Kluane

Kluane is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is named after Kluane National Park, which is within the riding. It is one of the Yukon's eight rural districts.

For other uses, see Kluane (disambiguation).
Kluane
Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Kluane
Territorial electoral district
LegislatureYukon Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Wade Istchenko
Yukon Party
First contested1974
Last contested2016
Demographics
Electors (2016)856
Census subdivision(s)Beaver Creek, Burwash Landing, Champagne Landing 10, Destruction Bay, Haines Junction, Ibex Valley (part), Kloo Lake, Klukshu, Macpherson-Grizzly Valley (part), Whitehorse, Unorganized (part), Yukon, Unorganized (part)

Kluane represents all Yukon communities and residents along the Alaska Highway west of Whitehorse and south to Alaska. This includes the communities of Haines Junction, Burwash Landing, Destruction Bay, Beaver Creek, and Mendenhall, as well as parts of the Ibex and Macpherson-Grizzly valleys. It is situated on the traditional territory of the Kluane First Nation, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, the White River First Nation, the Selkirk First Nation, and the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation.

The district was first created in 1974, when the Yukon Territorial Council was expanded from seven to 12 members as a prelude to the creation of the new legislative assembly. It is one of the oldest electoral districts in the Yukon and is presently bordered by the rural ridings of Klondike, Mayo-Tatchun, Lake Laberge, and Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes, as well as the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek North and Takhini-Kopper King.

Kluane is currently represented by Wade Istchenko of the Yukon Party, who was first elected on October 11, 2011, and re-elected on November 7, 2016. He is the grandson of Hilda Watson, former leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party and the first MLA to represent the riding.

MLAs
Parliament Years Member Party
27th 1974-1978     Hilda Watson Independent
28th 1978-1982     Alice McGuire Liberal
29th 1982-1985     Bill Brewster Progressive Conservative
30th 1985-1989
31st 1989-1991
1991-1992     Yukon Party
32nd 1992-1996
33rd 1996-2000     Gary McRobb NDP
34th 2000-2002
35th 2002-2006
36th 2006-2011     Liberal
37th 2011–2016     Wade Istchenko Yukon Party
38th 2016–present

Electoral results

2016 general election
2016 Yukon general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Yukon PartyWade Istchenko33843.3%+5.4%
  Liberal Mathieya Alatini 289 37.1% +8.1%
  NDP Sally Wright 153 19.2% -9.8%
Total 780 100.0% –

2011 general election
2011 Yukon general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Yukon PartyWade Istchenko28737.9%+8.3%
  NDP Eric Stinson 220 29.0% +15.2%
  Liberal Timothy Cant 219 28.9% -24.4%
First Nations PartyGerald Dickson324.2%+4.2%
Total 759 100.0% –

2006 general election
2006 Yukon general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Gary McRobb 317 53.3% +37.2%
Yukon PartyJim Bowers17629.6%+11.3%
  New Democratic Party Lillian Grubach-Hambrook 82 13.8% -51.3%
  Independent Freddy Hutter 19 3.2% +3.2%
Total 598 100.0% –

2002 general election
2002 Yukon general election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  New Democratic Party Gary McRobb 442 65.1% +11.1%
Yukon PartyMichael Crawshay12418.3%-10.0%
  Liberal Paul Birkckel 109 16.1% +0.7%
Total 679 100.0% –

2000 general election
2000 Yukon general election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  New Democratic Party Gary McRobb 405 55.0% +6.5%
Yukon PartyCharlie Eikland20828.3%+9.1%
  Liberal Gerald Brown 113 15.4% -8.2%
Total 736 100.0% –

1996 general election
1996 Yukon general election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  New Democratic Party Gary McRobb 364 48.5% +8.4%
  Liberal John Farynowski 177 23.6% +23.6%
Yukon PartyOllie Wirth14419.2%-39.9%
  Independent Bonnie Lock 66 8.8% +8.8%
Total 751 100.0% –

1992 general election
1992 Yukon general election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Yukon PartyBill Brewster37759.1%+10.3%
  NDP Wolf Riedl 256 40.1% -2.5%
Total 638 100.0% –

1989 general election
1989 Yukon general election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive ConservativeBill Brewster21048.8%-10.7%
  New Democratic Party Ron Chambers 183 42.6% +18.7%
  Liberal Bill Woolsey 37 8.6% -7.3%
Total 430 100.0% –

1985 general election
1985 Yukon general election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive ConservativeBill Brewster23759.7%+6.5%
  New Democratic Party Scott Gilbert 95 23.9% -19.4%
  Liberal Tony Stanevicus 63 15.9% +12.1%
Total 397 100.0% –

1982 general election
1982 Yukon general election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive ConservativeBill Brewster24153.2%+14.6%
  New Democratic Party Dave Joe 196 43.3% +43.3%
  Liberal Alice McGuire 16 3.5% -44.8%
Total 453 100.0% –

1978 general election
1978 Yukon general election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Alice McGuire 188 48.3% –
Progressive ConservativeHilda Watson15038.6%–
  Independent John Livesey 49 12.6% –
Total 389 100.0% –
  • Partisan politics introduced into the territory

1974 general election
1974 Yukon general election[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Independent Hilda Watson 123 28.8% –
  Independent John Livesey 106 24.8% –
  Independent Bob MacKinnon 97 22.7% –
  Independent Ray Jackson 57 13.3% –
  Independent Jack Brewster 43 10.1% –
Total 427 100.0% –

References
  1. Unofficial Kluane Results (November 7, 2016) Elections Yukon, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  2. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2011 General Election Elections Yukon, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  3. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon, 2006. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  4. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2002 General Election Elections Yukon, 2002. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  5. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  6. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 1996 General Election Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  7. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 1992 General Election Elections Yukon, 1992. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  8. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 1989 General Election Elections Yukon, 1989. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  9. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 1985 General Election Elections Yukon, 1985. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  10. Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1982 General Election Elections Yukon, 1982. Retrieved January 20, 2017
  11. Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1978 General Election Elections Yukon, 1978. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  12. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Yukon Territory Elections Held During the Year 1974 Elections Yukon, 1974. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  • Kluane - Yukon Votes 2006. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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