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Yukon electoral district | |
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Defunct territorial electoral district | |
Legislature | Yukon Legislative Assembly |
District created | 1928 |
District abolished | 1992 |
First contested | 1978 |
Last contested | 1989 |
Demographics | |
Electors (1989) | 421 |
Census subdivision(s) | Mayo, Keno, Elsa, Stewart Crossing |
Mayo was an electoral district which returned an MLA to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It was created in 1928, at a time when it was one of three districts who elected advisors to the Yukon Territorial Council. The more contemporary, final iteration of the riding was created from an amalgamation of the riding with part of the riding of Klondike. It was abolished in 1992 when it was amalgamated with the riding of Tatchun to form the riding of Mayo-Tatchun.
The district included the communities of Mayo, Keno, Elsa, and Stewart Crossing along the Silver Trail. At the time, it was one of the Yukon's nine rural ridings and was bordered by the ridings of Tatchun, Klondike, and Campbell.[1]
It was situated on the traditional territory of the Selkirk First Nation and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun. As of 1970, the population of the electorate was 476 voters and by abolition (c. 1992) it was 421 voters.