	Liberal	Yukon Liberal Association	Michael L. Pemberton	Whitehorse
	New Democratic	Yukon Federal New Democratic Party Riding Association	Daniel R. Bader	Whitehorse

Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Yukon
9th	1902–1904		James Hamilton Ross	Liberal
10th	1904–1908		Alfred Thompson	Conservative
11th	1908–1911		Frederick Tennyson Congdon	Liberal
12th	1911–1917		Alfred Thompson	Conservative
13th	1917–1921			Government (Unionist)
14th	1921–1925		George Black	Conservative
15th	1925–1926
16th	1926–1930
17th	1930–1935
18th	1935–1940		Martha Black	Independent Conservative
19th	1940–1945		George Black	National Government
20th	1945–1949			Progressive Conservative
Riding dissolved into Yukon—Mackenzie River
Riding re-created from Yukon—Mackenzie River
22nd	1953–1957		James Aubrey Simmons	Liberal
23rd	1957–1957
	1957–1958		Erik Nielsen	Progressive Conservative
24th	1958–1962
25th	1962–1963
26th	1963–1965
27th	1965–1968
28th	1968–1972
29th	1972–1974
30th	1974–1979
31st	1979–1980
32nd	1980–1984
33rd	1984–1987
	1987–1988		Audrey McLaughlin	New Democratic
34th	1988–1993
35th	1993–1997
36th	1997–2000		Louise Hardy
37th	2000–2004		Larry Bagnell	Liberal
38th	2004–2006
39th	2006–2008
40th	2008–2011
41st	2011–2015		Ryan Leef	Conservative
42nd	2015–2019		Larry Bagnell	Liberal
43rd	2019–2021
44th	2021–2025		Brendan Hanley
45th	2025–present

Current member of Parliament

Yukon's current member of Parliament is Brendan Hanley, a member of the Liberal Party who was elected in 2021.

Election results

Yukon (1953–present)

Graph of election results in Yukon (since 1953, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brendan Hanley	12,019	53.05	+19.70
	Conservative	Ryan Leef	8,724	38.51	+12.25
	New Democratic	Katherine McCallum	1,439	6.35	–16.09
	Green	Gabrielle Dupont	474	2.09	–2.27
Total valid votes/expense limit			22,636	99.45
Total rejected ballots			125	0.55
Turnout			22,761	73.9
Eligible voters			30,764
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.73
Source: Elections Canada [5] [6]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brendan Hanley	6,471	33.35	-0.15
	Conservative	Barbara Dunlop	5,096	26.26	-6.44
	New Democratic	Lisa Vollans-Leduc	4,354	22.44	+0.44
	Independent	Jonas Jacot Smith	2,639	13.6	–
	Green	Lenore Morris	846	4.36	-6.14
Total valid votes			19,406
Total rejected ballots			142	0.73
Turnout			19,548	64.69
Eligible voters			30,217
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.1
Source: Elections Canada [7]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	7,034	33.5	-20.25	$54,266.95
	Conservative	Jonas Jacot Smith	6,881	32.7	+8.81	none listed
	New Democratic	Justin Lemphers	4,617	22.0	+2.37	$47,123.08
	Green	Lenore Morris	2,201	10.5	+7.67	$48,980.40
	People's	Joseph Zelezny	284	1.4	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			21,017	100.0	–	$108,816.25
Total rejected ballots			133
Turnout			21,150	73.2
Eligible voters			28,897
	Liberal hold		Swing		-14.53
Source: Elections Canada [8] [9]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	10,887	53.65	+20.70	–
	Conservative	Ryan Leef	4,928	24.29	-9.48	–
	New Democratic	Melissa Atkinson	3,943	19.43	+5.06	–
	Green	Frank de Jong	533	2.63	-16.28	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			20,291	100.0		$210,779.30
Total rejected ballots			94	–	–
Turnout			20,385	–	–
Eligible voters			26,283
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+10.92
Source: Elections Canada [10] [11]

v t e 2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ryan Leef	5,422	33.77	+1.11	$78,970
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	5,290	32.95	-12.85	$79,778
	Green	John Streicker	3,037	18.91	+6.08	$42,746
	New Democratic	Kevin Barr	2,308	14.37	+5.67	$28,631
Total valid votes/expense limit			16,057	100.0		$85,898
Total rejected ballots			67	0.42
Turnout			16,124	68.11
Eligible voters			23,673
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+6.98

v t e 2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	6,715	45.80	–3.26	$56,745
	Conservative	Darrell Pasloski	4,788	32.66	+9.12	$68,782
	Green	John Streicker	1,881	12.83	+9.00	$14,609
	New Democratic	Ken Bolton	1,276	8.70	–14.85	$13,004
Total valid votes/expense limit			14,660	100.0		$82,727
	Liberal hold		Swing

v t e 2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	6,847	48.52	+2.84	$42,606
	New Democratic	Pam Boyde	3,366	23.85	–1.82	$35,493
	Conservative	Susan Greetham	3,341	23.67	+2.78	$17,992
	Green	Philippe LeBlond	559	3.96	–0.59	$20
Total valid votes/expense limit			14,113	100.0		$76,176
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.33

