The 2002 Yukon general election was held on November 4, 2002, to elect members of the

31st Yukon Legislative Assembly The 31st Yukon Legislative Assembly convened in 2002, after the victory of the Yukon Party led by Dennis Fentie in the 2002 Yukon general election. The Yukon Party formed the territorial government, Dennis Fentie became the premier, and Ted Staffen ...

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Results by party

Results by riding

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Copperbelt The Copperbelt () is a natural region in Central Africa which sits on the border region between northern Zambia and the south eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It is known for copper mining and is the second largest global reserve of copper, ...

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374 , , Arthur Mitchell
312 , , Lillian Grubach-Hambrook
263 , , , , New district , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Klondike , , , Peter Jenkins
508 , , Glen Everitt
224 , , Lisa Hutton
200 , , , , , Peter Jenkins , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kluane , , Michael Crawshay
124 , , Paul Birckel
109 , , , Gary McRobb
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Lake Laberge Lake Laberge is a widening of the Yukon River north of Whitehorse, Yukon in Canada. It is long and ranges from wide, with an average depth of , a maximum depth of and a surface area of . Its water is always very cold, and its weather often har ...

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466 , , Pam Buckway
218 , , Bill Commins
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McIntyre-Takhini McIntyre-Takhini is a former electoral district of the Legislative Assembly which existed from 1992-2009. It was dissolved in 2009 into the ridings Takhini-Kopper King and Mountainview. It contained the Whitehorse subdivisions of Takhini, ...

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John Edzerza John Edzerza (August 14, 1948 – November 25, 2011) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of McIntyre-Takhini in the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Political career Born in British Columbia in 1948, he first entered p ...

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Judy Gingell Judy Gingell, (born November 26, 1946Wayne Jim Wayne Jim (February 24, 1961 – November 28, 2018) was a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geograph ...

129 Geoffrey Capp
15 , , , Wayne Jim , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Mayo-Tatchun , , Jerry C. Kruse
102 , , Pat Van Bibber
210 , , , Eric Fairclough
339 , , Dibs Williams
36 , , , Eric Fairclough , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Mount Lorne , , Darcy Tkachuk
271 , , Cynthia Tucker
236 , , , Steve Cardiff
334 , , , , , Cynthia Tucker , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Pelly-Nisutlin Pelly-Nisutlin is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It was created in 2002 out of the districts of Faro and Ross River-Southern Lakes. The riding incl ...

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Dean Hassard Dean Hassard is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Pelly-Nisutlin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly as a member of the Yukon Party from 2002 to 2006. Hassard ran for the Yukon Party in the newly created riding of Pe ...

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Jim McLachlan James Robert McLachlan is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1989 and from 2001 to 2002. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party, and the party's leader ...

181 , , Buzz Burgess
162 , , , , , Jim McLachlan , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Porter Creek Centre Porter Creek Centre is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It was created in 2002 out of the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek North and Porter Creek South. It encompass ...

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Scott Kent Scott Kent is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2000, 2011, 2016 and 2021 Yukon elections. He currently represents the Whitehorse electoral district of Copperbelt South as a member of the Yukon Pa ...

312 , , Judi Johnny
63 , , , , , Scott Kent , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

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 Kul ...

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Jim Kenyon Jim Kenyon is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Porter Creek North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Party. Kenyon was a candidate for the leadership of the Yukon Part ...

331 , , Dave Austin
148 , , Mark Bowers
135 , , Roger Rondeau
112 , , , Don Roberts , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Porter Creek South Porter Creek South is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It comprises part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek and is the smallest riding in Whitehorse. It is ...

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Pat Duncan Patricia Jane Duncan (born April 8, 1960) is a Canadian politician from Yukon. Duncan served as leader of the Yukon Liberal Party from 1998 to 2005 and as the sixth premier of Yukon from 2000 until 2002. Duncan was the first Liberal premier ...

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Riverdale North Riverdale North is an electoral district which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. Along with Riverdale South, it makes up the subdivision of Whitehorse of Riverdale ...

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Ted Staffen Ted Staffen is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly as a member of the Yukon Party from 2002 to 2011. He served as the 9th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 2003 ...

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Dale Eftoda Dale Eftoda is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale North in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party caucus. Eftoda became the first openly gay member of ...

