Whitehorse Centre Explained

Whitehorse Centre
Province:Yukon
Prov-Status:active
Prov-Election-First:1992
Prov-Election-Last:2021
Prov-Rep:Lane Tredger
Prov-Rep-Party:NDP
Demo-Electors:1,968
Demo-Electors-Date:2021
Demo-Csd:Whitehorse

Whitehorse Centre is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon in Canada. It was created in 1992 from an amalgamation of the ridings of Whitehorse North Centre and Whitehorse South Centre and readjusted in 2002 following the dissolution of the neighbouring riding of Riverside. The riding encompasses the downtown core of the City of Whitehorse (including Marwell) between the escarpment and the Yukon River. Whitehorse Centre is home to most of Whitehorse's businesses and government offices.

Whitehorse Centre is bordered by the ridings of Riverdale North, Takhini-Kopper King, and Mountainview.

The riding is generally considered a New Democrat stronghold.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

LegislatureYearsMemberParty
28th1992–1996   Margaret CommodoreNDP
29th1996–2000Todd Hardy
30th2000–2002   Mike McLarnonLiberal
2002   Independent
31st2002–2006   Todd HardyNDP
32nd2006–2010
2010–2011Liz Hanson
33rd2011–2016
34th2016–2021
35th2021–presentLane Tredger

Electoral results

2016

|-| NDP| Liz Hanson| align="right"| 487| align="right"| 43.8%| align="right"| -18.3%| Liberal| Tamara Goeppel| align="right"| 432| align="right"| 38.9%| align="right"| +23.6%|-|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 1,112! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

2011

|-| NDP| Liz Hanson| align="right"| 525| align="right"| 62.1%| align="right"| +9.6%|-|-| Liberal| Patrick Singh| align="right"| 104| align="right"| 12.3%| align="right"| -13.9%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 846! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

2010 by-election

|NDP|Liz Hanson|align="right"| 356|align="right"| 51.6%|align="right"| +5.0%|- |Liberal|Kirk Cameron|align="right"| 181|align="right"| 26.2%|align="right"| -1.3%|-|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 690! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

2006

|- |NDP|Todd Hardy|align="right"| 357|align="right"| 46.6%|align="right"| +13.4%|- |Liberal|Bernie Phillips|align="right"| 211|align="right"| 27.5%|align="right"| +3.4%|-|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 766! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

2002

|- |NDP|Todd Hardy|align="right"| 300|align="right"| 33.2%|align="right"| -0.7%|- |Liberal|Bernie Phillips|align="right"| 218|align="right"| 24.1%|align="right"| -22.1%|-|Independent|Mike McLarnon|align="right"| 207|align="right"| 22.9%|align="right"|  - |-|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 904! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

2000

|- |Liberal|Mike McLarnon|align="right"| 312|align="right"| 46.2%|align="right"| +23.0%|- |NDP|Todd Hardy|align="right"| 229|align="right"| 33.9%|align="right"| -11.9%|-|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 676! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

1996

|- |NDP|Todd Hardy|align="right"| 328|align="right"| 45.8%|align="right"| +8.3%|-|- |Liberal|Jon Breen|align="right"| 166|align="right"| 23.2%|align="right"| -1.7%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 716! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}

1992

|-| NDP| Margaret Commodore| align="right"| 288| align="right"| 37.5%| align="right"|  - |-|-| Liberal| Phil Wheelton| align="right"| 191| align="right"| 24.9%| align="right"|  - |-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 768! align=right| 100.0%! align=right|  - |}