Vuntut Gwitchin (electoral district)

Vuntut Gwitchin
Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Vuntut Gwitchin
Territorial electoral district
LegislatureYukon Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Annie Blake
New Democratic
First contested1978
Last contested2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)204
CommunitiesOld Crow

Vuntut Gwitchin is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon in Canada. It is one of the Yukon's eight rural seats.

The electoral district was known as Old Crow, named after the community it encompasses, before 1992. In the 1974 election[1] and the 1970 election,[2] the riding was part of Ogilvie[1] and Dawson, respectively.[2]

It is the least populated electoral district in any provincial or territorial legislature in Canada, with fewer than 200 total ballots cast in any territorial election to date. In two elections since the district's creation, in 1996 and 2021, two candidates finished in an exact tie; under Yukon election law, a tied vote is settled by drawing lots rather than by reconducting a full by-election.

  1. ^ a b "1974 General Election" (PDF). Elections Yukon, pp. 9. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "1970 General Election" (PDF). Elections Yukon, pp. 32. Retrieved April 4, 2019.