Jim McLachlan
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image =
| name = Jim McLachlan
| caption =
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1943|9|1}}
| birth_place =Flin Flon, Manitoba
| residence =
| term_start1 = 1985
| term_end1 = 1989
| predecessor1 = Maurice Byblow
| successor1 = Maurice Byblow
| term_start2 = 2000
| term_end2 = 2002
| predecessor2 = Trevor Harding
| successor2 = riding dissolved
| office3 = Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party
| term_start3 = May 9, 1986
| term_end3 = 1989
| predecessor3 = Roger Coles
| successor3 = Paul Thériault
| party = Liberal
| religion =
| occupation =
}}
James Robert McLachlan is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1989 and from 2001 to 2002. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party, and the party's leader from 1986 to 1989.{{cite book|title=Guide Parlementaire Canadien|author=Normandin, P.G.|date=1985|publisher=Gale Canada|issn=0315-6168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xkmIAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=2014-11-16}}
He became the party's interim leader after the resignation of Roger Coles due to criminal charges.[http://www.hougens.com/yukonHistory/facts_year/1980s.aspx?year80=1986 Yukon History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026000706/http://www.hougens.com/yukonHistory/facts_year/1980s.aspx?year80=1986 |date=2007-10-26 }} at Hougen Group of Companies
Electoral record
=2002 general election=
{{Election box begin | title=Pelly-Nisutlin}}
|-
{{CANelec |YT |Yukon | Dean Hassard |297 |46.4% |–}}
{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|row}}
| style="width: 130px" |Liberal
| Jim McLachlan
|align="right"| 181
|align="right"| 28.3%
|align="right"| –
|-
{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|row}}
|NDP
|Buzz Burgess
|align="right"| 162
|align="right"| 25.3%
|align="right"| –
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"|640
!align="right"|100.0%
!align="right"| –
{{End}}
=2000 By-election=
{{Election box begin | title= 2000 Faro By-election[http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/docs/2000_Faro.pdf Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Yukon on a By-election in Faro - November 27, 2000] Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved January 24, 2017}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|row}}
| Liberal
| Jim McLachlan
|align="right"| 129
|align="right"| 65.5%
|align="right"| +42.6%
{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|row}}
|NDP
| Harold Boehm
|align="right"| 66
|align="right"| 33.5%
|align="right"| -43.1%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
!align="right"| 197
!align="right"| 100.0%
!align="right"| –
|}
- On the resignation of Trevor Harding (2000).
=2000 general election=
{{Election box begin | title= Faro[http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/docs/2000_General_Election.pdf Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election] Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved January 22, 2017.}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|row}}
|NDP
| align="right"| 177
| align="right"| 76.6%
| align="right"| -17.7%
{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|row}}
| Liberal
| Jim McLachlan
| align="right"| 53
| align="right"| 22.9%
| align="right"| +17.7%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
! align=right| 231
! align=right| 100.0%
! align=right| –
|}
=1992 general election=
{{Election box begin | title= Faro[http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/docs/1992_General_Election.pdf Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1992 General Election] Elections Yukon, 1992. Retrieved January 22, 2017.}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|row}}
|NDP
| align="right"| 388
| align="right"| 53.2%
| align="right"| +10.4%
{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|row}}
| Liberal
| Jim McLachlan
| align="right"| 337
| align="right"| 46.2%
| align="right"| +9.1%
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="left" colspan=3|Total
! align=right| 729
! align=right| 100.0%
! align=right| –
|}
=1989 general election=
{{Election box begin | title=Faro[http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/docs/1989_General_Election.pdf Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1989 General Election] Elections Yukon, 1989. Retrieved January 21, 2017}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|row}}
| NDP
| align="right"| 194
| align="right"| 42.8%
| align="right"| +9.3%
|-
{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|row}}
| Liberal
| Jim McLachlan
| align="right"| 168
| align="right"| 37.1%
| align="right"| -2.2%
|-
{{CANelec |YT |PC| Mel Smith | 90 | 19.9% | -7.0% }}
|-
! align=left colspan=3|Total
! align=right| 453
! align=right| 100.0%
! align=right| –
|}
=1985 general election=
{{Election box begin | title=Faro[http://www.electionsyukon.gov.yk.ca/docs/1985_General_Election.pdf Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1985 General Election] Elections Yukon, 1985. Retrieved January 21, 2017}}
|-
{{Canadian party colour|YT|Liberal|row}}
| Liberal
| Jim McLachlan
| align="right"| 142
| align="right"| 39.3%
| align="right"| +17.1%
|-
{{Canadian party colour|YT|NDP|row}}
| NDP
| Sibyl Frei
| align="right"| 121
| align="right"| 33.5%
| align="right"| -15.8%
|-
{{CANelec |YT |PC| Ted Bartsch | 97 | 26.9% | -1.4% }}
|-
! align=left colspan=3|Total
! align=right| 361
! align=right| 100.0%
! align=right| –
|}
References
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{{Yukon Liberal Leaders}}
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Category:Yukon Liberal Party MLAs
Category:Yukon Liberal Party leaders
Category:20th-century members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly
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