Kluane Explained

Kluane
Province:Yukon
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Election-First:1974
Prov-Election-Last:2021
Prov-Rep:Wade Istchenko
Prov-Rep-Party:Yukon Party
Demo-Electors:1,050
Demo-Electors-Date:2021
Demo-Csd: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 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.

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.

Electoral results

2016

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| Liberal| Mathieya Alatini| align="right"| 289| align="right"| 37.1%| align="right"| +8.1%

| NDP| Sally Wright| align="right"| 153| align="right"| 19.2%| align="right"| -9.8%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 780! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

2011

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| NDP| Eric Stinson| align="right"| 220| align="right"| 29.0%| align="right"| +15.2%

| Liberal| Timothy Cant| align="right"| 219| align="right"| 28.9%| align="right"| -24.4%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 759! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

2006

|- |Liberal|Gary McRobb|align="right"| 317|align="right"| 53.3%|align="right"| +37.2%|-|-|New Democratic Party|Lillian Grubach-Hambrook|align="right"| 82|align="right"| 13.8%|align="right"| -51.3%|-|Independent|Freddy Hutter|align="right"| 19|align="right"| 3.2%|align="right"| +3.2%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 598! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

2002

|-|New Democratic Party|Gary McRobb|align="right"| 442|align="right"| 65.1%|align="right"| +11.1%|-|- |Liberal|Paul Birkckel|align="right"| 109|align="right"| 16.1%|align="right"| +0.7%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 679! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

2000

|-|New Democratic Party|Gary McRobb|align="right"| 405|align="right"| 55.0%|align="right"| +6.5%|-|- |Liberal|Gerald Brown|align="right"| 113|align="right"| 15.4%|align="right"| -8.2%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 736! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

1996

|-|New Democratic Party|Gary McRobb|align="right"|364|align="right"|48.5%|align="right"| +8.4%|- |Liberal|John Farynowski|align="right"|177|align="right"|23.6%|align="right"| +23.6%|-|- |Independent|Bonnie Lock|align="right"|66|align="right"|8.8%|align="right"| +8.8%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 751! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

1992

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| NDP| Wolf Riedl| align="right"| 256| align="right"| 40.1%| align="right"| -2.5%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 638! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

1989

|-|-|New Democratic Party|Ron Chambers|align="right"| 183|align="right"| 42.6%|align="right"| +18.7%|- |Liberal|Bill Woolsey|align="right"| 37|align="right"| 8.6%|align="right"| -7.3%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 430! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

1985

|-|-|New Democratic Party|Scott Gilbert|align="right"| 95|align="right"| 23.9%|align="right"| -19.4%|- |Liberal|Tony Stanevicus|align="right"| 63|align="right"| 15.9%|align="right"| +12.1%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 397! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

1982

|-|-|New Democratic Party|Dave Joe|align="right"| 196|align="right"| 43.3%|align="right"| +43.3%|- |Liberal|Alice McGuire|align="right"| 16|align="right"| 3.5%|align="right"| -44.8%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 453! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

1978

|- |Liberal|Alice McGuire|align="right"| 188|align="right"| 48.3%|align="right"|  - |-|-|Independent|John Livesey|align="right"| 49|align="right"| 12.6%|align="right"|  - |-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 389! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

1974

|-|Independent|Hilda Watson|align="right"| 123|align="right"| 28.8%|align="right"|  - |-|Independent|John Livesey|align="right"| 106|align="right"| 24.8%|align="right"|  - |-|Independent|Bob MacKinnon|align="right"| 97|align="right"| 22.7%|align="right"|  - |-|Independent|Ray Jackson|align="right"| 57|align="right"| 13.3%|align="right"|  - |-|Independent|Jack Brewster|align="right"| 43|align="right"| 10.1%|align="right"|  - |-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 427! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

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