Vuntut Gwitchin (electoral district)

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First contested1978
Last contested2025
Vuntut Gwitchin
Yukon electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries
Territorial electoral district
LegislatureYukon Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Debra-Leigh Reti
Liberal
First contested1978
Last contested2025
Demographics
Electors (2021)204
CommunitiesOld Crow

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.

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 Years Member Party
Old Crow
Riding created from Ogilvie
24th  1978–1982     Grafton Njootli Progressive Conservative
25th  1982–1985 Kathie Nukon
26th  1985–1989     Norma Kassi New Democratic
27th  1989–1992
Vuntut Gwitchin
28th  1992–1995†     Johnny Abel Yukon Party
 1996–1996 Esau Schafer
29th  1996–2000     Robert Bruce New Democratic
30th  2000–2002 Lorraine Peter
31st  2002–2006
32nd  2006–2011     Darius Elias Liberal
33rd  2011–2012
 2012–2013     Independent
 2013–2016     Yukon Party
34th  2016–2021     Pauline Frost Liberal
35th  2021–2025     Annie Blake New Democratic
36th  2025–present     Debra-Leigh Reti Liberal

Election results

See also

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