Porter Creek North

Porter Creek North

Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Porter Creek North in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Geraldine Van Bibber Yukon Party
First contested	1992
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)	2,019
Census subdivision(s)	Porter Creek, Crestview, Kulan

Porter Creek North is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It contains part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek, as well as the subdivisions of Crestview and Kulan. It is bordered by the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek Centre, Porter Creek South, Takhini-Kopper King, and Riverdale North, as well as the rural ridings of Lake Laberge and Kluane.

The electoral district was known as Whitehorse Porter Creek East before 1992.

The district at various points has been held by Yukon Conservative Senator Dan Lang, former Premier John Ostashek, former Whitehorse City Councillor Doug Graham, and former Yukon Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber.

MLAs

Whitehorse Porter Creek East

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
24th	1978–1982		Dan Lang	Yukon Progressive Conservative Party
25th	1982–1985
26th	1985–1989
27th	1989–1991
	1991–1992			Yukon Party

Porter Creek North

Legislature	Years	Member		Party
28th	1992–1996		John Ostashek	Yukon Party
29th	1996–2000
30th	2000–2002		Don Roberts	Yukon Liberal Party
	2002			Independent
31st	2002–2006		Jim Kenyon	Yukon Party
32nd	2006–2011
33rd	2011–2016		Doug Graham
34th	2016–2021		Geraldine Van Bibber
35th	2021–present

Election results

2021

2021 Yukon general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Geraldine Van Bibber	562	49.16	5.2%
	Liberal	Staci McIntosh	331	28.95	-8.8%
	New Democratic	Francis Van Kessel	250	21.87	7.2%
Total valid votes			1,143
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Yukon Party hold		Swing		-10.11
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016

2016 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Geraldine Van Bibber	435	44.0%	-5.3%
	Liberal	Eileen Melnychuk	372	37.7%	27.6%
	New Democratic	Francis van Kessel	145	14.7%	-16.5%
	Green	Mike Ivens	37	3.7%	-4.8%
Total			989	100.0%	–

2011

2011 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Doug Graham	400	49.3%	2.3%
	New Democratic	Mike Tribes	253	31.2%	7.3%
	Liberal	Dawn Beauchemin	82	10.1%	-18.8%
	Green	Mike Ivens	69	8.5%	8.5%
Total			811	100.0%	–

2006

2006 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Jim Kenyon	311	47.0%	1.7%
	Liberal	Dale Cheeseman	191	28.9%	8.7%
	NDP	Dave Hobbis	158	23.9%	5.7%
Total			661	100.0%	–

2002

2002 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Jim Kenyon	331	45.3%	11.2
	Liberal	Dave Austin	148	20.2%	-33.1%
	NDP	Mark Bowers	135	18.5%	15.4%
	Independent	Roger Rondeau	112	15.3%	3.2
Total			731	100.0%	–

2000

2000 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Roberts	504	53.3%	14.1%
	Yukon Party	John Ostashek	323	34.1%	-7.1%
	NDP	Sidney Maddison	114	12.1%	-7.4%
Total			946	100.0%	–

1996

1996 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	John Ostashek	403	41.2%	-11.2%
	Liberal	Don Roberts	384	39.2%	25.4%
	NDP	Luigi Zanasi	191	19.5%	13.8%
Total			979	100.0%	–

1992

1992 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	John Ostashek	474	52.4%	–
	NDP	Carl Rumscheidt	301	33.3%	–
	Liberal	Eldon Organ	125	13.8%	–
Total			904	100.0%	–