 Yukon electoral district | |||
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Boundaries of Copperbelt South in Whitehorse
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| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Yukon Party | ||
| District created | 2009 | ||
| 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 AssemblyofYukoninCanada. 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.
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.
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Riding created from Mount Lorne and Copperbelt | ||||
| 33rd | 2011–2016 | Lois Moorcroft | New Democratic | |
| 34th | 2016–2021 | Scott Kent | Yukon Party | |
| 35th | 2021–Present | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Scott Kent | 726 | 56.98 | +20.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kaori Torigai | 289 | 22.68 | -4.5% | ||||
| Liberal | Sheila Robertson | 259 | 20.32 | -14.6% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,274 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Yukon Party hold | Swing | +18.33 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Yukon Party | Scott Kent | 449 | 36.9% | -4.8% | |
| Liberal | Jocelyn Curteanu | 425 | 34.9% | +18.6% | |
| NDP | Lois Moorcroft | 331 | 27.2% | -14.8% | |
| Green | Philippe LeBlond | 12 | 1.0% | +1.0% | |
| Total | 1,217 | 100.0% | – | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Lois Moorcroft | 397 | 42.0% | – | |
| Yukon Party | Valerie Boxall | 394 | 41.7% | – | |
| Liberal | Colleen Wirth | 154 | 16.3% | – | |
| Total | 945 | 100.0% | – | ||
