Copperbelt was an electoral district which returned a member to the Legislative Assembly of

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, Canada. It included the

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subdivisions of Hillcrest, Granger, Pineridge, MacRae, and part of Copper Ridge. It also included the Lobird mobile home park. The riding was divided into the new ridings of

Copperbelt South Copperbelt South is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. It is an amalgamation of the former ridings of Mount Lorne and Copperbelt. It is bordered by the ridings of Riverda ...

Copperbelt North Copperbelt North is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. The riding was created in 2009 following the amalgamation of part of the district of Whitehorse West and the former ...

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Takhini-Kopper King Takhini-Kopper King is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. It was created in 2009 out of much of the former riding of McIntyre-Takhini. The riding includes the Whitehorse s ...

in 2009. The substantial amount of new housing development in the riding since its creation had led to a significant increase in population that had imbalanced the riding's size compared to others in the territory. Copperbelt is the former seat of

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leader Arthur Mitchell, who was Yukon's Leader of the Official Opposition from 2005-2011.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election results

2006 general election

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2005 by-election

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, Arthur Mitchell , align="right", 459 , align="right", 49.5% , align="right", +16.9% ,

, Maureen Stephens , align="right", 285 , align="right", 30.7% , align="right", +3.2% , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 927 !align="right", 100.0% !align="right", – *''On the resignation of Haakon Arntzen (September 2005).''

2002 general election

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Copperbelt (Electoral District) Former Yukon territorial electoral districts Politics of Whitehorse