DISTRICT: MOUNT LORNE
| Candidate | Party | Vote Count | Vote Share | Elected |
| Stephen Cardiff | NDP | 361 | 43.6%
| X |
| Valerie Boxall | YP | 236 | 28.5%
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| Colleen Wirth | LIB | 231 | 27.9%
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| October 10, 10:01:08 PM PDT | 6 of 6 polls reporting
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Mount Lorne (7)
Candidates:
| YP: |
Valerie Boxall |
| LIB: |
Colleen Wirth |
| NDP: |
Stephen Cardiff (incumbent) |
Riding Profile:
This rural-urban riding is a mix of country residential subdivisions within Whitehorse's
boundaries and rural residential areas south of the city. A significant change
to the riding's boundaries in 2002 removed several hundred Marsh Lake voters.
It now takes in the Hamlet of Mount Lorne, Annie Lake Road, Cowley Creek, Golden
Horn, Mary Lake, Spruce Hill and Wolf Creek. Both the Kwanlin Dun and Carcross-Tagish
First Nations, which have both finalized their land claims since the 2002 election,
have large land holdings in Mount Lorne.
Many residents of Mount Lorne work in Whitehorse, while an increasing number
of home-based businesses are also springing up. Land is a big issue, especially
the development of lots around the old Whitehorse Copper site by Wolf Creek
and spot land applications in the Hamlet of Mount Lorne.
Riding Map:
Political History:
In 2002, the newly adjusted Mount Lorne riding swung back to the NDP with candidate
Steve Cardiff. He easily defeated incumbent Liberal cabinet minister Cynthia Tucker,
who finished a distant third. In 2000, Tucker beat out NDP cabinet minister Lois
Moorcroft, who had held the riding since it was carved out of the former riding
of Hootalinqua in 1992.
| 2002: |
STEVE CARDIFF (NDP) won 334 votes, defeating DARCY TKACHUK (YP) who had
271 and incumbent CYNTHIA TUCKER (LIB), who had 236. There were 1,067 eligible
voters, with a turnout of 80 per cent. |
| 2000: |
CYNTHIA TUCKER (LIB) won with 563 votes, compared with 422 for incumbent
LOIS MOORCROFT (NDP) and 269 for KEN GABB (269). There were 1,547 eligible
voters, with a turnout of 82 per cent. |
| 1996: |
LOIS MOORCROFT (NDP) won with 484 votes, compared with 299 for KEN TAYLOR
(LIB), 274 for ALLAN DOHERTY (YP) and 166 for ALLEN LUECK (IND). There were
1,457 eligible voters, with a turnout of 84 per cent. |
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