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Provincial electoral district in Yukon, Canada

Porter Creek North

Yukon electoral district

Boundaries of Porter Creek North in Whitehorse

Territorial electoral district

Legislature

Yukon Legislative Assembly

MLA

Geraldine Van Bibber
Yukon Party

First contested

1992

Last contested

2021

Demographics

Electors (2021)

2,019

Census subdivision(s)

Porter Creek, Crestview, Kulan

Porter Creek North is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It contains part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek, as well as the subdivisions of Crestview and Kulan. It is bordered by the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek Centre, Porter Creek South, Takhini-Kopper King, and Riverdale North, as well as the rural ridings of Lake Laberge and Kluane.

The electoral district was known as Whitehorse Porter Creek East before 1992.

The district at various points has been held by Yukon Conservative Senator Dan Lang, former Premier John Ostashek, former Whitehorse City Councillor Doug Graham, and former Yukon Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber.

MLAs

Whitehorse Porter Creek East

Legislature	Years		Party
24th	1978–1982	Dan Lang	Yukon Progressive Conservative Party
25th	1982–1985
26th	1985–1989
27th	1989–1991
27th	1991–1992		Yukon Party

Porter Creek North

Legislature	Years		Party
28th	1992–1996	John Ostashek	Yukon Party
29th	1996–2000	John Ostashek	Yukon Party
30th	2000–2002	Don Roberts	Yukon Liberal Party
30th	2002	Don Roberts	Independent
31st	2002–2006	Jim Kenyon	Yukon Party
32nd	2006–2011	Jim Kenyon
33rd	2011–2016	Doug Graham
34th	2016–2021	Geraldine Van Bibber
35th	2021–present	Geraldine Van Bibber

Election results

2021

v t e 2021 Yukon general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Geraldine Van Bibber	562	49.16	+5.2%
	Liberal	Staci McIntosh	331	28.95	-8.8%
	New Democratic	Francis Van Kessel	250	21.87	+7.2%
Total valid votes			1,143
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Yukon Party hold		Swing		-10.11
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016

2016 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Geraldine Van Bibber	435	44.0%	-5.3%
	Liberal	Eileen Melnychuk	372	37.7%	+27.6%
	New Democratic	Francis van Kessel	145	14.7%	-16.5%
	Green	Mike Ivens	37	3.7%	-4.8%
Total			989	100.0%	–

2011

2011 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Doug Graham	400	49.3%	+2.3%
	New Democratic	Mike Tribes	253	31.2%	+7.3%
	Liberal	Dawn Beauchemin	82	10.1%	-18.8%
	Green	Mike Ivens	69	8.5%	+8.5%
Total			811	100.0%	–

2006

2006 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Jim Kenyon	311	47.0%	+1.7%
	Liberal	Dale Cheeseman	191	28.9%	+8.7%
	NDP	Dave Hobbis	158	23.9%	+5.7%
Total			661	100.0%	–

2002

2002 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Jim Kenyon	331	45.3%	+11.2
	Liberal	Dave Austin	148	20.2%	-33.1%
	NDP	Mark Bowers	135	18.5%	15.4%
	Independent	Roger Rondeau	112	15.3%	+3.2
Total			731	100.0%	–

2000

2000 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Roberts	504	53.3%	+14.1%
	Yukon Party	John Ostashek	323	34.1%	-7.1%
	NDP	Sidney Maddison	114	12.1%	-7.4%
Total			946	100.0%	–

1996

1996 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	John Ostashek	403	41.2%	-11.2%
	Liberal	Don Roberts	384	39.2%	+25.4%
	NDP	Luigi Zanasi	191	19.5%	+13.8%
Total			979	100.0%	–

1992

1992 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	John Ostashek	474	52.4%	–
	NDP	Carl Rumscheidt	301	33.3%	–
	Liberal	Eldon Organ	125	13.8%	–
Total			904	100.0%	–

References

The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2016 General Election Elections Yukon (March 6, 2017).
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2011 General Election Elections Yukon (December 8, 2011).
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon (January 15, 2007).
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2002 General Election Elections Yukon (March 3, 2003).
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon (June 27, 2000).
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the Yukon General Election Held September 30, 1996 Elections Yukon (January 20, 1997).
Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 1992 General Election Elections Yukon (March 3, 1993).

v t e 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

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