Lake Laberge (electoral district)

Lake Laberge

Yukon electoral district
Lake Laberge in relation to other rural Yukon electoral districts
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Brad Cathers Yukon Party
First contested	1992
Last contested	2016
Demographics
Census subdivisions	Ibex Valley, Lake Laberge 1, Macpherson-Grizzly Valley, Whitehorse, Whitehorse, Unorganized, Yukon, Unorganized

Lake Laberge is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada.

The current MLA is Brad Cathers, who was first elected on November 4, 2002, and served as Minister of Health and Social Services and Minister responsible for Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board from December 12, 2005 to July 3, 2008; as Minister responsible for Yukon Liquor Corporation and Yukon Lottery Commission from July 3, 2008 to July 6, 2009; and as Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources from July 3, 2008 to August 28, 2009. He also served as Government House Leader from December 12, 2005 to August 28, 2009.

On August 28, 2009, Cathers resigned from cabinet and the government caucus to sit as an independent member over issues with Premier Dennis Fentie.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
1992	1992–1996		Mickey Fisher	Yukon Party
1996	1996–1999		Doug Livingston	Yukon New Democratic Party
	1999–2000		Pam Buckway	Yukon Liberal Party
2000	2000–2002
2002	2002–2006		Brad Cathers	Yukon Party
2006	2006–2009
	2009–2011			Independent
2011	2011–2016			Yukon Party
2016	2016–present

Electoral results

1992 general election

Yukon general election, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Mickey Fisher	345	35.6	–
	Independent	Chris Gladish	223	23.0
	Liberal	Bonnie Hurlock	210	21.6
	NDP	Sandra Gibbs	192	19.8
Total			970	100

1996 general election

Yukon general election, 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	NDP	Doug Livingston	328	29.4	+9.6
	Yukon Party	Mickey Fisher	325	29.1	-6.5
	Liberal	Linda Biensch	242	21.7	+0.1
	Independent	Mark Bain	221	19.8	+19.8
Total			1116	100.0

1999 by-election

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October, 1999 by-election On the resignation of Doug Livingston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Pam Buckway	459	45.9	+24.2
	Yukon Party	Mickey Fisher	361	36.1	+7.0
	NDP	Graham McDonald	180	18.0	-11.4
Total			1000	100.0

2000 general election

Yukon general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Pam Buckway	514	48.5	+2.6
	Yukon Party	Roger Gallagher	363	34.3	-1.8
	NDP	Gary LeGoffe	182	17.2	-0.8
Total			1059	100.0

2002 general election

Yukon general election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Brad Cathers	466	55.9	+21.6
	Liberal	Pam Buckway	218	26.1	-22.4
	NDP	Bill Commins	150	18.0	+0.8
Total			834	100.0

2006 general election

Yukon general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Brad Cathers	458	57.3	+1.2
	Liberal	John Breen	221	27.6	+1.5
	NDP	Nina Sutherland	120	15.0	-3.0
Total			799	100.0

2011 general election

Yukon general election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Brad Cathers[1]	528	51.9	-5.4
	NDP	Brad Turner[2]	330	32.5	+17.5
	Liberal	Mike Simon[3]	159	15.6	-12.1
Total			1017	100.0

References

1. John Thompson (August 1, 2011). "Brad Cathers keeps crown". Yukon News.
2. "Territorial Election 2011". Yukon NDP. June 17, 2011. Retrieved June 19, 2011.
3. "Nomination Meeting Set for Lake Laberge". Yukon Liberal Party. January 25, 2011. Retrieved June 28, 2011.