Vuntut Gwitchin (electoral district)
 Yukon electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Vuntut Gwitchin in relation to other electoral districts in the Yukon | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
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| First contested | 1978 | ||
| Last contested | 2011 | ||
Vuntut Gwitchin is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. The electoral district was known as Old Crow before 1992.
It is one of the least populated electoral districts in any provincial or territorial legislature in Canada, with fewer than 200 total ballots cast in any territorial election to date.
The current MLA is Darius Elias.
MLAs
Old Crow
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1978–1982 | Grafton Njootli | Yukon Progressive Conservative Party | |
| 1982 | 1982–1985 | Kathie Nukon | ||
| 1985 | 1985–1989 | Norma Kassi | Yukon New Democratic Party | |
| 1989 | 1989–1992 | |||
Vuntut Gwitchin
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1992–1995 | Johnny Abel | Yukon Party | |
| 1996 | Esau Schafer | |||
| 1996 | 1996–2000 | Robert Bruce | Yukon New Democratic Party | |
| 2000 | 2000–2002 | Lorraine Peter | ||
| 2002 | 2002–2006 | |||
| 2006 | 2006–2011 | Darius Elias | Yukon Liberal Party | |
| 2011 | 2011–2012 | |||
| 2012–2013 | Independent | |||
| 2013–present | Yukon Party | |||
Election results
1992 general election
| Yukon general election, 1992 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Yukon Party | Johnny Abel | – | – | ||
| NDP | |||||
| Liberal | |||||
| Independent | |||||
| Total | |||||
1996 by-election
}| 1996 by-election
On the death of Johnny Abel, 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Yukon Party | Esau Schafer | 87 | 55.8% | – | |
| NDP | Randall Tetlichi | 69 | 44.2% | ||
| Total | 156 | 100.0% | |||
1996 general election
| Yukon general election, 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | Robert Bruce | 69 | 41.8% | -2.4% | |
| Yukon Party | Esau Schafer | 69 | 41.8% | -14.0% | |
| Liberal | Shirlee Frost | 27 | 16.4% | ||
| Total | 165 | 100.0% | |||
- Because of the tie vote, Robert Bruce was declared elected after his name was drawn from a hat.
1997 by-election
| April 1997 by-election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | Robert Bruce | 88 | 55.0% | +13.2% | |
| Yukon Party | Esau Schafer | 72 | 45.0% | +3.2% | |
| Total | 160 | 100.0% | |||
2000 general election
| Yukon general election, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | Lorraine Netro | 69 | 37.7% | -17.3% | |
| Liberal | Esau Schafer | 61 | 33.3% | ||
| Yukon Party | Kathie Nukon | 53 | 29.0% | -16.0% | |
| Total | 183 | 100.0% | |||
2002 general election
| Yukon general election, 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | Lorraine Peter | 68 | 47.5% | +9.8% | |
| Yukon Party | Randall Tetlichi | 41 | 28.7% | -0.3% | |
| Liberal | Joe Tetlichi | 34 | 23.8% | -9.5% | |
| Total | 143 | 100.0% | |||
2006 general election
| Yukon general election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Darius Elias | 65 | 45.8% | +22.0% | |
| NDP | Lorraine Peter | 40 | 28.2% | -19.3% | |
| Yukon Party | William Josie | 37 | 26.0% | -2.7% | |
| Total | 142 | 100.0% | |||
2011 general election
| Yukon general election, 2011 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Darius Elias[1] | 93 | 64.1% | +18.1% | |
| Yukon Party | Garry Njootli | 52 | 35.9% | +9.9% | |
| Total | 145 | 100.0% | |||
References
- ↑ "Elias to Seek the Confidence of Vuntut Residents". Yukon Liberal Party. April 16, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
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