Vuntut Gwitchin (electoral district)
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Vuntut Gwitchin in relation to other electoral districts in the Yukon
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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.
Contents
MLAs
Old Crow
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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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 | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Yukon Party | Johnny Abel | – | – | ||
NDP | |||||
Liberal | |||||
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Total |
1996 by-election
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Yukon Party | Esau Schafer | 87 | 55.8% | – | |
NDP | Randall Tetlichi | 69 | 44.2% | ||
Total | 156 | 100.0% |
1996 general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NDP | Robert Bruce | 88 | 55.0% | +13.2% | |
Yukon Party | Esau Schafer | 72 | 45.0% | +3.2% | |
Total | 160 | 100.0% |
2000 general election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Darius Elias[1] | 93 | 64.1% | +18.1% | |
Yukon Party | Garry Njootli | 52 | 35.9% | +9.9% | |
Total | 145 | 100.0% |
References
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