Kluane is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the

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territory of

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. It is named after

Kluane National Park Kluane National Park and Reserve (; french: Parc national et réserve de parc national de Kluane) are two protected areas in the southwest corner of the territory of Yukon. The National Park Reserve was set aside in 1972 to become a national par ...

, which is within the riding. It is one of the Yukon's eight rural districts. Kluane represents all Yukon communities and residents along the Alaska Highway west of

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and south to

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. This includes the communities of

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, Burwash Landing,

Destruction Bay Destruction Bay is a small community on the Alaska Highway (historical mile 1083) in Canada's Yukon on Kluane Lake. Populated mostly by non-aboriginal residents, community residents provide Yukon government services to residents in the area (scho ...

, Beaver Creek, and Mendenhall, as well as parts of the

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and Macpherson-Grizzly valleys. It is situated on the traditional territory of the

Kluane First Nation The Kluane First Nation (KFN) is a First Nations band government in Yukon, Canada. Its main centre is in Burwash Landing, Yukon along the Alaska Highway on the shores of Kluane Lake, the territory's largest lake. The native language spoken by the ...

, the

Champagne and Aishihik First Nations The Champagne and Aishihik First Nations (CAFN) is a First Nation band government in Yukon, Canada. Historically its original population centres were Champagne (home of the ''Kwächä̀l kwächʼǟn'' - "Champagne people/band") and Aishihik (home ...

, the White River First Nation, the Selkirk First Nation, and the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation. The district was first created in 1974, when the

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was expanded from seven to 12 members as a prelude to the creation of the new legislative assembly. It is one of the oldest electoral districts in the Yukon and is presently bordered by the rural ridings of Klondike,

Mayo-Tatchun Mayo-Tatchun is an electoral district which returns an MLA to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It is an amalgamation of the former Mayo and Tatchun electoral districts. Mayo-Tatchun is currently one of the Yukon's e ...

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, and

Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. It was one of the Yukon's eight rural ridings. The district was first contested in the 2011 election. I ...

, as well as the Whitehorse ridings of

Porter Creek North Porter Creek North is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It contains part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek, as well as the subdivisions of Crestview and Kulan ...

and

Takhini-Kopper King Takhini-Kopper King is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. It was created in 2009 out of much of the former riding of McIntyre-Takhini. The riding includes the Whitehorse s ...

Members of the Territorial Council / Legislative Assembly

Electoral results

2021 general election

2016 general election

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, Mathieya Alatini , align="right", 289 , align="right", 37.1% , align="right", +8.1% ,

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, Sally Wright , align="right", 153 , align="right", 19.2% , align="right", -9.8% , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 780 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

2011 general election

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, Eric Stinson , align="right", 220 , align="right", 29.0% , align="right", +15.2% ,

, Timothy Cant , align="right", 219 , align="right", 28.9% , align="right", -24.4% , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 759 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

2006 general election

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Gary McRobb Gary Douglas McRobb is a Canadian politician, who represented the rural Yukon electoral district of Kluane in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2011. Political career McRobb entered public life to protect Aishihik Lake from further ...

, align="right", 317 , align="right", 53.3% , align="right", +37.2% , - , - , New Democratic Party , Lillian Grubach-Hambrook , align="right", 82 , align="right", 13.8% , align="right", -51.3% , - ,

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, Freddy Hutter , align="right", 19 , align="right", 3.2% , align="right", +3.2% , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 598 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

2002 general election

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, align="right", 442 , align="right", 65.1% , align="right", +11.1% , - , - ,

, Paul Birkckel , align="right", 109 , align="right", 16.1% , align="right", +0.7% , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 679 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

2000 general election

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, align="right", 405 , align="right", 55.0% , align="right", +6.5% , - , - ,

, Gerald Brown , align="right", 113 , align="right", 15.4% , align="right", -8.2% , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 736 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

1996 general election

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, align="right", 364 , align="right", 48.5% , align="right", +8.4% , - ,

, John Farynowski , align="right", 177 , align="right", 23.6% , align="right", +23.6% , - , - ,

, Bonnie Lock , align="right", 66 , align="right", 8.8% , align="right", +8.8% , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 751 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

1992 general election

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, Wolf Riedl , align="right", 256 , align="right", 40.1% , align="right", -2.5% , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 638 ! align= 100.0% ! align= – * ''The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party re-branded itself as the

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before the 1992 election.''

1989 general election

, - , - , New Democratic Party , Ron Chambers , align="right", 183 , align="right", 42.6% , align="right", +18.7% , - ,

, Bill Woolsey , align="right", 37 , align="right", 8.6% , align="right", -7.3% , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 430 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

1985 general election

, - , - , New Democratic Party , Scott Gilbert , align="right", 95 , align="right", 23.9% , align="right", -19.4% , - ,

, Tony Stanevicus , align="right", 63 , align="right", 15.9% , align="right", +12.1% , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 397 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

1982 general election

, - , - , New Democratic Party , Dave Joe , align="right", 196 , align="right", 43.3% , align="right", +43.3% , - ,

, Alice McGuire , align="right", 16 , align="right", 3.5% , align="right", -44.8% , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 453 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

1978 general election

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, Alice McGuire , align="right", 188 , align="right", 48.3% , align="right", – , - , - ,

, John Livesey , align="right", 49 , align="right", 12.6% , align="right", – , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 389 ! align= 100.0% ! align= – *''Partisan politics introduced into the territory''

1974 general election

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Hilda Watson Hilda Pauline Watson (January 13, 1922 – July 14, 1997) was a Canadian schoolteacher and politician from the Yukon Territory. She was the first woman in Canadian history to lead a political party which was successful in having its members elec ...

, align="right", 123 , align="right", 28.8% , align="right", – , - ,

, John Livesey , align="right", 106 , align="right", 24.8% , align="right", – , - ,

, Bob MacKinnon , align="right", 97 , align="right", 22.7% , align="right", – , - ,

, Ray Jackson , align="right", 57 , align="right", 13.3% , align="right", – , - ,

, Jack Brewster , align="right", 43 , align="right", 10.1% , align="right", – , - ! align=left colspan=3, Total ! align= 427 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

References

External links

Kluane
- Yukon Votes 2006. Retrieved May 22, 2009. {{coord missing, Yukon Yukon territorial electoral districts 1974 establishments in Yukon