Porter Creek South
Territorial electoral district in the Yukon, Canada
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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.
 Yukon electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Boundaries of Porter Creek South in Whitehorse | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Yukon Party | ||
| First contested | 1992 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2025) | 921 | ||
| Census subdivision | Porter Creek | ||
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.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Creek South Riding created from Whitehorse Porter Creek West and Whitehorse West |
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| 28th | 1992–1996 | Alan Nordling | Independent | |
| 29th | 1996–2000 | Pat Duncan | Liberal | |
| 30th | 2000–2002 | |||
| 31st | 2002–2006 | |||
| 32nd | 2006–2011 | Don Inverarity | ||
| 33rd | 2011–2016 | Mike Nixon | Yukon Party | |
| 34th | 2016–2021 | Ranj Pillai | Liberal | |
| 35th | 2021–2025 | |||
| 36th | 2025–Present | Adam Gerle | Yukon Party | |
Election history
2025
| 2025 Yukon general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Adam Gerle | 493 | 53.13 | +19.02 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dario Paola | 373 | 40.19 | +14.22 | ||||
| Liberal | Harjit Mavi | 62 | 6.68 | –33.24 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 928 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 50.93 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 1,822 | |||||||
| Yukon Party gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.40 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
| 2021 Yukon general election redistributed results[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | % | |
| Liberal | 309 | 40 | |
| Yukon Party | 264 | 34 | |
| New Democratic | 201 | 26 | |
2021
| 2021 Yukon general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Ranj Pillai | 309 | 47.17 | +0.6% | ||||
| Yukon Party | Chad Sjodin | 262 | 40 | +0.6% | ||||
| New Democratic | Colette Acheson | 84 | 12.82 | −1.3% | ||||
| Total valid votes | 655 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −17.18 | ||||||
Source(s) | ||||||||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Ranj Pillai | 337 | 46.6% | +6.0% | |
| Yukon Party | Mike Nixon | 285 | 39.4% | -3.5% | |
| NDP | Shirley Chua-Tan | 102 | 14.1% | -2.4% | |
| Total | 724 | 100.0% | – | ||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukon Party | Mike Nixon | 257 | 42.9% | +0.3% | |
| Liberal | Don Inverarity | 243 | 40.6% | -2.8% | |
| NDP | John Carney | 99 | 16.5% | +2.6% | |
| Total | 599 | 100.0% | – | ||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Don Inverarity | 304 | 43.4% | -8.3% | |
| Yukon Party | Dean Hassard | 298 | 42.6% | +4.5% | |
| NDP | Samson Hartland | 97 | 13.9% | +3.8% | |
| Total | 700 | 100.0% | – | ||
2002
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Pat Duncan | 408 | 51.7% | -12.5% | |
| Yukon Party | Lynn Ogden | 301 | 38.1% | +13.3% | |
| NDP | Paul Warner | 80 | 10.1% | -0.7% | |
| Total | 789 | 100.0% | – | ||
2000
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Pat Duncan | 607 | 64.2% | +21.3% | |
| Yukon Party | Larry Carlyle | 235 | 24.8% | -14.3% | |
| NDP | Mark Dupuis | 103 | 10.8% | -7.0% | |
| Total | 945 | 100.0% | – | ||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Pat Duncan | 435 | 42.9% | +15.0% | |
| Yukon Party | Alan Nordling | 397 | 39.1% | +39.1% | |
| NDP | Mark Dupuis | 181 | 17.8% | -7.8% | |
| Total | 1013 | 100.0% | – | ||
1992
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Alan Nordling | 435 | 46.5% | – | |
| Liberal | Shayne Fairman | 261 | 27.9% | – | |
| NDP | Brian McLaughlin | 240 | 25.6% | – | |
| Total | 936 | 100.0% | – | ||