| Whitehorse West | |
| Province: | Yukon |
| Prov-Status: | active |
| Prov-Election-First: | 1952 |
| Prov-Election-Last: | 2021 |
| Prov-Rep: | Richard Mostyn |
| Prov-Rep-Party: | Liberal |
| Demo-Electors: | 1,577 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2021 |
| Demo-Csd: | Logan, Ingram, Arkell, Copper Ridge |
Whitehorse West is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada.
The Whitehorse district is the smallest riding, by size, in the Yukon and includes the subdivisions of Logan, Ingram, Arkell, and part of Copper Ridge. It is bordered by the ridings of Mountainvew, Takhini-Kopper King, and Copperbelt North.
While it is one of the oldest ridings in the Yukon by name, the current riding no longer represents its initial boundaries, nor even the boundaries as recent as the 2000 general election due to the continued residential development in that area of the city.
Whitehorse West is the former seat of Yukon Premier Tony Penikett of the Yukon New Democratic Party, Deputy Premier Elaine Taylor of the Yukon Party, Dennis Schneider, 8th Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, and Ken McKinnon, former Commissioner of the Yukon.
Initially considered a New Democrat stronghold, the riding evolved into a largely Yukon Party stronghold, despite falling to the Liberals in 2016. However, Whitehorse West could also be viewed as a bellwether, as it has voted for the governing party in every territorial election since 1985, except one (1992).
Whitehorse West was the only seat won by the Yukon New Democratic Party in the 1978 territorial election.
| Legislature | Years | Member | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th | 1952-1955 | Fred Locke | Independent | |||
| 17th | 1955-1958 | Jack Hulland | Independent | |||
| 18th | 1958-1961 | James Smith | Independent | |||
| 19th | 1961-1964 | John Watt | Independent | |||
| 20th | 1964-1967 | |||||
| 21st | 1967-1970 | John Dumas | Independent | |||
| 22nd | 1970-1974 | Ken McKinnon | Independent | |||
| 23rd | 1974-1978 | Flo Whyard | Independent | |||
| 24th | 1978–1982 | Tony Penikett | ||||
| 25th | 1982–1985 | |||||
| 26th | 1985–1989 | |||||
| 27th | 1989–1992 | |||||
| 28th | 1992–1995 | |||||
| 1995–1996 | Vacant | |||||
| 1996 | David Sloan | - | 29th | 1996–2000 | ||
| 30th | 2000–2002 | Dennis Schneider | ||||
| 31st | 2002–2006 | Elaine Taylor | ||||
| 32nd | 2006–2011 | |||||
| 33rd | 2011–2016 | |||||
| 34th | 2016–2021 | Richard Mostyn | ||||
| 35th | 2021–present | |||||
|-| Liberal| Richard Mostyn| align="right"| 455| align="right"| 45.8%| align="right"| +17.1%|-|-| NDP| Stu Clark| align="right"| 106| align="right"| 10.7%| align="right"| -2.2%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 994! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-|-| Liberal| Cully Robinson| align="right"| 209| align="right"| 28.7%| align="right"| -9.9%|-| NDP| Louis Gagnon| align="right"| 94| align="right"| 12.9%| align="right"| +5.1%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 729! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-|-| Liberal| Mike Walton| align="right"| 371| align="right"| 38.6%| align="right"| +0.6%|-| NDP| Rhoda Merkel| align="right"| 75| align="right"| 7.8%| align="right"| -6.1%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 963! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-|-| Liberal| Dennis Schneider| align="right"| 319| align="right"| 38.0%| align="right"| -2.5%|-| NDP| Rachel Grantham| align="right"| 117| align="right"| 13.9%| align="right"| -17.4%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 840! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| Liberal| Dennis Schneider| align="right"| 621| align="right"| 40.5%| align="right"| +8.4%
| NDP| Dave Sloan| align="right"| 480| align="right"| 31.3%| align="right"| -9.4%
|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 1535! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| NDP| Dave Sloan| align="right"| 486| align="right"| 40.7%| align="right"| -1.6%|-| Liberal| Larry Bagnell| align="right"| 383| align="right"| 32.1%| align="right"| +0.2%|-|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 1195! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
}|-| NDP| Dave Sloan| align="right"| 433| align="right"| 42.3%| align="right"| -3.3%
|Liberal| Larry Bagnell| align="right"| 326| align="right"| 31.9%| align="right"| +14.8%|- bgcolor="white"!align="left" colspan=3|Total! align=right| 1023! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| -
|-| NDP| Tony Penikett| align="right"| 304| align="right"| 45.6%| align="right"| -9.7%|-|-| Liberal| Shaun Patrick Dennehy| align="right"| 114| align="right"| 17.1%| align="right"| +6.2%|-| Independent| Bernd Schmidt| align="right"| 12| align="right"| 1.8%| align="right"| +1.8%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 666! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| NDP| Tony Penikett| align="right"| 810| align="right"| 55.3%| align="right"| -1.9%|-|-| Liberal| Joe Jack| align="right"| 160| align="right"| 10.9%| align="right"| +10.9%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 1465! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| NDP| Tony Penikett| align="right"| 716| align="right"| 57.2%| align="right"| +8.5%|-|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 1251! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| NDP| Tony Penikett| align="right"| 541| align="right"| 48.7%| align="right"| +17.4%|-|-| Liberal| Adam Skrutkowski| align="right"| 59| align="right"| 5.3%| align="right"| -21.9%|-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 1112! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| NDP| Tony Penikett| align="right"| 230| align="right"| 31.3%| align="right"| - |-| Liberal| John Watt| align="right"| 200| align="right"| 27.2%| align="right"| - |-|-| Independent| Al Omatani| align="right"| 81| align="right"| 11.0%| align="right"| - |-| Independent| Guy Julien| align="right"| 37| align="right"| 5.0%| align="right"| - |-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 736! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| Independent| Flo Whyard| align="right"| 252| align="right"| 42.3%| align="right"| - |-| Independent| John Watt| align="right"| 227| align="right"| 38.1%| align="right"| - |-| Independent| Al Omatani| align="right"| 116| align="right"| 19.5%| align="right"| - |-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 596! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}
|-| Independent| Ken McKinnon| align="right"| 444| align="right"| 23.4%| align="right"| - |-| Independent| John Watt| align="right"| 294| align="right"| 28.7%| align="right"| - |-| Independent| John P. Hoyt| align="right"| 281| align="right"| 27.5%| align="right"| - |-! align=left colspan=3|Total! align=right| 1023! align=right| 100.0%! align=right| - |}