Vuntut Gwitchin (electoral district)
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 Yukon electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries | |||
| Territorial electoral district | |||
| Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Liberal | ||
| First contested | 1978 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2021) | 204 | ||
| Communities | Old 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 | |
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| Old Crow Riding created from Ogilvie |
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| 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 | |