Copperbelt (electoral district)

Copperbelt
Yukon electoral district
Copperbelt in relation to other electoral districts in Whitehorse (c. 2006)
Defunct territorial electoral district
LegislatureYukon Legislative Assembly
First contested2002
Last contested2006
Demographics
Electors (2006)1,748
Census subdivision(s)Copper Ridge, Granger, Hillcrest, Lobird, MacRae, Pineridge

Copperbelt was an electoral district which returned a member to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It included the Whitehorse subdivisions of Hillcrest, Granger, Pineridge, MacRae, and part of Copper Ridge. It also included the Lobird mobile home park.

The riding was divided into the new ridings of Copperbelt South, Copperbelt North, Mountainview, and Takhini-Kopper King in 2009. The substantial amount of new housing development in the riding since its creation had led to a significant increase in population that had imbalanced the riding's size compared to others in the territory.

Copperbelt is the former seat of Yukon Liberal Party leader Arthur Mitchell, who was Yukon's Leader of the Official Opposition from 2005-2011.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Legislature Years Member Party
2002 2002-2004     Haakon Arntzen Yukon Party
2004-2005     Independent
2005-2006     Arthur Mitchell Yukon Liberal Party
2006 2006-2011

Election results

2006

2006 Yukon general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Arthur Mitchell 632 52.5% +3.0%
Yukon Party Russ Hobbis 374 31.1% +11.6%
  NDP David Hedmann 191 15.9% -14.8%
Total 1204 100.0% –

2005 by-election

By-election: November 21, 2005[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Arthur Mitchell 459 49.5% +16.9%
  NDP Maureen Stephens 285 30.7% +3.2%
Yukon Party Cynthia Kearns 181 19.5% -19.6%
Total 927 100.0% –

2002

2002 Yukon general election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Yukon Party Haakon Arntzen 374 39.1% –
  Liberal Arthur Mitchell 312 32.6% –
  NDP Lillian Grubach-Hambrook 263 27.5% –
Total 957 100.0% –

References

  1. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon, 2006. Retrieved January 21, 2017
  2. ^ Copperbelt By-election Report Elections Yukon, 2005. Retrieved January 24, 2017
  3. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2002 General Election Elections Yukon, 2002. Retrieved January 21, 2017