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. The district also includes the residents of Long Lake Road.

Riverdale North

Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Riverdale North in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Nils Clarke Liberal
First contested	1978
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Electors (2016)	1,448
Census subdivisions	Riverdale, Long Lake

Riverdale North is bordered by the Whitehorse ridings of Riverdale South, Whitehorse Centre, Takhini-Kopper King, Porter Creek North, and Porter Creek Centre, as well as the rural riding of Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes.[1]

It is currently represented by Liberal Nils Clarke, the 12th Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. It was also represented by the 9th Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Ted Staffen, from 2002-2011.

MLAs

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1978	1978–1982		Chris Pearson	Progressive Conservative
1982	1982–1985
1985	1985–1989		Doug Phillips
1989	1989–1992
	1991–1992			Yukon Party
1992	1992–1996
1996	1996–2000
2000	2000–2002		Dale Eftoda	Yukon Liberal Party
2002	2002–2006		Ted Staffen	Yukon Party
2006	2006–2011
2011	2011–2016		Scott Kent
2016	2016–present		Nils Clarke	Liberal

Election history

2016 general election

2016 Yukon general election[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Nils Clarke	486	43.5%	+14.2%
	New Democratic	Rod Snow	337	30.2%	+0.2%
	Yukon Party	Mark Beese	258	23.1%	-14.0%
	Green	Kristina Calhoun	36	3.2%	-0.3%
Total			1117	100.0%	–

2011 general election

2011 Yukon general election[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Scott Kent	366	37.1%	-6.9%
	New Democratic	Peter Lesniak	296	30.0%	+12.4%
	Liberal	Christie Richardson	289	29.3%	-9.0%
	Green	Kristina Calhoun	35	3.5%	+3.5%
Total			986	100.0%	–

2006 general election

2006 Yukon general election[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Ted Staffen	429	44.0%	+0.5%
	Liberal	Lesley Cabott	373	38.3%	+3.6%
	NDP	James McCullough	172	17.6%	-4.2%
Total			974	100.0%	–

2002 general election

2002 Yukon general election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Ted Staffen	446	43.5%	+23.5%
	Liberal	Dale Eftoda	355	34.7%	-18.2%
	NDP	Jan Slipetz	223	21.8%	-5.3%
Total			1024	100.0%	–

2000 general election

2000 Yukon general election[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Dale Eftoda	454	52.9%	+37.4%
	NDP	Rachael Lewis	233	27.1%	-9.7%
	Yukon Party	Daphne White	172	20.0%	-27.7%
Total			859	100.0%	–

1996 general election

1996 Yukon general election[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Doug Phillips	450	47.7%	-10.6%
	NDP	Dave Stockdale	347	36.8%	+6.2%
	Liberal	Flo Leblanc-Hutchinson	146	15.5%	+4.4%
Total			943	100.0%	–

1992 general election

1992 Yukon general election[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Doug Phillips	557	58.3%	–
	NDP	Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld	292	30.6%	–
	Liberal	Lesley Cabott	106	11.1%	–
Total			955	100.0%	–

References

1. Whitehorse Electoral Districts Elections Yukon, 2009. retrieved January 24, 2017
2. Unofficial Results, Riverdale North Elections Yukon, November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2017
3. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2011 General Election Elections Yukon, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2017
4. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2017
5. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2002 General Election Elections Yukon, 2002. Retrieved January 21, 2017
6. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved January 21, 2017
7. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the General Election Held on September 30, 1996 Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved January 21, 2017
8. Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1992 General Election Elections Yukon, 1992. Retrieved January 21, 2017