Lake Laberge (electoral district)
 Yukon electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Yukon Party | ||
| First contested | 1992 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2021) | 1,719 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Ibex Valley, Lake Laberge 1, Macpherson-Grizzly Valley, Whitehorse, Whitehorse, Unorganized, Yukon, Unorganized | ||
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Lake Laberge is a territorial electoral district of Yukon that has been represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 1992.
The district is one of the Yukon's eight rural districts and is named after the eponymous Lake Laberge, which is within its boundaries. The riding is usually considered as a Yukon Party stronghold.
Geography
Lake Laberge encompasses the Whitehorse subdivisions of MacPherson, and Hidden Valley, as well as the residents of the Takhini Hot Springs Road, Pilot Mountain, the Hamlet of Ibex Valley, and the North Klondike Highway and Lake Laberge as far as Braeburn Lodge. The riding is also part of the traditional territory of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, and the Ta'an Kwach'an Council.
As of the 2025 general election, it is bordered by the rural ridings of Mayo-Tatchun, Kluane, Southern Lakes, Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn, and Watson Lake-Ross River-Faro, as well as the Whitehorse ridings Porter Creek North and Riverdale North.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
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| Lake Laberge Riding created from Hootalinqua |
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| 28th | 1992–1996 | Mickey Fisher | Yukon Party | |
| 29th | 1996–1999 | Doug Livingston | New Democratic | |
| 1999–2000 | Pam Buckway | Liberal | ||
| 30th | 2000–2002 | |||
| 31st | 2002–2006 | Brad Cathers | Yukon Party | |
| 32nd | 2006–2009 | |||
| 2009–2011 | Independent | |||
| 33rd | 2011–2016 | Yukon Party | ||
| 34th | 2016–2021 | |||
| 35th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 36th | 2025–Present | |||
Electoral results
2025
| 2025 Yukon general election | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Brad Cathers | 948 | 71.93 | +9.37 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kai Miller | 306 | 23.22 | +2.94 | ||||
| Liberal | Tom Amson | 64 | 4.86 | -12.28 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,318 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Yukon Party hold | Swing | +6.16 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
2021
| 2021 Yukon general election: Lake Laberge | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Brad Cathers | 799 | 62.56 | +15.6% | ||||
| New Democratic | Ian A Angus | 259 | 20.28 | -1.7% | ||||
| Liberal | Tracey Jacobs | 219 | 17.14 | -10.7% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,277 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Yukon Party hold | Swing | -21.14 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Brad Cathers | 558 | 46.5% | -5.4% | |
| Liberal | Alan Young | 342 | 28.5% | +12.9% | |
| NDP | Anne Tayler | 261 | 21.8% | -10.7%
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| Green | Julie Anne Ames | 38 | 3.2% | +3.2% | |
| Total | 1199 | 100.0% | – | ||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Brad Cathers | 528 | 51.9% | -5.4% | |
| NDP | Frank Turner | 330 | 32.5% | +17.5% | |
| Liberal | Mike Simon[2] | 159 | 15.6% | -12.1% | |
| Total | 1017 | 100.0% | – | ||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Brad Cathers | 458 | 57.3% | +1.2% | |
| Liberal | John Breen | 221 | 27.6% | +1.5% | |
| NDP | Nina Sutherland | 120 | 15.0% | -3.0% | |
| Total | 799 | 100.0% | – | ||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Brad Cathers | 466 | 55.9% | +21.6% | |
| Liberal | Pam Buckway | 218 | 26.1% | -22.4% | |
| NDP | Bill Commins | 150 | 18.0% | +0.8% | |
| Total | 834 | 100.0% | – | ||
2000
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Pam Buckway | 514 | 48.5% | +2.6%
| |
| Yukon Party | Roger Gallagher | 363 | 34.3% | -1.8% | |
| NDP | Gary LeGoffe | 182 | 17.2% | -0.8% | |
| Total | 1059 | 100.0% | – | ||
1999 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Pam Buckway | 459 | 45.9% | +24.2%
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| Yukon Party | Mickey Fisher | 361 | 36.1% | +7.0% | |
| NDP | Graham McDonald | 180 | 18.0% | -11.4% | |
| Total | 1000 | 100.0% | – | ||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Doug Livingston | 328 | 29.4% | +9.6%
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| Yukon Party | Mickey Fisher | 325 | 29.1% | -6.%5 | |
| Liberal | Linda Biensch | 242 | 21.7% | +0.1% | |
| Independent | Mark Bain | 221 | 19.8% | +19.8% | |
| Total | 1116 | 100.0% | – | ||
1992
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Mickey Fisher | 345 | 35.6% | – | |
| Independent | Chris Gladish | 223 | 23.0% | – | |
| Liberal | Bonnie Hurlock | 210 | 21.6% | – | |
| NDP | Sandra Gibbs | 192 | 19.8% | – | |
| Total | 970 | 100.0% | – | ||
See also
References
- ^ John Thompson (1 August 2011). "Brad Cathers keeps crown". Yukon News.
- ^ "Nomination Meeting Set for Lake Laberge". Yukon Liberal Party. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
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