355 , , Jan Slipetz
223 , , , , , Dale Eftoda , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke,

Riverdale South Riverdale South is an electoral district which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. Along with Riverdale North, it makes up the subdivision of Whitehorse called Riverd ...

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Glenn Hart Glenn Hart is a Canadian politician, who represented the Whitehorse, Yukon electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Party. Political career Hart was elected in Riv ...

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Sue Edelman Susan Jane Edelman (née Cable; August 12, 1957) is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002. She was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party The Yukon Lib ...

332 , , Cary Gryba
253 , , , , , Sue Edelman , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Southern Lakes , , , Patrick Rouble
227 , , Manfred Janssen
106 , , Rachael Lewis
190 , , Warren Braunberger
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Dave Keenan Dave Keenan (born 1951) is a former Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of Yukon from 1996 to 2002. He represented the electoral district of Ross River-Southern Lakes as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party, and serv ...

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41 , , Joe Tetlichi
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Lorraine Peter Lorraine Peter, (née Netro; May 24, 1956) is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2006. She was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party. She origin ...

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Dennis Fentie Dennis G. Fentie (November 8, 1950 – August 30, 2019) was a Canadian politician. He was the seventh premier of Yukon and leader of the Yukon Party, serving from 2002 to 2011, as well as the MLA for Watson Lake. Before entering politics, ...

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130 , , Kathy Magun
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Whitehorse Centre Whitehorse Centre is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon in Canada. It was created in 1992 from an amalgamation of the ridings of Whitehorse North Centre and Whitehorse South ...

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171 , , Bernie Phillips
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Todd Hardy Todd Hardy (May 17, 1957 – July 28, 2010) was a Canadian carpenter, trade union activist, and politician who served as Leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party. He has also served as Leader of the Opposition in the Yukon Legislative Assembly f ...

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Mike McLarnon Mike McLarnon is a former Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002. McLarnon was born and raised in Whitehorse, Yukon and operated several businesses in ...

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Whitehorse West 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 ...

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Dennis Schneider Dennis Lars Schneider (June 10, 1942 – January 31, 2023) was a real estate agent and political figure in the Yukon, Canada. He represented Whitehorse West in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2002 as a Liberal. He was born in Flin ...

319 , , Rachel Grantham
117 , , , , , Dennis Schneider

Electoral boundary changes from last election

*The riding of Faro was represented by Trevor Harding (NDP). Jim McLachlan (Liberal) was elected in a by-election after Harding resigned. The riding disappeared, absorbed into

. *The riding of

Ross River-Southern Lakes Ross River-Southern Lakes was a territorial electoral district in Yukon. The district elected one member to the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2002. At the 2002 election, the district was divided between Pelly-Nisutlin and Southern L ...

represented by Dave Keenan (NDP) was split, with Ross River and Teslin going in

, the rest (

Carcross Carcross, originally known as Caribou Crossing, () is an unincorporated community in Yukon, Canada, on Bennett Lake and Nares Lake. It is home to the Carcross/Tagish First Nation. It is south-southeast by the Alaska Highway and the Klondike High ...

and

Marsh Lake Marsh Lake (Mud Lake) is a widening of the Yukon River southeast of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. It is over long and ranges from wide. It has an area of and a mean depth of . The co-ordinates of the lake are , and is above sea level. The lak ...

) became Southern Lakes along with the portions of the Mount Lorne riding. *The

Whitehorse Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas ...

riding of Riverside, (represented by Scott Kent (Lib) who moved to

), disappeared absorbed into

and

. *The Whitehorse riding of

is a new riding created by splitting

. *The Whitehorse riding of

is a new riding created by splitting

Member changes from last election

*James R. McLachlan (Liberal) elected in a by-election in the riding of Faro after the resignation of Trevor Harding in 2000. *

(NDP) defects to the

Yukon Party The Yukon Party, formerly the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in Yukon, Canada. History The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was founded in April 1978. Long time Yukon legislator Hilda Watson was ...

in May 2002 and became leader one month later. *Mike McLarnon (Liberal) defects and becomes an Independent in May 2002. *Wayne Jim (Liberal) defects and becomes an Independent in May 2002. * Don Roberts (Liberal) defects and becomes an Independent in May 2002.

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