Whitehorse West
 Yukon electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Whitehorse West in relation to other electoral districts in Whitehorse | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
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| First contested | 1978 | ||
| Last contested | 2006 | ||
Whitehorse West is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It was the only seat won by the Yukon New Democratic Party in the 1978 territorial election.
The current MLA is Elaine Taylor, who is the deputy Premier, minister responsible for Public Service Commission, minister of Tourism and Culture, minister of Justice, minister of Education and minister responsible for Women's Directorate.
MLAs
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1978–1982 | Tony Penikett | New Democratic | |
| 1982 | 1982–1985 | |||
| 1985 | 1985–1989 | |||
| 1989 | 1989–1992 | |||
| 1992 | 1992–1995 | |||
| 1995–1996 | Vacant | |||
| 1996 | David Sloan | New Democratic | ||
| 1996 | 1996–2000 | |||
| 2000 | 2000–2002 | Dennis Schneider | Liberal | |
| 2002 | 2002–2006 | Elaine Taylor | Yukon Party | |
| 2006 | 2006–present | |||
Electoral Results
1992 general election
| Yukon general election, 1992 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | Tony Penikett | ||||
| Yukon Party | – | – | |||
| Independent | |||||
| Liberal | |||||
| Total | |||||
1996 by-election
}| By-election: 1996
On the resignation of Tony Penikett, 1995 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | David Sloan | 433 | 42.8 | ||
| Liberal | Larry Bagnell | 326 | 32.2 | ||
| Yukon Party | Shelda Hutton | 253 | 25.0 | – | |
| Total | 1012 | 100.0 | |||
1996 general election
| Yukon general election, 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| NDP | David Sloan | 486 | 40.8 | ||
| Liberal | Larry Bagnell | 383 | 32.1 | ||
| Yukon Party | Ken McKinnon | 323 | 27.1 | – | |
| Total | 1192 | 100.0 | |||
2000 general election
| Yukon general election, 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Dennis Schneider | 621 | 40.7 | ||
| NDP | David Sloan | 480 | 31.5 | ||
| Yukon Party | Elaine Taylor | 425 | 27.8 | – | |
| Total | 1526 | 100.0 | |||
2002 general election
| Yukon general election, 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Yukon Party | Elaine Taylor | 398 | 47.7 | – | |
| Liberal | Dennis Schneider | 319 | 38.3 | ||
| NDP | Rachel Grantham | 117 | 14.0 | ||
| Total | 834 | 100.0 | |||
2006 general election
| Yukon general election, 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Yukon Party | Elaine Taylor | 511 | 53.4 | – | |
| Liberal | Mike Walton | 371 | 38.77 | ||
| NDP | Rhoda Merkel | 75 | 7.84 | ||
| Total | 957 | 100.0 | |||
2011 general election
| Yukon general election, 2011 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Yukon Party | Elaine Taylor | 422 | – | – | |
| Liberal | Cully Robinson | 209 | |||
| NDP | Louis Gagnon | 94 | |||
| Total | 725 | ||||
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