Vuntut Gwitchin (electoral district)

Vuntut Gwitchin

Yukon electoral district

Vuntut Gwitchin in relation to other electoral districts in the Yukon

Territorial electoral district

Legislature

Yukon Legislative Assembly

MLA

Pauline Frost
Liberal

First contested

1978

Last contested

2016

Demographics

Census subdivisions

Old Crow, Yukon, Unorganized

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 Pauline Frost, who defeated Darius Elias in the 2016 election.

MLAs

Old Crow

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1978	1978–1982		Grafton Njootli	Yukon Progressive Conservative Party
1982	1982–1985	Kathie Nukon		Yukon Progressive Conservative Party
1985	1985–1989		Norma Kassi	Yukon New Democratic Party
1989	1989–1992		Norma Kassi	Yukon New Democratic Party

Vuntut Gwitchin

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1992	1992–1995		Johnny Abel	Yukon Party
1992	1996	Esau Schafer		Yukon Party
1996	1996–2000		Robert Bruce	Yukon New Democratic Party
2000	2000–2002	Lorraine Peter
2002	2002–2006	Lorraine Peter
2006	2006–2011		Darius Elias	Yukon Liberal Party
2011	2011–2012			Yukon Liberal Party
	2012–2013			Independent
	2013–2016			Yukon Party
2016	2016–present		Pauline Frost	Liberal

Election results

1992 general election

Yukon general election, 1992
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Johnny Abel	96	63.2	–
	Liberal	Grafton Njootli	56	36.8
Total			152	100

1996 by-election

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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.

Current Yukon territorial electoral districts

Rural	Klondike Kluane Lake Laberge Mayo-Tatchun Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes Pelly-Nisutlin Vuntut Gwitchin Watson Lake

Whitehorse	Copperbelt North Copperbelt South Mountainview Porter Creek Centre Porter Creek North Porter Creek South Riverdale North Riverdale South Takhini-Kopper King Whitehorse Centre Whitehorse West

Former	Copperbelt Dawson Faro McIntyre-Takhini Mount Lorne Southern Lakes Whitehorse Yukon Electoral District No. 1 Yukon Electoral District No. 2

See also: 2011 election List of elections Legislative Assembly

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