Porter Creek South

Porter Creek South is a territorial electoral district of Yukon that has been represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 1992. It comprises part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek and is the largest riding in Whitehorse.

Porter Creek South is also the former seat of Pat Duncan, 6th Premier of the Yukon, who served from 2000 to 2002. From 2016 to 2025, it was represented by Ranj Pillai, the 10th Premier of the Yukon.

Geography

The riding is south of the Range Road extension, the intersection of Range Road and Whistle Bend Way south on Range Road south of Northland Mobile Home Park, west of Yukon University, south to the intersection of the Alaska Highway, south of the Kopper King Mobile Home Park to include Raven's Ridge, Fish Lake Road, and north and extending to the municipal boundaries.

It is bordered by the districts of Porter Creek Centre, Whistle Bend South, Takhini, Mountainview, Whitehorse West, Copperbelt North, Copperbelt South, Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn, Kluane, and Lake Laberge.

Election history

2025

2016

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| style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Ranj Pillai |align="right"|337 |align="right"|46.6% |align="right"| +6.0%

|NDP |Shirley Chua-Tan |align="right"|102 |align="right"|14.1% |align="right"| -2.4% |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|724 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"| –

2011

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| Liberal | Don Inverarity | align="right"| 243 | align="right"| 40.6% | align="right"| -2.8%

| NDP | John Carney | align="right"| 99 | align="right"| 16.5% | align="right"| +2.6% |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 599 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| – |}

2006

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| Liberal | Don Inverarity | align="right"| 304 | align="right"| 43.4% | align="right"| -8.3%

| NDP | Samson Hartland | align="right"| 97 | align="right"| 13.9% | align="right"| +3.8% |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total ! align=right| 700 ! align=right| 100.0% ! align=right| – |}

2002

| style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Pat Duncan |align="right"|408 |align="right"|51.7% |align="right"|-12.5%

|NDP |Paul Warner |align="right"|80 |align="right"|10.1% |align="right"|-0.7% |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|789 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"|–

2000

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| style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Pat Duncan |align="right"|607 |align="right"|64.2% |align="right"|+21.3%

|NDP |Mark Dupuis |align="right"|103 |align="right"|10.8% |align="right"|-7.0% |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|945 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"|–

1996

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| style="width: 130px" |Liberal |Pat Duncan |align="right"|435 |align="right"|42.9% |align="right"|+15.0%

|NDP |Mark Dupuis |align="right"|181 |align="right"|17.8% |align="right"|-7.8% |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|1013 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"|–

1992

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| style="width: 130px" |Independent |Alan Nordling |align="right"|435 |align="right"|46.5% |align="right"|–

|Liberal |Shayne Fairman |align="right"|261 |align="right"|27.9% |align="right"|–

|NDP |Brian McLaughlin |align="right"|240 |align="right"|25.6% |align="right"|– |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|936 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"|–

See also

• List of Yukon territorial electoral districts
• Canadian provincial electoral districts

References

1. ^ Hutton, Kyle (May 24, 2025). "Yukon's New Electoral Boundaries". Blunt Objects. Substack. Retrieved June 3, 2025.