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Lake Laberge is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It is one of the Yukon's eight rural districts and is named after the eponymous Lake Laberge, which is within the riding.

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Lake Laberge

Yukon electoral district
Boundaries of Lake Laberge
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Brad Cathers Yukon Party
First contested	1992
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Electors (2016)	1,401
Census subdivision(s)	Ibex Valley, Lake Laberge 1, Macpherson-Grizzly Valley, Whitehorse, Whitehorse, Unorganized, Yukon, Unorganized

Lake Laberge encompasses the Whitehorse subdivisions of MacPherson, and Hidden Valley, as well as the residents of the Takhini Hot Springs Road, Pilot Mountain, the Hamlet of Ibex Valley, and the North Klondike Highway and Lake Laberge as far as Braeburn Lodge. The riding is also part of the traditional territory of the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, the Kwanlin Dün First Nation, and the Ta'an Kwach'an Council. It is bordered by the rural ridings of Mayo-Tatchun, Kluane, and Pelly-Nisutlin, as well as the Whitehorse ridings Porter Creek North and Riverdale North.

The riding is considered a Yukon Party stronghold.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Years	Member		Party
28th	1992–1996		Mickey Fisher	Yukon Party
29th	1996–1999		Doug Livingston	New Democratic
	1999–2000		Pam Buckway	Liberal
30th	2000–2002
31st	2002–2006		Brad Cathers	Yukon Party
32nd	2006–2009
	2009–2011			Independent
33rd	2011–2016			Yukon Party
34th	2016–2021
35th	2021–Present

Electoral results

2021 general election

2021 Yukon general election: Lake Laberge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Brad Cathers	799	62.56	+15.6%
	New Democratic	Ian A Angus	259	20.28	-1.7%
	Liberal	Tracey Jacobs	219	17.14	-10.7%
Total valid votes			1,277
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Yukon Party hold		Swing		-21.14
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016 general election

2016 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Brad Cathers	558	46.5%	-5.4%
	Liberal	Alan Young	342	28.5%	+12.9%
	NDP	Anne Tayler	261	21.8%	-10.7%
	Green	Julie Anne Ames	38	3.2%	+3.2%
Total			1199	100.0%	–

2011 general election

2011 Yukon general election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Brad Cathers	528	51.9%	-5.4%
	NDP	Frank Turner	330	32.5%	+17.5%
	Liberal	Mike Simon[2]	159	15.6%	-12.1%
Total			1017	100.0%	–

2006 general election

2006 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Brad Cathers	458	57.3%	+1.2%
	Liberal	John Breen	221	27.6%	+1.5%
	NDP	Nina Sutherland	120	15.0%	-3.0%
Total			799	100.0%	–

2002 general election

2002 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Brad Cathers	466	55.9%	+21.6%
	Liberal	Pam Buckway	218	26.1%	-22.4%
	NDP	Bill Commins	150	18.0%	+0.8%
Total			834	100.0%	–

2000 general election

2000 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pam Buckway	514	48.5%	+2.6%
	Yukon Party	Roger Gallagher	363	34.3%	-1.8%
	NDP	Gary LeGoffe	182	17.2%	-0.8%
Total			1059	100.0%	–

1999 by-election

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Pam Buckway	459	45.9%	+24.2%
	Yukon Party	Mickey Fisher	361	36.1%	+7.0%
	NDP	Graham McDonald	180	18.0%	-11.4%
Total			1000	100.0%	–

1996 general election

1996 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Doug Livingston	328	29.4%	+9.6%
	Yukon Party	Mickey Fisher	325	29.1%	-6.%5
	Liberal	Linda Biensch	242	21.7%	+0.1%
	Independent	Mark Bain	221	19.8%	+19.8%
Total			1116	100.0%	–

1992 general election

1992 Yukon general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Mickey Fisher	345	35.6%	–
	Independent	Chris Gladish	223	23.0%	–
	Liberal	Bonnie Hurlock	210	21.6%	–
	NDP	Sandra Gibbs	192	19.8%	–
Total			970	100.0%	–

References

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