Yellowknife South

{{Short description|Territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories, Canada}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=March 2025}}

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| name = Yellowknife South

| province = Northwest Territories

| image = NWT Elections Yellowknife South.svg

| caption = Boundaries of Yellowknife South in Yellowknife

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| prov-election-first = 1975

| prov-election-last = 2023

| prov-rep = Caroline Wawzonek

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| demo-electors-date = 2015

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| demo-csd = Yellowknife

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Yellowknife South[http://www.electionsnwt.ca/maps/Yellowknife_South_Electoral_Map.pdf Yellowknife South constituency map] is a territorial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is one of seven districts that represent Yellowknife.[http://www.electionsnwt.ca/maps/Yellowknife_Entire_Electoral_Map.pdf Map of the Yellowknife constituencies]

Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs)

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!Name

!Elected

!Left Office

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|David Searle

|1975

|1979

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|Lynda Sorenson

|1979

|1983

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|Ted Richard

|1983

|1988

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|Tony Whitford

|1988

|1995

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|Seamus Henry

|1995

|1999

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|Brendan Bell

|1999

|2007

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|Bob McLeod

|2007

|2019

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|Caroline Wawzonek

|2019

|present

Election results

=2023 election=

{{2023 Northwest Territories general election/Yellowknife South}}

=2019 election=

{{2019 Northwest Territories general election/Yellowknife South}}

=2015 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|2015|Yellowknife South|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Bob McLeod|485|70.0}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Nigit'stil Jessica Norbert|179|25.8}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Samuel Roland|29|4.2}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|693|33%}}

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=2011 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|2011|Yellowknife South}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Bob McLeod|Acclaimed}}

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=2007 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|2007|Yellowknife South|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Bob McLeod|539|61.46%In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Amy Hacala|278|31.70%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Garett Cochrane|57|6.50%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|874|57.36%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Rejected ballots|3}}

{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite web | url = http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2007Eng.pdf | title = Official Voting Results 2007 General Election | publisher = Elections NWT | access-date = 2008-02-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063925/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2007Eng.pdf |archive-date = 2008-04-11}}}}

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=2003 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|2003|Yellowknife South}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Brendan Bell|Acclaimed}}

{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite web | url = http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2003Eng.pdf | title = Official Voting Results 2003 General Election | publisher = Elections NWT | access-date = 2008-02-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063907/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElection2003Eng.pdf |archive-date = 2008-04-11}}}}

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=1999 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|1999|Yellowknife South|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Brendan Bell|359|40.47%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Pat McMahon|347|39.12%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Mary Beth Levan|181|20.41%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|887|66.77%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Rejected ballots|5}}

{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite web | url =http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElections1999Eng.pdf | title = Official Voting Results 1999 General Election | publisher = Elections NWT | access-date = 2008-02-18 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080411063937/http://www.electionsnwt.ca/pdf/VotingResultsfortheGeneralElections1999Eng.pdf |archive-date = 2008-04-11}}}}

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=1979 election=

{{CANelec/top|NT|1979|percent=yes}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Lynda Sorenson|683|47.04%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Wes MacAleer|618|42.56%}}

{{CANelec|NT|consensus|Joey Severn|151|10.40%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Total valid ballots / Turnout|1452|64.77%}}

{{CANelec/total|colspan=2|Rejected ballots|4}}

{{CANelec/source|hide={{cite web | url =https://www.electionsnwt.ca/sites/electionsnwt/files/official_voting_results_1979_revised.pdf | title = REPORT OF THE CHIEF ELECTORAL OFFICER ON THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MEMBERS TO THE COUNCIL OF THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES 1979 |date=January 1980 | publisher = Elections NWT | accessdate = 2025-04-01 }}}}

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By-election reasons

  1. October 31, 1988 Ted Richard appointed to Northwest Territories Supreme Court.

See also

Notes

{{Cnote|a|In the 2007 election, percentages assigned to candidates were based on the total votes cast. In prior elections the percentages were based on the valid votes.}}

References

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