Southern Lakes (electoral district)

Southern Lakes was an electoral district in rural Yukon which returned a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon in Canada. It was one of the eight rural ridings in the Yukon at the time.

Not to be confused with South Lake (disambiguation).
Southern Lakes
Yukon electoral district
Defunct territorial electoral district
LegislatureYukon Legislative Assembly
District created2002
District abolished2009
First contested2002
Last contested2006
Demographics
Electors (2006)849
Census subdivision(s)Carcross, Tagish, Marsh Lake, Jake's Corner, Judas Creek

Southern Lakes was originally created as part of the 2002 Electoral Boundaries Commission when the riding of Ross River-Southern Lakes was divided into the ridings of Southern Lakes and Pelly-Nisutlin. Southern Lakes retained the communities of Carcross and Tagish and merged with the bedroom community of Marsh Lake.

The riding was also part of the traditional territory of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation, the Teslin Tlingit Council, the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, and the Ta'an Kwach'an Council. It was bordered by the rural ridings of Pelly-Nisutlin, Kluane, and Lake Laberge, as well as the rural-residential riding of Mount Lorne south of Whitehorse.

The riding was held by the Yukon Party's Patrick Rouble during its brief existence.

In the 2009 electoral redistribution, the riding was dissolved, combining with the Hamlet of Mount Lorne to form the new riding of Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes.[1]

MLAs
Parliament Years Member Party
2002 2002–2006     Patrick Rouble Yukon Party
2006 2006–2011

Election results

2006 general election
2006 Yukon general election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Yukon PartyPatrick Rouble27642.4%+2.5%
  NDP Kevin Barr 238 36.6% +3.2%
  Liberal Ethel Tizya 134 20.6% +2.0%
Total 651 100.0% –

2002 general election
2002 Yukon general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Yukon PartyPatrick Rouble22739.9%–
  NDP Rachael Lewis 190 33.4% –
  Liberal Manfred Janssen 106 18.6% –
  Independent Warren Braunberger 41 7.2% –
Total 569 100.0% –

References
  1. "New map of Yukon electoral districts (2009)". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  2. The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon (January 15, 2007). Retrieved November 16, 2016
  3. The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2002 General Election Elections Yukon (March 3, 2003). Retrieved November 16, 2016

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