Porter Creek Centre

Porter Creek Centre

Yukon electoral district
Porter Creek Centre in relation to other electoral districts in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Paolo Gallina Liberal
First contested	2002
Last contested	2016

Porter Creek Centre is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada.^[1]

MLAs

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
2002	2002–2006		Archie Lang	Yukon Party
2006	2006–2011
2011	2011–2016		David Laxton	Yukon Party
	2016			Independent
2016	2016–present		Paolo Gallina	Liberal

Election results

2002 general election

Yukon general election, 2002^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Archie Lang	399	51.6%	–
	Liberal	Scott Kent	312	40.3%
	NDP	Judi Johnny	63	8.1%
Total			774	100.0%

2006 general election

Yukon general election, 2006^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	Archie Lang	344	47.3%	-4.3%
	Liberal	David Laxton	224	30.8%	-9.5%
	NDP	Kate White	159	21.9%	+13.8%
Total			727	100.0%

2011 general election

Yukon general election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Yukon Party	David Laxton	298	38.5%	-8.8
	Liberal	Kerry Huff[3]	245	31.6%	+0.8
	NDP	Jean-François Des Lauriers	230	29.7%	+7.8
Total			773

References

1. Yukon Votes 2006 District Profiles, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2006, retrieved 25 September 2010
2. McElheran, Graeme (6 October 2006). "NDP and Libs hope to tilt Porter Creek left". Yukon News. Whitehorse. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
3. "Kerry Huff Acclaimed as Porter Creek Centre Candidate". Yukon Liberal Party. October 28, 2010. Retrieved June 28, 2011.