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Vuntut Gwitchin
Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Vuntut Gwitchin
Territorial electoral district
LegislatureYukon Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Annie Blake
New Democratic
First contested1978
Last contested2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)204
CommunitiesOld Crow

Vuntut Gwitchin is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. It is one of the Yukon's eight rural seats.

The electoral district was known as Old Crow, named after the community it encompasses, before 1992. In the 1974 election[1] and the 1970 election,[2] the riding was part of Ogilvie[1] and Dawson, respectively.[2]

It is the least populated electoral district in any provincial or territorial legislature in Canada, with fewer than 200 total ballots cast in any territorial election to date. In two elections since the district's creation, in 1996 and 2021, two candidates finished in an exact tie; under Yukon election law, a tied vote is settled by drawing lots rather than by reconducting a full by-election.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly Years Member Party
Old Crow
Riding created from Ogilvie
24th  1978–1982     Grafton Njootli Progressive Conservative
25th  1982–1985 Kathie Nukon
26th  1985–1989     Norma Kassi New Democratic
27th  1989–1992
Vuntut Gwitchin
28th  1992–1995†     Johnny Abel Yukon Party
 1996–1996 Esau Schafer
29th  1996–2000     Robert Bruce New Democratic
30th  2000–2002 Lorraine Peter
31st  2002–2006
32nd  2006–2011     Darius Elias Liberal
33rd  2011–2012
 2012–2013     Independent
 2013–2016     Yukon Party
34th  2016–2021     Pauline Frost Liberal
35th  2021–Present     Annie Blake New Democratic

Election results

2021

As both candidates each received 78 votes, it resulted in a tie. A judicial recount took place and there remained a tie vote, therefore a random draw determined that Annie Blake would fill the seat.[3]

2021 Yukon general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Annie Blake 78 50.0% +48.0%
  Liberal Pauline Frost 78 50.0% -1.3%
Total 156 100.0% –

2016

2016 Yukon general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Pauline Frost 77 51.3% -12.8%
Yukon Party Darius Elias 70 46.7% +10.8%
  NDP Skeeter Miller-Wright 3 2.0% +2.0%
Total 150 100.0% –

2011

2011 Yukon general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Darius Elias[4] 93 64.1% +18.1%
Yukon Party Garry Njootli 52 35.9% +9.9%
Total 145 100.0% –

2006

2006 Yukon general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Darius Elias 65 45.8% +22.0%
  NDP Lorraine Peter 40 28.2% -19.3%
Yukon Party William Josie 37 26.0% -2.7%
Total 142 100.0% –

2002

2002 Yukon general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Lorraine Peter 68 47.5% +9.8%
Yukon Party Randall Tetlichi 41 28.7% -0.3%
  Liberal Joe Tetlichi 34 23.8% -9.5%
Total 143 100.0% –

2000

2000 Yukon general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Lorraine Netro 69 37.7% -17.3%
  Liberal Esau Schafer 61 33.3% +33.3%
Yukon Party Kathie Nukon 53 29.0% -16.0%
Total 183 100.0% –

1997 by-election

April 1997 by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Robert Bruce 88 55.0% +13.2%
Yukon Party Esau Schafer 72 45.0% +3.2%
Total 160 100.0% –

1996

1996 Yukon general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  NDP Robert Bruce 69 41.8% -2.4%
Yukon Party Esau Schafer 69 41.8% -14.0%
  Liberal Shirlee Frost 27 16.4% +16.4%
Total 165 100.0% –

1996 by-election

1996 by-election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Yukon Party Esau Schafer 87 55.8% -7.4%
  NDP Randall Tetlichi 69 44.2% +44.2%
Total 156 100.0% –

1992

1992 Yukon general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Yukon Party Johnny Abel 96 63.2% –
  Liberal Grafton Njootli 56 36.8% –
Total 152 100.0% –

References

  1. ^ a b "1974 General Election" (PDF). Elections Yukon, pp. 9. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "1970 General Election" (PDF). Elections Yukon, pp. 32. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  3. ^ "Yukon NDP win final riding by rare drawing of lots, maintaining Liberal, Yukon Party tie in assembly". CBC North. April 19, 2021. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  4. ^ "Elias to Seek the Confidence of Vuntut Residents". Yukon Liberal Party. April 16, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2011.

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