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	5,724	45.68	+13.21	$43,323
	New Democratic	Pam Boyde	3,216	25.67	-6.27	$42,221
	Conservative	James Hartle	2,618	20.89	-14.27	$19,750
	Green	Philippe LeBlond	571	4.55	–	$1,463
	Marijuana	Sean Davey	299	2.38	–
	Christian Heritage	Geoffrey Capp	100	0.79	+0.39
Total valid votes			12,528	100.0
Total rejected ballots			50	0.40
Turnout			12,578	61.82
	Liberal hold		Swing		+9.74
Conservative change is from the combination of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative votes.

2000 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Larry Bagnell	4,293	32.47	+10.52	$48,252
	New Democratic	Louise Hardy	4,223	31.94	+3.01	$65,576
	Alliance	Jim Kenyon	3,659	27.67	+2.42	$31,121
	Progressive Conservative	Don Cox	991	7.49	-6.45	$6,316
	No Affiliation	Geoffrey Capp	53	0.40	-0.58	$1,044
Total valid votes			13,219	100.0
Total rejected ballots			53	0.40
Turnout			13,272	63.50
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+3.76
Geoffrey Capp was a Christian Heritage candidate, but the party lacked registered status. Canadian Alliance change is based on the former Reform Party.

1997 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Louise Hardy	4,002	28.93	-14.41	$52,148
	Reform	Ken Gabb	3,493	25.25	+12.14	$18,143
	Liberal	Shirley Adamson	3,036	21.95	-1.34	$43,661
	Progressive Conservative	Ken McKinnon	1,928	13.94	-3.85	$24,269
	Independent	Don Branigan	1,234	8.92	–	$8,160
	Christian Heritage	Geoffrey Capp	136	0.98	+0.56	$1,267
Total valid votes			13,829	100.0
Total rejected ballots			86	0.62
Turnout			13,915	69.81
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-13.28
Independent candidate Don Branigan lost 14.37 percentage points from his 1993 performance running as a Liberal.

1993 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Audrey McLaughlin	6,252	43.34	-8.08
	Liberal	Don Branigan	3,359	23.29	+11.98
	Progressive Conservative	Al Kapty	2,566	17.79	-17.49
	Reform	A.B. Short Thompkins	1,891	13.11	–
	National	Robert L. Olson	296	2.05	–
	Christian Heritage	Geoffrey Capp	61	0.42	-1.57
Total valid votes			14,425	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-10.03

1988 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Audrey McLaughlin	6,594	51.42	+16.22
	Progressive Conservative	Charlie Friday	4,524	35.28	+8.00
	Liberal	Joe Jack	1,450	11.31	-21.11
	Christian Heritage	Jacob de Raadt	255	1.99	–
Total valid votes			13,823	100.0
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.11

Canadian federal by-election, 20 July 1987
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Audrey McLaughlin	3,273	35.20	+19.10
	Liberal	Don Branigan	3,014	32.42	+10.76
	Progressive Conservative	David Leverton	2,536	27.28	-29.52
	Independent	Fred Marshall	474	5.10	–
Total valid votes			9,297	100.0
	New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		+4.17

1984 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	6,648	56.80	+16.20
	Liberal	Ron Veale	2,535	21.66	-17.90
	New Democratic	Sibyl Frei	1,884	16.10	-3.74
	Libertarian	Keith Dye	511	4.37	–
	Rhinoceros	Douglas R. Gibb	126	1.08	–
Total valid votes			11,704	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+17.05

1980 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	3,926	40.60	+0.01
	Liberal	Ione J. Christensen	3,825	39.56	+3.20
	New Democratic	Jim McCullough	1,918	19.84	-3.22
Total valid votes			9,669	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-1.60

1979 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	4,538	40.59	-6.47
	Liberal	Allen R. Lueck	4,065	36.36	+2.88
	New Democratic	Joe Jack	2,578	23.06	+3.60
Total valid votes			11,181	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.68

1974 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	3,913	47.06	-5.98
	Liberal	Paul S. White	2,784	33.48	+1.24
	New Democratic	Tony Penikett	1,618	19.46	+7.82
Total valid votes			8,315	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-3.61

1972 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	4,332	53.04	+5.07
	Liberal	Don Branigan	2,633	32.24	-14.78
	New Democratic	William Harvey Kent	951	11.64	+6.63
	Independent	Rainer Giannelia	252	3.09	–
Total valid votes			8,168	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+9.92

1968 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	3,110	47.97	-7.22
	Liberal	Chris Findlay	3,048	47.02	+2.21
	New Democratic	Robert A. McLaren	325	5.01	–
Total valid votes			8,168	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-4.72

1965 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	3,136	55.19	+5.57
	Liberal	Ray McKamey	2,546	44.81	+3.78
Total valid votes			5,682	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+0.90

