Watson Lake (electoral district)

Watson Lake
Yukon electoral district
	Boundaries of Watson Lake
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
;
District created	1970
First contested	1970
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Electors (2016)	857
Census subdivision(s)	Swift River, Two Mile and Two and One-Half Mile Village, Upper Liard, Watson Lake, Yukon, Unorganized

Watson Lake is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. The riding is one of the Yukon's eight rural ridings and is one of the oldest ridings in the Yukon.

Watson Lake includes the communities of Watson Lake and Upper Liard and is situated on the traditional territory of the Ross River Dena Council and the Liard First Nation of the Kaska Dena. It is bordered to the west by the rural riding of Pelly-Nisutlin.

The riding is currently held by Yukon Party MLA Patti McLeod, the former Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, who was first elected on October 11, 2011 and re-elected on November 7, 2016. The riding is also the former seat of two-term Premier Dennis Fentie of the Yukon Party.

It is considered a Yukon Party stronghold.

MLAs

Legislature	Years		Party
1970	1970-1974	Donald Taylor	Independent
1974	1974–1978		Independent
1978	1978–1982		Progressive Conservative
1982	1982–1985		Progressive Conservative
1982	1985		Independent
1985	1985–1989	Dave Porter	New Democratic
1989	1989–1991	John Devries	Progressive Conservative
1989	1991–1992		Yukon Party
1992	1992–1996		Yukon Party
1996	1996–2000	Dennis Fentie	New Democratic
2000	2000–2002		New Democratic
2000	2002		Yukon Party
2002	2002–2006
2006	2006–2011
2011	2011–2016	Patti McLeod
2016	2016–present	Patti McLeod

Electoral results

2016 general election

2016 Yukon general election[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Patti McLeod	299	38.9%	+1.8%
	NDP	Erin Labonte	219	28.5%	-4.6%
	Liberal	Ernie Jamieson	212	27.6%	+5.0%
	Independent	Victor Kisoun	38	5.0%	-1.6%
Total			768	100.0%	–

2011 general election

2011 Yukon general election[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Patti McLeod	276	37.8%	-26.9%
	NDP	Liard McMillan	242	33.1%	+27.3%
	Liberal	Thomas Slager	165	22.6%	-3.0%
	Independent	Patricia Gilhooly	48	6.6%	+6.6%
Total			731	100.0%	–

2006 general election

2006 Yukon general election[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Dennis Fentie	495	64.7%	+1.6%
	Liberal	Rick Harder	196	25.6%	+4.4%
	NDP	Rachael Lewis	45	5.8%	-10.0%
	Independent	Dale Robert Worsfold	28	3.6%	+3.6%
Total			764	100.0%	–

2002 general election

2002 Yukon general election[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Dennis Fentie	521	63.1%	+46.2%
	Liberal	Tom Cove	174	21.1%	-10.9%
	NDP	Kathy Magun	130	15.8%	-35.3%
Total			825	100.0%	–

2000 general election

2000 Yukon general election[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Dennis Fentie	434	51.1%	-1.7%
	Liberal	Isaac Wood	272	32.0%	+19.3%
	Yukon Party	Mickey Thomas	144	16.9%	-12.8%
Total			850	100.0%	–

1996 general election

1996 Yukon general election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Dennis Fentie	442	52.8%	+18.3%
	Yukon Party	Barrie Ravenhill	249	29.7%	-29.0%
	Liberal	Dave Kalles	106	12.7%	+5.9%
	Independent	Mickey Thomas	40	4.8%	+4.8%
Total			837	100.0%	–

1992 general election

1992 Yukon general election[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	John Devries	485	58.7%	+13.5%
	NDP	Karel Kauppinen	285	34.5%	-10.2%
	Liberal	Ron Lutz	56	6.8%	-2.7%
Total			826	100.0%	–

The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party re-branded itself as the Yukon Party before the 1992 election.

1989 general election

1989 Yukon general election[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	John Devries	298	45.2%	+29.4%
	NDP	Karel Kauppinen	295	44.7%	+11.5%
	Liberal	John McDonald	63	9.5%	+9.5%
Total			660	100.0%	–

1985 general election

1985 Yukon general election[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Dave Porter	183	33.2%	+29.9%
	Independent	Donald Taylor	174	30.6%	-0.4%
	Independent	Brian Shanahan	119	21.0%	-8.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Don McIntosh	90	15.8%	-11.1%
Total			568	100.0%	–

1982 general election

1982 Yukon general election[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donald Taylor	170	31.0%	+31.0%
	Independent	Brian Shanahan	154	28.1%	+28.1%
	Progressive Conservative	Dave Rollie	142	27.5%	-25.9%
	Liberal	Eileen Van Bibber	60	10.9%	-34.9%
	NDP	James Cahill	18	3.3%	+3.3%
Total			548	100.0%	–

1978 general election

1978 Yukon general election[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Donald Taylor	226	53.4%	–
	Liberal	Grant Taylor	188	44.9%	–
Total			419	100.0%	–

Partisan politics introduced into the territory

1974 general election

1974 Yukon general election[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donald Taylor	223	49.6%	–
	Independent	Johnny Friend	110	24.4%	–
	Independent	Harold Godfrey	107	23.8%	–
Total			450	100.0%	–

1970 general election

1970 Yukon general election[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Donald Taylor	397	58.0%	–
	Independent	R.W. Stubenberg	275	40.2%	–
Total			684	100.0%	–

References

Unofficial results, Watson Lake Elections Yukon, November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2011 General Election Elections Yukon, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2002 General Election Elections Yukon, 2002. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the General Election Held on September 30, 1996 Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1992 General Election Elections Yukon, 1992. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1989 General Election Elections Yukon, 1989. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1985 General Election Elections Yukon, 1985. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1982 Election Elections Yukon, 1982. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1978 Election Elections Yukon, 1978. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Yukon Territory Elections Held During the Year 1974 Elections Yukon, 1974. Retrieved January 21, 2017
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Yukon Territory Elections Held During the Year 1970 Elections Yukon, 1970. Retrieved January 21, 2017

Watson Lake - Yukon Votes 2006. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

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[1] Unofficial results, Watson Lake Elections Yukon, November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[2] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2011 General Election Elections Yukon, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[3] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[4] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2002 General Election Elections Yukon, 2002. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[5] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[6] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the General Election Held on September 30, 1996 Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[7] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1992 General Election Elections Yukon, 1992. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[8] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1989 General Election Elections Yukon, 1989. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[9] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1985 General Election Elections Yukon, 1985. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[10] Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1982 Election Elections Yukon, 1982. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[11] Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1978 Election Elections Yukon, 1978. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[12] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Yukon Territory Elections Held During the Year 1974 Elections Yukon, 1974. Retrieved January 21, 2017

[13] Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Yukon Territory Elections Held During the Year 1970 Elections Yukon, 1970. Retrieved January 21, 2017

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
Defunct	Bonanza Campbell Carmacks-Kluane Copperbelt Dawson Faro Hootalinqua Mayo McIntyre-Takhini Mount Lorne North Dawson Ogilvie Pelly River Ross River-Southern Lakes South Dawson Southern Lakes Tatchun Whitehorse Whitehorse East Whitehorse North Whitehorse North Centre Whitehorse Porter Creek Whitehorse Porter Creek West Whitehorse Riverdale Whitehorse South Centre Yukon Electoral District No. 1 Yukon Electoral District No. 2
See also: 2016 election List of elections Legislative Assembly