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Vuntut Gwitchin (electoral district)

Territorial electoral district in the Yukon, Canada

Summary

Territorial electoral district in the Yukon, Canada

FieldValue
nameVuntut Gwitchin
provinceYukon
image
captionInteractive map of riding boundaries
prov-statusactive
prov-election-first1978
prov-election-last2025
prov-repDebra-Leigh Reti
prov-rep-partyLiberal
demo-electors204
demo-electors-date2021
communitiesOld Crow

| prov-status = active | prov-created = | prov-abolished = | prov-election-first = 1978 | prov-election-last = 2025 | prov-rep = Debra-Leigh Reti | prov-rep-party = Liberal | demo-census-date = | demo-pop = | demo-electors = 204 | demo-electors-date = 2021 | demo-area = | demo-cd = Vuntut Gwitchin (formerly Old Crow) is a territorial electoral district of Yukon that has been represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 1978.

Being one of Yukon's eight rural ridings, 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, 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.

Geography

As of the 2025 Yukon general election, Vuntut Gwitchin comprises the community of Old Crow in northern Yukon and the surrounding traditional territory of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. The district also includes Vuntut National Park, Ivvavik National Park, Herschel Island, and adjacent areas of the northern Yukon tundra.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Assembly# = 24 | PartyTerms# = 2 | Assembly# = 25 | Assembly# = 26 | PartyTerms# = 2 | RepTerms# = 2 | Assembly# = 27 | Assembly# = 28 | #ByElections = 1 | PartyTerms# = 2 | Assembly# = 29 | PartyTerms# = 3 | Assembly# = 30 | RepTerms# = 2 | Assembly# = 31 | Assembly# = 32 | PartyTerms# = 2 | RepTerms# = 4 | Assembly# = 33 | #ByElections = 2 | Assembly# = 34 | PartyTerms# = 1 | RepTerms# = 1 | Assembly# = 35 | PartyTerms# = 1 | RepTerms# = 1 | Assembly# = 36 | PartyTerms# = 1 | RepTerms# = 1

Election results

2025

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.

2016

|- |Pauline Frost |NDP |Skeeter Miller-Wright |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"| 150 !align="right"| 100.0% !align="right"| –

2011

|- |Darius Elias |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"| 145 !align="right"| 100.0% !align="right"| –

2006

|- |Darius Elias |NDP |Lorraine Peter |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|142 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"| –

2002

|- |NDP |Lorraine Peter |Joe Tetlichi |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|143 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"| –

2000

|- |NDP |Lorraine Netro |Esau Schafer |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|183 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"| –

1997 by-election

|- |NDP |Robert Bruce |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|160 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"| –

  • Held after a challenge of the 1996 results.

1996

|- |NDP |Robert Bruce |Shirlee Frost |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|165 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"| –

  • Because of the tie vote, Robert Bruce was declared elected after his name was drawn from a hat.

1996 by-election

|- |NDP |Randall Tetlichi |- bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3|Total !align="right"|156 !align="right"|100.0% !align="right"| –

  • Held on the death of Johnny Abel, 1995.

1992

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| Liberal

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References

References

  1. (April 19, 2021). "Yukon NDP win final riding by rare drawing of lots, maintaining Liberal, Yukon Party tie in assembly". [[CBC North]].
  2. (April 16, 2010). "Elias to Seek the Confidence of Vuntut Residents". Yukon Liberal Party.
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