Riverdale South
 Yukon electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Boundaries of Riverdale South in Whitehorse | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
New Democratic | ||
| First contested | 1978 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2021) | 1,691 | ||
| Census division | Yukon | ||
| Census subdivision | Whitehorse | ||
Riverdale South is a territorial electoral district of Yukon that has been represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 1978.
From 2016 to 2025, the district was represented by Tracy-Anne McPhee, former Minister of Education and Minister of Health and Social Services.
Geography
Riverdale South comprises the southern portion of the Whitehorse neighbourhood of Riverdale, located east of the Yukon River. The district includes residential areas south of Lewes Boulevard, along with the Grey Mountain area. It is bordered by the ridings of Riverdale North, Whitehorse Centre, Copperbelt South, and Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale South | ||||
| 24th | 1978–1980 | Iain MacKay | Liberal | |
| 1981–1982 | Ron Veale | |||
| 25th | 1982–1985 | Bea Firth | Progressive Conservative | |
| 26th | 1985–1989 | |||
| 27th | 1989–1991 | |||
| 1991–1992 | Independent | |||
| 28th | 1992–1996 | |||
| 29th | 1996–2000 | Sue Edelman | Liberal | |
| 30th | 2000–2002 | |||
| 31st | 2002–2006 | Glenn Hart | Yukon Party | |
| 32nd | 2006–2011 | |||
| 33rd | 2011–2016 | Jan Stick | New Democratic | |
| 34th | 2016–2021 | Tracy-Anne McPhee | Liberal | |
| 35th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 36th | 2025–present | Justin Ziegler | New Democratic | |
Election history
2025
| 2025 Yukon general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Justin Ziegler | 434 | 44.4 | |||||
| Yukon Party | Aurora Viernes | 339 | 34.7 | |||||
| Liberal | Sunny Patch | 204 | 20.9 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 977 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
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2021
| 2021 Yukon general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Tracy-Anne McPhee | 415 | 39.29 | +2.1% | ||||
| New Democratic | Jason Cook | 334 | 31.62 | -2.4% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Cynthia Lyslo | 307 | 29.07 | +0.5% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,056 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.28 | ||||||
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2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Tracy-Anne McPhee | 421 | 37.2% | +8.9% | |
| NDP | Jan Stick | 384 | 34.0% | -5.2%
| |
| Yukon Party | Danny Macdonald | 323 | 28.6% | -3.8% | |
| Total | 1128 | 100.0% | – | ||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Jan Stick[2] | 380 | 39.2% | +18.7%
| |
| Yukon Party | Glenn Hart | 314 | 32.4% | -11.9% | |
| Liberal | Dan Curtis | 275 | 28.3% | -9.5% | |
| Total | 969 | 100.0% | – | ||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Glenn Hart | 357 | 41.6% | +1.9% | |
| Liberal | Phil Treusch | 324 | 37.8% | +3.6% | |
| NDP | Peter Lesniak | 176 | 20.5% | -5.6% | |
| Total | 857 | 100.0% | – | ||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Glenn Hart | 385 | 39.7% | +16.0% | |
| Liberal | Sue Edelman | 332 | 34.2% | -14.7% | |
| NDP | Cary Gryba | 253 | 26.1% | -1.3% | |
| Total | 970 | 100.0% | – | ||
2000
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sue Edelman | 422 | 48.9% | -8.8% | |
| NDP | Heather Finton | 237 | 27.4% | +27.4%
| |
| Yukon Party | Ginny Macdonald | 205 | 23.7% | -18.6% | |
| Total | 864 | 100.0% | |||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Sue Edelman | 476 | 57.7% | +52.7% | |
| Yukon Party | Barbara Toombs | 349 | 42.3% | +12.0% | |
| Total | 825 | 100.0% | – | ||
1992
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| } | Independent | Bea Firth | 384 | 39.7% | – |
| Yukon Party | Dale Stokes | 293 | 30.3% | – | |
| NDP | Maurice Byblow | 242 | 25.0% | – | |
| Liberal | Paul Thériault | 48 | 5.0% | – | |
| Total | 967 | 100.0% | – | ||
See also
References
- ^ Unofficial Results, Riverdale South Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Elections Yukon, November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
- ^ "Territorial Election 2011". Yukon NDP. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.