| Watson Lake | |
| Province: | Yukon |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Created: | 1970 |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1970 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2021 |
| Prov-Rep: | Patti McLeod |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | Yukon Party |
| Demo-Electors: | 857 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2016 |
| Demo-Csd: | 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. In accordance with the Yukon Electoral District Boundaries Act (2024), this riding will experience a significant westward expansion of boundaries into what is currently the neighbouring Pelly-Nisutlin and be renamed to Watson Lake-Ross River-Faro at the 2025 Yukon general election.[1] [2]
It is considered a Yukon Party stronghold.
The Yukon NDP nominated candidate Amy Labonte. Two days after the close of nominations, following controversy over past social media posts,[3] Labonte withdrew her candidacy on March 24, 2021.[4] Watson Lake became the only electoral district in the Yukon without an NDP candidate. For the first time since 1970, Watson Lake had only two candidates on the ballot.
|-|-| NDP| Erin Labonte| align="right"| 219| align="right"| 28.5%| align="right"| -4.6%|-| Liberal| Ernie Jamieson| align="right"| 212| align="right"| 27.6%| align="right"| +5.0%|-| Independent| Victor Kisoun| align="right"| 38| align="right"| 5.0%| align="right"| -1.6%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 768! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-|-| NDP| Liard McMillan| align="right"| 242| align="right"| 33.1%| align="right"| +27.3%|-| Liberal| Thomas Slager| align="right"| 165| align="right"| 22.6%| align="right"| -3.0%|-| Independent| Patricia Gilhooly| align="right"| 48| align="right"| 6.6%| align="right"| +6.6%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 731! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-|-| Liberal| Rick Harder| align="right"|196| align="right"|25.6%| align="right"|+4.4%|-| NDP| Rachael Lewis| align="right"|45| align="right"|5.8%| align="right"|-10.0%|-| Independent| Dale Robert Worsfold| align="right"|28| align="right"|3.6%| align="right"|+3.6%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 764! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-|-| Liberal| Tom Cove| align="right"|174| align="right"|21.1%| align="right"|-10.9%|-| NDP| Kathy Magun| align="right"|130| align="right"|15.8%| align="right"|-35.3%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 825! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| NDP| Dennis Fentie| align="right"|434| align="right"|51.1%| align="right"|-1.7%|-| Liberal| Isaac Wood| align="right"|272| align="right"|32.0%| align="right"|+19.3%|-|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 850! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| NDP| Dennis Fentie| align="right"|442| align="right"|52.8%| align="right"|+18.3%
| Liberal| Dave Kalles| align="right"|106| align="right"|12.7%| align="right"|+5.9%|-| Independent| Mickey Thomas| align="right"|40| align="right"|4.8%| align="right"|+4.8%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 837! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-|-| NDP| Karel Kauppinen| align="right"| 285| align="right"| 34.5%| align="right"| -10.2%|-| Liberal| Ron Lutz| align="right"| 56| align="right"| 6.8%| align="right"| -2.7%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 826! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-|-| NDP| Karel Kauppinen| align="right"| 295| align="right"| 44.7%| align="right"| +11.5%|-| Liberal| John McDonald| align="right"| 63| align="right"| 9.5%| align="right"| +9.5%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 660! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| NDP| Dave Porter| align="right"| 183| align="right"| 33.2%| align="right"| +29.9%|-| Independent| Donald Taylor| align="right"| 174| align="right"| 30.6%| align="right"| -0.4%|-| Independent| Brian Shanahan| align="right"| 119| align="right"| 21.0%| align="right"| -8.1%|-|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 568! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| Independent| Donald Taylor| align="right"| 170| align="right"| 31.0%| align="right"| +31.0%|-| Independent| Brian Shanahan| align="right"| 154| align="right"| 28.1%| align="right"| +28.1%|-|-| Liberal| Eileen Van Bibber| align="right"| 60| align="right"| 10.9%| align="right"| -34.9%|-| NDP| James Cahill| align="right"| 18| align="right"| 3.3%| align="right"| +3.3%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 548! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-|-| Liberal| Grant Taylor| align="right"| 188| align="right"| 44.9%| align="right"| - |-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 419! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| Independent| Donald Taylor| align="right"| 223| align="right"| 49.6%| align="right"| - |-| Independent| Johnny Friend| align="right"| 110| align="right"| 24.4%| align="right"| - |-| Independent| Harold Godfrey| align="right"| 107| align="right"| 23.8%| align="right"| - |-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 450! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| Independent| Donald Taylor| align="right"| 397| align="right"| 58.0%| align="right"| - |-| Independent| R.W. Stubenberg| align="right"| 275| align="right"| 40.2%| align="right"| - |-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 684! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}