Kluane

Kluane is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is named after Kluane National Park, which is within the riding. It is one of the Yukon's eight rural districts.

For the national park, see Kluane National Park and Reserve.

Kluane

Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Kluane
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Wade Istchenko Yukon Party
First contested	1974
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Electors (2016)	856
Census subdivisions	Beaver Creek, Burwash Landing, Champagne Landing 10, Destruction Bay, Haines Junction, Ibex Valley (part), Kloo Lake, Klukshu, Macpherson-Grizzly Valley (part), Whitehorse, Unorganized (part), Yukon, Unorganized (part)

Kluane represents all Yukon communities and residents along the Alaska Highway west of Whitehorse and south to Alaska. This includes the communities of Haines Junction, Burwash Landing, Destruction Bay, Beaver Creek, and Mendenhall, as well as parts of the Ibex and Macpherson-Grizzly valleys. It is situated on the traditional territory of the Kluane First Nation, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, 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 Yukon Territorial Council 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, Lake Laberge, and Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes, as well as the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek North and Takhini-Kopper King.

Kluane is currently represented by Wade Istchenko of the Yukon Party, who was first elected on October 11, 2011, and re-elected on November 7, 2016. He is the grandson of Hilda Watson, former leader of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party and the first MLA to represent the riding.

MLAs

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
27th	1974-1978		Hilda Watson	Independent
28th	1978-1982		Alice McGuire	Liberal
29th	1982-1985		Bill Brewster	Progressive Conservative
30th	1985-1989
31st	1989-1991
	1991-1992			Yukon Party
32nd	1992-1996
33rd	1996-2000		Gary McRobb	NDP
34th	2000-2002
35th	2002-2006
36th	2006-2011			Liberal
37th	2011–2016		Wade Istchenko	Yukon Party
38th	2016–present

Electoral results

2016 general election

2016 Yukon general election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Wade Istchenko	338	43.3%	+5.4%
	Liberal	Mathieya Alatini	289	37.1%	+8.1%
	NDP	Sally Wright	153	19.2%	-9.8%
Total			780	100.0%	–

2011 general election

2011 Yukon general election[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Wade Istchenko	287	37.9%	+8.3%
	NDP	Eric Stinson	220	29.0%	+15.2%
	Liberal	Timothy Cant	219	28.9%	-24.4%
	First Nations Party	Gerald Dickson	32	4.2%	+4.2%
Total			759	100.0%	–

2006 general election

2006 Yukon general election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Gary McRobb	317	53.3%	+37.2%
	Yukon Party	Jim Bowers	176	29.6%	+11.3%
	New Democratic Party	Lillian Grubach-Hambrook	82	13.8%	-51.3%
	Independent	Freddy Hutter	19	3.2%	+3.2%
Total			598	100.0%	–

2002 general election

2002 Yukon general election[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Gary McRobb	442	65.1%	+11.1%
	Yukon Party	Michael Crawshay	124	18.3%	-10.0%
	Liberal	Paul Birkckel	109	16.1%	+0.7%
Total			679	100.0%	–

2000 general election

2000 Yukon general election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Gary McRobb	405	55.0%	+6.5%
	Yukon Party	Charlie Eikland	208	28.3%	+9.1%
	Liberal	Gerald Brown	113	15.4%	-8.2%
Total			736	100.0%	–

1996 general election

1996 Yukon general election[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	New Democratic Party	Gary McRobb	364	48.5%	+8.4%
	Liberal	John Farynowski	177	23.6%	+23.6%
	Yukon Party	Ollie Wirth	144	19.2%	-39.9%
	Independent	Bonnie Lock	66	8.8%	+8.8%
Total			751	100.0%	–

1992 general election

1992 Yukon general election[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Bill Brewster	377	59.1%	+10.3%
	NDP	Wolf Riedl	256	40.1%	-2.5%
Total			638	100.0%	–

• The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party re-branded itself as the Yukon Party before the 1992 election.

1989 general election

1989 Yukon general election[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Brewster	210	48.8%	-10.7%
	New Democratic Party	Ron Chambers	183	42.6%	+18.7%
	Liberal	Bill Woolsey	37	8.6%	-7.3%
Total			430	100.0%	–

1985 general election

1985 Yukon general election[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Brewster	237	59.7%	+6.5%
	New Democratic Party	Scott Gilbert	95	23.9%	-19.4%
	Liberal	Tony Stanevicus	63	15.9%	+12.1%
Total			397	100.0%	–

1982 general election

1982 Yukon general election[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Bill Brewster	241	53.2%	+14.6%
	New Democratic Party	Dave Joe	196	43.3%	+43.3%
	Liberal	Alice McGuire	16	3.5%	-44.8%
Total			453	100.0%	–

1978 general election

1978 Yukon general election[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Alice McGuire	188	48.3%	–
	Progressive Conservative	Hilda Watson	150	38.6%	–
	Independent	John Livesey	49	12.6%	–
Total			389	100.0%	–

• Partisan politics introduced into the territory

1974 general election

1974 Yukon general election[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Hilda Watson	123	28.8%	–
	Independent	John Livesey	106	24.8%	–
	Independent	Bob MacKinnon	97	22.7%	–
	Independent	Ray Jackson	57	13.3%	–
	Independent	Jack Brewster	43	10.1%	–
Total			427	100.0%	–

References

1. Unofficial Kluane Results (November 7, 2016) Elections Yukon, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017
2. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2011 General Election Elections Yukon, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2017
3. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon, 2006. Retrieved January 20, 2017
4. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2002 General Election Elections Yukon, 2002. Retrieved January 20, 2017
5. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved January 20, 2017
6. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 1996 General Election Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved January 20, 2017
7. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 1992 General Election Elections Yukon, 1992. Retrieved January 20, 2017
8. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 1989 General Election Elections Yukon, 1989. Retrieved January 20, 2017
9. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 1985 General Election Elections Yukon, 1985. Retrieved January 20, 2017
10. Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1982 General Election Elections Yukon, 1982. Retrieved January 20, 2017
11. Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1978 General Election Elections Yukon, 1978. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
12. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Yukon Territory Elections Held During the Year 1974 Elections Yukon, 1974. Retrieved January 20, 2017.

External links

• Kluane - Yukon Votes 2006. Retrieved May 22, 2009.