Watson Lake (electoral district)


Watson Lake is an electoral district which returns a member to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. The riding is one of the Yukon's eight rural ridings and is one of the oldest ridings in the Yukon.
Watson Lake includes the communities of Watson Lake and Upper Liard and is situated on the traditional territory of the Ross River Dena Council and the Liard First Nation of the Kaska Dena. It is bordered to the west by the rural riding of Pelly-Nisutlin.
The riding is currently held by Yukon Party MLA Patti McLeod, the former Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, who was first elected on October 11, 2011 and re-elected on November 7, 2016. The riding is also the former seat of two-term Premier Dennis Fentie of the Yukon Party.
It is considered a Yukon Party stronghold.

MLAs

Electoral results

2016 general election

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! align=right| 768
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2011 general election

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! align=right| 731
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2006 general election

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! align=right| 764
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2002 general election

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! align=right| 825
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2000 general election

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! align=right| 850
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1996 general election

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! align=right| 837
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1992 general election

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! align=right| 826
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1989 general election

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! align=right| 660
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1985 general election

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! align=right| 568
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1982 general election

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! align=right| 548
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1978 general election

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! align=right| 419
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1974 general election

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! align=right| 450
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1970 general election

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! align=right| 684
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