Porter Creek South is an

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which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of

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. It comprises part of the

Whitehorse Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's Downtown Whitehorse, downtown ...

subdivision of Porter Creek and is the smallest riding in Whitehorse. It is bordered by the ridings of

Porter Creek Centre Porter Creek Centre is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It was created in 2002 out of the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek North and Porter Creek South. It encompasses ...

Porter Creek North 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 Kula ...

, and

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 ...

. Porter Creek South is also the former seat of

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, 6th

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, who served from 2000 to 2002. It was the only seat won by the

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in the 2002 territorial election when the Duncan's Liberal government was defeated. It is considered a Liberal

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MLAs

Election history

2021 general election

2016 general election

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Ranj Pillai Ranj Pillai is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in the 2016 election. He represents the electoral district of Porter Creek South as a member of the Yukon Liberal Party. Early life Ranj was born in No ...

, align="right", 337 , align="right", 46.6% , align="right", +6.0% ,

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, Shirley Chua-Tan , align="right", 102 , align="right", 14.1% , align="right", -2.4% , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 724 !align="right", 100.0% !align="right", –

2011 general election

, - , Liberal , Don Inverarity , align="right", 243 , align="right", 40.6% , align="right", -2.8% ,

, John Carney , align="right", 99 , align="right", 16.5% , align="right", +2.6% , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total ! align= 599 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

2006 general election

, - , Liberal , Don Inverarity , align="right", 304 , align="right", 43.4% , align="right", -8.3% ,

, Samson Hartland , align="right", 97 , align="right", 13.9% , align="right", +3.8% , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total ! align= 700 ! align= 100.0% ! align= –

2002 general election

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, align="right", 408 , align="right", 51.7% , align="right", -12.5% ,

, Paul Warner , align="right", 80 , align="right", 10.1% , align="right", -0.7% , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 789 !align="right", 100.0% !align="right", –

2000 general election

, - , style="width: 130px" , Liberal , Pat Duncan , align="right", 607 , align="right", 64.2% , align="right", +21.3% ,

, Mark Dupuis , align="right", 103 , align="right", 10.8% , align="right", -7.0% , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 945 !align="right", 100.0% !align="right", –

1996 general election

, - , style="width: 130px" , Liberal , Pat Duncan , align="right", 435 , align="right", 42.9% , align="right", +15.0% ,

, Mark Dupuis , align="right", 181 , align="right", 17.8% , align="right", -7.8% , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 1013 !align="right", 100.0% !align="right", –

1992 general election

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, Alan Nordling , align="right", 435 , align="right", 46.5% , align="right", – , Liberal , Shayne Fairman , align="right", 261 , align="right", 27.9% , align="right", – ,

, Brian McLaughlin , align="right", 240 , align="right", 25.6% , align="right", – , - bgcolor="white" !align="left" colspan=3, Total !align="right", 936 !align="right", 100.0% !align="right", –

References

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