# Kluane

Kluane is an electoral district which returns a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is named after Kluane National Park, which is within the riding. It is one of the Yukon's eight rural districts. Kluane represents all Yukon communities and residents along the Alaska Highway west of Whitehorse and south to Alaska. This includes the communities of Haines Junction, Burwash Landing, Destruction Bay, Beaver Creek, and Mendenhall, as well as parts of the Ibex and Macpherson-Grizzly valleys. It is situated on the traditional territory of the Kluane First Nation, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, the White River First Nation, the Selkirk First Nation, and the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation.
The district was first created in 1974, when the Yukon Territorial Council was expanded from seven to 12 members as a prelude to the creation of the new legislative assembly. It is one of the oldest electoral districts in the Yukon and is presently bordered by the rural ridings of Klondike, Mayo-Tatchun, Lake Laberge, and Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes, as well as the Whitehorse ridings of Porter Creek North and Takhini-Kopper King.

## Members of the Territorial Council / Legislative Assembly

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| 23rd | 1974–1978 | Hilda Watson | Independent |
| 24th | 1978–1982 | Alice McGuire | Liberal |
| 25th | 1982–1985 | Bill Brewster | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1985–1989 | Bill Brewster | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 1989–1991 | Bill Brewster | Progressive Conservative |
| 27th | 1991–1992 | Bill Brewster | Yukon Party |
| 28th | 1992–1996 | Bill Brewster | Yukon Party |
| 29th | 1996–2000 | Gary McRobb | New Democratic |
| 30th | 2000–2002 | Gary McRobb | New Democratic |
| 31st | 2002–2006 | Gary McRobb | New Democratic |
| 32nd | 2006–2011 | Gary McRobb | Liberal |
| 33rd | 2011–2016 | Wade Istchenko | Yukon Party |
| 34th | 2016–2021 | Wade Istchenko | Yukon Party |
| 35th | 2021–Present | Wade Istchenko | Yukon Party |

## Electoral results
### 2021

vte2021 Yukon general election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Yukon Party | Wade Istchenko | 352 | 45.01 | +1.7% |
| | Liberal | Luke Campbell | 219 | 28 | -9.1% |
| | New Democratic | Dave Weir | 211 | 26.98 | +7.8% |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 782 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | |
| | Yukon Party hold | Yukon Party hold | Swing | Swing | -8.51 |
| Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 24 April 2021. |||||||

### 2016

2016 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Yukon Party | Wade Istchenko | 338 | 43.3% | +5.4% |
| | Liberal | Mathieya Alatini | 289 | 37.1% | +8.1% |
| | NDP | Sally Wright | 153 | 19.2% | -9.8% |
| Total | Total | Total | 780 | 100.0% | – |

### 2011

2011 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Yukon Party | Wade Istchenko | 287 | 37.9% | +8.3% |
| | NDP | Eric Stinson | 220 | 29.0% | +15.2% |
| | Liberal | Timothy Cant | 219 | 28.9% | -24.4% |
| | First Nations Party | Gerald Dickson | 32 | 4.2% | +4.2% |
| Total | Total | Total | 759 | 100.0% | – |

### 2006

2006 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Gary McRobb | 317 | 53.3% | +37.2% |
| | Yukon Party | Jim Bowers | 176 | 29.6% | +11.3% |
| | New Democratic Party | Lillian Grubach-Hambrook | 82 | 13.8% | -51.3% |
| | Independent | Freddy Hutter | 19 | 3.2% | +3.2% |
| Total | Total | Total | 598 | 100.0% | – |

### 2002

2002 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic Party | Gary McRobb | 442 | 65.1% | +11.1% |
| | Yukon Party | Michael Crawshay | 124 | 18.3% | -10.0% |
| | Liberal | Paul Birkckel | 109 | 16.1% | +0.7% |
| Total | Total | Total | 679 | 100.0% | – |

### 2000

2000 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic Party | Gary McRobb | 405 | 55.0% | +6.5% |
| | Yukon Party | Charlie Eikland | 208 | 28.3% | +9.1% |
| | Liberal | Gerald Brown | 113 | 15.4% | -8.2% |
| Total | Total | Total | 736 | 100.0% | – |

### 1996

1996 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | New Democratic Party | Gary McRobb | 364 | 48.5% | +8.4% |
| | Liberal | John Farynowski | 177 | 23.6% | +23.6% |
| | Yukon Party | Ollie Wirth | 144 | 19.2% | -39.9% |
| | Independent | Bonnie Lock | 66 | 8.8% | +8.8% |
| Total | Total | Total | 751 | 100.0% | – |

### 1992

1992 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Yukon Party | Bill Brewster | 377 | 59.1% | +10.3% |
| | NDP | Wolf Riedl | 256 | 40.1% | -2.5% |
| Total | Total | Total | 638 | 100.0% | – |
* The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party re-branded itself as the Yukon Party before the 1992 election.

### 1989

1989 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bill Brewster | 210 | 48.8% | -10.7% |
| | New Democratic Party | Ron Chambers | 183 | 42.6% | +18.7% |
| | Liberal | Bill Woolsey | 37 | 8.6% | -7.3% |
| Total | Total | Total | 430 | 100.0% | – |

### 1985

1985 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bill Brewster | 237 | 59.7% | +6.5% |
| | New Democratic Party | Scott Gilbert | 95 | 23.9% | -19.4% |
| | Liberal | Tony Stanevicus | 63 | 15.9% | +12.1% |
| Total | Total | Total | 397 | 100.0% | – |

### 1982

1982 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Bill Brewster | 241 | 53.2% | +14.6% |
| | New Democratic Party | Dave Joe | 196 | 43.3% | +43.3% |
| | Liberal | Alice McGuire | 16 | 3.5% | -44.8% |
| Total | Total | Total | 453 | 100.0% | – |

### 1978

1978 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Alice McGuire | 188 | 48.3% | – |
| | Progressive Conservative | Hilda Watson | 150 | 38.6% | – |
| | Independent | John Livesey | 49 | 12.6% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 389 | 100.0% | – |
* Partisan politics introduced into the territory

### 1974

1974 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Hilda Watson | 123 | 28.8% | – |
| | Independent | John Livesey | 106 | 24.8% | – |
| | Independent | Bob MacKinnon | 97 | 22.7% | – |
| | Independent | Ray Jackson | 57 | 13.3% | – |
| | Independent | Jack Brewster | 43 | 10.1% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 427 | 100.0% | – |