Copperbelt South

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Copperbelt South
Flag of Yukon.svg Yukon electoral district
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Boundaries of Copperbelt South in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Scott Kent
Yukon Party
District created2009
First contested 2011
Last contested 2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)1,723
Census subdivision(s)Mary Lake, Cowley Creek, Wolf Creek, Whitehorse Copper, Mount Sima, MacRae, Pineridge, Golden Horn

Copperbelt South is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. It is an amalgamation of the former ridings of Mount Lorne and Copperbelt. It is bordered by the ridings of Riverdale South, Copperbelt North, Takhini-Kopper King, and Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes.

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The district comprises the rural-residential subdivisions of southern Whitehorse, Yukon: Mary Lake; Cowley Creek; Wolf Creek; Pineridge; Golden Horn; Mount Sima; MacRae; and Whitehorse Copper.

The district was first contested in the 2011 election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Riding created from Mount Lorne and Copperbelt
33rd  2011–2016   Lois Moorcroft New Democratic
34th  2016–2021   Scott Kent Yukon Party
35th  2021–Present

Election results

2021

2021 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Scott Kent 72656.98+20.1
New Democratic Kaori Torigai28922.68-4.5%
Liberal Sheila Robertson25920.32-14.6%
Total valid votes 1,274
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Yukon Party hold Swing +18.33
Source(s)
"Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon . Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016

2016 Yukon general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Yukon Party Scott Kent 44936.9%-4.8%
  Liberal Jocelyn Curteanu42534.9%+18.6%
  NDP Lois Moorcroft 33127.2%-14.8%
Green Philippe LeBlond121.0%+1.0%
Total1,217100.0%

2011

2011 Yukon general election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  NDP Lois Moorcroft 39742.0%
Yukon Party Valerie Boxall39441.7%
  Liberal Colleen Wirth15416.3%
Total945100.0%

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