# Vuntut Gwitchin (electoral district)

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 and the 1970 election, the riding was part of Ogilvie and Dawson, respectively.
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.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Old Crow Riding created from Ogilvie |||||
| 24th | 1978–1982 | Grafton Njootli | Progressive Conservative |
| 25th | 1982–1985 | Kathie Nukon | Progressive Conservative |
| 26th | 1985–1989 | Norma Kassi | New Democratic |
| 27th | 1989–1992 | Norma Kassi | New Democratic |
| Vuntut Gwitchin |||||
| 28th | 1992–1995† | Johnny Abel | Yukon Party |
| 28th | 1996–1996 | Esau Schafer | Yukon Party |
| 29th | 1996–2000 | Robert Bruce | New Democratic |
| 30th | 2000–2002 | Lorraine Peter | New Democratic |
| 31st | 2002–2006 | Lorraine Peter | New Democratic |
| 32nd | 2006–2011 | Darius Elias | Liberal |
| 33rd | 2011–2012 | Darius Elias | Liberal |
| 33rd | 2012–2013 | Darius Elias | Independent |
| 33rd | 2013–2016 | Darius Elias | Yukon Party |
| 34th | 2016–2021 | Pauline Frost | Liberal |
| 35th | 2021–Present | Annie Blake | New Democratic |

## Election results
### 2021

As both candidates each received 78 votes, it resulted in a tie. A judicial recount took place and there remained a tie vote, therefore a random draw determined that Annie Blake would fill the seat.
2021 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NDP | Annie Blake | 78 | 50.0% | +48.0% |
| | Liberal | Pauline Frost | 78 | 50.0% | -1.3% |
| Total | Total | Total | 156 | 100.0% | – |

### 2016

2016 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Pauline Frost | 77 | 51.3% | -12.8% |
| | Yukon Party | Darius Elias | 70 | 46.7% | +10.8% |
| | NDP | Skeeter Miller-Wright | 3 | 2.0% | +2.0% |
| Total | Total | Total | 150 | 100.0% | – |

### 2011

2011 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Darius Elias | 93 | 64.1% | +18.1% |
| | Yukon Party | Garry Njootli | 52 | 35.9% | +9.9% |
| Total | Total | Total | 145 | 100.0% | – |

### 2006

2006 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Darius Elias | 65 | 45.8% | +22.0% |
| | NDP | Lorraine Peter | 40 | 28.2% | -19.3% |
| | Yukon Party | William Josie | 37 | 26.0% | -2.7% |
| Total | Total | Total | 142 | 100.0% | – |

### 2002

2002 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NDP | Lorraine Peter | 68 | 47.5% | +9.8% |
| | Yukon Party | Randall Tetlichi | 41 | 28.7% | -0.3% |
| | Liberal | Joe Tetlichi | 34 | 23.8% | -9.5% |
| Total | Total | Total | 143 | 100.0% | – |

### 2000

2000 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NDP | Lorraine Netro | 69 | 37.7% | -17.3% |
| | Liberal | Esau Schafer | 61 | 33.3% | +33.3% |
| | Yukon Party | Kathie Nukon | 53 | 29.0% | -16.0% |
| Total | Total | Total | 183 | 100.0% | – |

### 1997 by-election

April 1997 by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NDP | Robert Bruce | 88 | 55.0% | +13.2% |
| | Yukon Party | Esau Schafer | 72 | 45.0% | +3.2% |
| Total | Total | Total | 160 | 100.0% | – |
* Held after a challenge of the 1996 results.

### 1996

1996 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | NDP | Robert Bruce | 69 | 41.8% | -2.4% |
| | Yukon Party | Esau Schafer | 69 | 41.8% | -14.0% |
| | Liberal | Shirlee Frost | 27 | 16.4% | +16.4% |
| Total | Total | Total | 165 | 100.0% | – |
* Because of the tie vote, Robert Bruce was declared elected after his name was drawn from a hat.

### 1996 by-election

1996 by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Yukon Party | Esau Schafer | 87 | 55.8% | -7.4% |
| | NDP | Randall Tetlichi | 69 | 44.2% | +44.2% |
| Total | Total | Total | 156 | 100.0% | – |
* Held on the death of Johnny Abel, 1995.

### 1992

1992 Yukon general election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Yukon Party | Johnny Abel | 96 | 63.2% | – |
| | Liberal | Grafton Njootli | 56 | 36.8% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 152 | 100.0% | – |