1963 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	2,969	49.62	-5.33
	Liberal	Victor Wylie	2,455	41.03	-4.02
	Social Credit	Ray Wilson	560	9.36	–
Total valid votes			5,984	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.66

1962 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	3,250	54.95	+0.47
	Liberal	Victor Wylie	2,664	45.05	+1.79
Total valid votes			5,914	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-0.66

1958 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	2,947	54.48	+3.09
	Liberal	James Aubrey Simmons	2,340	43.26	-5.35
	Independent Conservative	John Victor Watt	122	2.26	–
Total valid votes			5,409	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+4.22

Canadian federal by-election, 16 December 1957
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	2,365	51.39	+2.06
	Liberal	James Aubrey Simmons	2,237	48.61	-2.06
Total valid votes			4,602	100.0
	Progressive Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+2.06
This by-election was called after the general election results were voided due to irregularities.

1957 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	James Aubrey Simmons	2,422	50.67	-7.14
	Progressive Conservative	Erik Nielsen	2,358	49.33	+33.66
Total valid votes			5,409	100.0
	Liberal hold		Swing		-20.40

1953 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James Aubrey Simmons	2,176	57.81
	Social Credit	Richard Gordon Lee	998	26.51
	Progressive Conservative	George Black	590	15.67
Total valid votes			5,409	100.0
This riding was re-created from the riding of Yukon—Mackenzie River, where James Aubrey Simmons was the incumbent.

Yukon (1902–1947)

Graph of election results in Yukon (1902–1947, minor parties that never got 2% of the vote or didn't run consistently are omitted)

1945 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	George Black	849	41.19	-12.38
	Labor–Progressive	Tom McEwen	687	33.33	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Clive Hunter Cunningham	584	28.34	–
Total valid votes			2,061	100.0
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		-22.86
Progressive Conservative change is based on the results of the National Government.

1940 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Government	George Black	915	53.57	-2.04
	Liberal	Charles Reid	793	46.43	+2.07
Total valid votes			1,708	100.0
	National Government hold		Swing		-2.06
National Government changes are based on the results of the Independent Conservative candidate (George Black's wife).

1935 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Conservative	Martha Louise Black	696	55.64	-4.63
	Liberal	John Patrick Smith	555	44.36	+4.66
Total valid votes			1,251	100.0
	Independent Conservative hold		Swing		-4.64
Independent Conservative changes are based on the results of the Conservative candidate (Martha Black's husband)

1930 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Black	846	60.30	+4.35
	Liberal	William Edward Thompson	557	39.70	-4.35
Total valid votes			1,403	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		+4.35

1926 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Black	823	55.95	-3.41
	Liberal	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	648	44.05	+3.41
Total valid votes			1,471	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		-3.41

1925 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Black	742	59.36	+8.24
	Liberal	Robert Lowe	508	40.64	-6.94
Total valid votes			1,250	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		+7.59

1921 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Black	707	51.12	-3.15
	Liberal	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	658	47.58	+1.85
	Independent	George Pitts	18	1.30	–
Total valid votes			1,383	100.0
	Conservative hold		Swing		-2.50

1917 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Government (Unionist)	Alfred Thompson	959	54.27	-6.52
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	808	45.73	+6.52
Total valid votes			1,767	100.0
	Government (Unionist) hold		Swing		-6.52

1911 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Thompson	1,285	60.79	+50.04
	Liberal	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	829	39.21	-1.03
Total valid votes			1,767	100.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+25.54

1908 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	992	40.24	-1.20
	Unknown	George Black	726	29.45	–
	Unknown	Robert Lowe	482	19.55	–
	Conservative	Joseph Andrew Clarke	265	10.75	-47.81
Total valid votes			2,465	100.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		-15.32

1904 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alfred Thompson	2,113	58.56	+17.39
	Liberal	Frederick Tennyson Congdon	1,495	41.44	-17.09
Total valid votes			3,608	100.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+17.24

Canadian federal by-election, 2 December 1902
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	James H. Ross	2,971	58.83
	Conservative	Joseph Andrew Clarke	2,079	41.17
Total valid votes			5,050	100.0

See also

• List of Canadian electoral districts
• Historical federal electoral districts of Canada

References

• "Yukon (electoral district) (Code 60001) Census Profile". 2011 census . Government of Canada - Statistics Canada . Retrieved March 3, 2011.
• Riding history for Yukon (1902–1947) from the Library of Parliament
• Riding history for Yukon (1952–present) from the Library of Parliament
• Expenditures – 2004
• Expenditures – 2000
• Expenditures – 1997

Notes

1. Yukon Bureau of Statistics Population Report 2013
2. Statistics Canada: 2012
3. "Population Report - Fourth Quarter, 2024" (PDF). yukon.ca.
4. "Data Table". www12.statcan.gc.ca. 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
5. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
6. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
7. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
8. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
9. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
10. "Yukon - October 19, 2015 Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
11. Elections Canada – Final Candidates Election Expenses Limits

External links

• Website of the Parliament of Canada