Annie Blake is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the

Yukon Legislative Assembly The Yukon Legislative Assembly () is the legislative assembly for Yukon, Canada. Unique among Canada's three territories, the Yukon Legislative Assembly is the only territorial legislature which is organized along political party lines. In contr ...

in the

2021 Yukon general election The 2021 Yukon general election was held on April 12, 2021, to return members of the 35th Legislature of Yukon, 35th Yukon Legislative Assembly. The election resulted in a hung parliament where the incumbent governing Yukon Liberal Party and the ...

. She represents the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin as a member of the

Yukon New Democratic Party The Yukon New Democratic Party (YNDP; ) is a social democratic political party in the Yukon, Canada. It is the territorial section of the federal New Democratic Party. The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leaders ...

. She finished in a 78–78 tie with incumbent MLA Pauline Frost on election night, which was further confirmed on a recount. Under Yukon election law, an exact tie between candidates is settled by drawing lots, and Blake was drawn as the winner. This was the second time in the history of the district, following the

1996 Yukon general election The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the 29th Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democr ...

, that an election resulted in an exact tie settled in this manner. As of September 29, 2024, Blake serves as Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committee of the Whole of the

. She also serves as the Third Party critic for Health and Social Services, Justice, Tourism and Culture, and Youth Issues.

Electoral record

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Living people Yukon New Democratic Party MLAs Women MLAs in Yukon First Nations politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly {{Yukon-politician-stub