Porter Creek South

Porter Creek South
Yukon electoral district
	Boundaries of Porter Creek South in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ranj Pillai; Liberal
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First contested	1992
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)	921
Census subdivision(s)	Porter Creek

Porter Creek South is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It comprises part of the Whitehorse subdivision of Porter Creek and is the smallest riding in Whitehorse. It is bordered by the ridings of Porter Creek Centre, Porter Creek North, and Takhini-Kopper King.

Porter Creek South is also the former seat of Pat Duncan, 6th Premier of the Yukon, who served from 2000 to 2002. It was the only seat won by the Yukon Liberal Party in the 2002 territorial election when the Duncan's Liberal government was defeated.

It is considered a Liberal stronghold.

MLAs

Legislature	Years		Party
28th	1992-1996	Alan Nordling	Independent
29th	1996-2000	Pat Duncan	Liberal
30th	2000-2002
31st	2002-2006
32nd	2006-2011	Don Inverarity
33rd	2011–2016	Mike Nixon	Yukon Party
34th	2016–2021	Ranj Pillai	Liberal
35th	2021–present	Ranj Pillai	Liberal

v t e 2021 Yukon general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ranj Pillai	309	47.17	+0.6%
	Yukon Party	Chad Sjodin	262	40	+0.6%
	New Democratic	Colette Acheson	84	12.82	-1.3%
Total valid votes			655
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		-17.18
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016 Yukon general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Ranj Pillai	337	46.6%	+6.0%
	Yukon Party	Mike Nixon	285	39.4%	-3.5%
	NDP	Shirley Chua-Tan	102	14.1%	-2.4%
Total			724	100.0%	–

2011 Yukon general election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Mike Nixon	257	42.9%	+0.3%
	Liberal	Don Inverarity	243	40.6%	-2.8%
	NDP	John Carney	99	16.5%	+2.6%
Total			599	100.0%	–

2006 Yukon general election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Don Inverarity	304	43.4%	-8.3%
	Yukon Party	Dean Hassard	298	42.6%	+4.5%
	NDP	Samson Hartland	97	13.9%	+3.8%
Total			700	100.0%	–

2002 Yukon general election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	408	51.7%	-12.5%
	Yukon Party	Lynn Ogden	301	38.1%	+13.3%
	NDP	Paul Warner	80	10.1%	-0.7%
Total			789	100.0%	–

2000 Yukon general election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	607	64.2%	+21.3%
	Yukon Party	Larry Carlyle	235	24.8%	-14.3%
	NDP	Mark Dupuis	103	10.8%	-7.0%
Total			945	100.0%	–

1996 Yukon general election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pat Duncan	435	42.9%	+15.0%
	Yukon Party	Alan Nordling	397	39.1%	+39.1%
	NDP	Mark Dupuis	181	17.8%	-7.8%
Total			1013	100.0%	–

1992 Yukon general election^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alan Nordling	435	46.5%	–
	Liberal	Shayne Fairman	261	27.9%	–
	NDP	Brian McLaughlin	240	25.6%	–
Total			936	100.0%	–

^ The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2016 General Election Elections Yukon (March 6, 2017).
^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2011 General Election Elections Yukon (December 8, 2011).
^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2006 General Election Elections Yukon (January 15, 2007).
^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2002 General Election Elections Yukon (March 3, 2003).
^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon (June 27, 2000).
^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the Yukon General Election Held September 30, 1996 Elections Yukon (January 20, 1997).
^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on the 1992 General Election Elections Yukon (March 3, 1993).

v t e Yukon territorial electoral districts
Rural	Klondike Kluane Lake Laberge Mayo-Tatchun Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes Pelly-Nisutlin Vuntut Gwitchin Watson Lake
Whitehorse	Copperbelt North Copperbelt South Mountainview Porter Creek Centre Porter Creek North Porter Creek South Riverdale North Riverdale South Takhini-Kopper King Whitehorse Centre Whitehorse West
Defunct	Bonanza Campbell Carmacks-Kluane Copperbelt Dawson Faro Hootalinqua Mayo McIntyre-Takhini Mount Lorne North Dawson Ogilvie Pelly River Ross River-Southern Lakes South Dawson Southern Lakes Tatchun Whitehorse Whitehorse East Whitehorse North Whitehorse North Centre Whitehorse Porter Creek Whitehorse Porter Creek West Whitehorse Riverdale Whitehorse South Centre Yukon Electoral District No. 1 Yukon Electoral District No. 2
See also: 2016 election List of elections Legislative Assembly