Copperbelt South
 Yukon electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Boundaries of Copperbelt South in Whitehorse | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Yukon Party | ||
| District created | 2009 | ||
| First contested | 2011 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2021) | 1,723 | ||
| Census subdivision(s) | Mary Lake, Cowley Creek, Wolf Creek, Whitehorse Copper, Mount Sima, MacRae, Pineridge, Golden Horn | ||
Copperbelt South is a territorial electoral district of Yukon that has been represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 2011.
Geography
The riding is an amalgamation of the former ridings of Copperbelt and Mount Lorne. It is bordered by the districts of Riverdale South, Copperbelt North, Porter Creek South, and Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn.
Copperbelt South includes the subdivisions of Lobird, McLean Lake, Ear Lake Road, Canyon Crescent, Mount Sima, MacRae, Wolf Creek, Fox Haven, Pineridge, Spruce Hill, Mary Lake, Cowley Creek, and Whitehorse Copper, and it extends south to Km 1405 on the Alaska Highway.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copperbelt South Riding created from Copperbelt and Mount Lorne |
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| 33rd | 2011–2016 | Lois Moorcroft | New Democratic | |
| 34th | 2016–2021 | Scott Kent | Yukon Party | |
| 35th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 36th | 2025–Present | |||
Election results
2025
| 2025 Yukon general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Scott Kent | 787 | 66.47 | +11.13 | ||||
| New Democratic | Robin Reid-Fraser | 337 | 28.46 | +6.13 | ||||
| Liberal | Derek Yap | 60 | 5.07 | –17.26 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,184 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 57.28 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 2,067 | |||||||
| Yukon Party hold | Swing | +2.50 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2021 Yukon general election redistributed results[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | |
| Yukon Party | 731 | 55 | |
| Liberal | 295 | 22 | |
| New Democratic | 295 | 22 | |
2021
| 2021 Yukon general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Scott Kent | 726 | 56.98 | +20.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kaori Torigai | 289 | 22.68 | -4.5% | ||||
| Liberal | Sheila Robertson | 259 | 20.32 | -14.6% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 1,274 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Yukon Party hold | Swing | +18.33 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Scott Kent | 449 | 36.9% | -4.8% | |
| Liberal | Jocelyn Curteanu | 425 | 34.9% | +18.6% | |
| NDP | Lois Moorcroft | 331 | 27.2% | -14.8%
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| Green | Philippe LeBlond | 12 | 1.0% | +1.0% | |
| Total | 1,217 | 100.0% | – | ||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDP | Lois Moorcroft | 397 | 42.0% | –
| |
| Yukon Party | Valerie Boxall | 394 | 41.7% | – | |
| Liberal | Colleen Wirth | 154 | 16.3% | – | |
| Total | 945 | 100.0% | – | ||
See also
References
- ^ Hutton, Kyle (24 May 2025). "Yukon's New Electoral Boundaries". Blunt Objects. Substack. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ "Moorcroft confirmed Copperbelt South winner". CBC News, October 17, 2011.