Faro (electoral district)

Former territorial electoral district in the Yukon, Canada

Faro Yukon electoral district

Defunct territorial electoral district
Legislature| Yukon Legislative Assembly
District created| 1978
District abolished| 2002
First contested| 1978
Last contested| 2000
Demographics
Electors (2000)| 234
Census subdivision(s)| Faro

Faro was an electoral district that returned a member (known as an MLA) to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada between 1978 and 2002.[1] It was created out of the riding of Pelly River and encompassed the community of Faro. It was situated on the traditional territory of the Ross River Dena Council of the Kaska Dena.

The riding was dissolved in 2002 and amalgamated into the new riding of Pelly-Nisutlin, which includes the communities of Faro, Teslin, Ross River, and Little Salmon.

Faro is the former seat of Yukon Liberal leader Jim McLachlan and New Democrat Trevor Harding, who briefly served as interim leader of the Yukon New Democratic Party and interim Leader of the Official Opposition after his party's defeat in the 2000 territorial election.

## History

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When partisan politics were first introduced to the Yukon, Faro was one of the territory's nine rural seats. Originally bordered by the ridings of Tatchun and Campbell, at the time of its dissolution it was bordered by the ridings of Mayo-Tatchun and Ross River-Southern Lakes.

Faro is the home of the Faro Mine, at one point the largest open pit lead–zinc mine in the world as well as a significant producer of silver and other natural resource ventures. At its peak in 1982, the community was home to 2,100 residents, but at the time of the riding's dissolution, the community of Faro was home to just 400 people. When the Faro Mine's operators announced the indefinite closure of the operation, the effect devastated the territorial economy, as it represented approximately 40% of territorial GDP.[2] Several corporations sought to restart the Faro Mine, but the final attempt, that of Anvil Range Mining Corporation, ceased in January 1998, followed by the bankruptcy of Anvil Range.

Faro continued to shrink in population as a community as the successive mining operations went under. In 2002, the Yukon Electoral District Boundaries Commission ruled that Faro's population had fallen far below acceptable levels to merit its own riding.[3] The riding of Faro was dissolved and the community of Faro joined the communities of Teslin, Ross River, and Little Salmon to form the new riding of Pelly-Nisutlin.

## MLAs

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Legislature  | Years  | Member  | Party

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24th | 1978-1981  |  | Maurice Byblow | Independent
1981-1982  |  | NDP
25th | 1982-1985
26th | 1985-1989  |  | Jim McLachlan | Liberal
27th | 1989-1992  |  | Maurice Byblow | NDP
28th | 1992-1996  | Trevor Harding
29th | 1996-2000
30th | 2000-2000
2000-2002  |  | Jim McLachlan | Liberal

## Electoral results

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### 2000 by-election

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2000 By-election[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Jim McLachlan | 129  | 65.5%  | +42.6%
| NDP | Harold Boehm  | 66  | 33.5%  | -43.1%
Total  | 197 | 100.0% | -

* On the resignation of Trevor Harding (2000).

### 2000

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2000 Yukon general election[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| NDP | Trevor Harding | 177  | 76.6%  | -17.7%
| Liberal | Jim McLachlan | 53  | 22.9%  | +17.7%
Total  | 231 | 100.0% | -

### 1996

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1996 Yukon general election[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| NDP | Trevor Harding | 530  | 94.3%  | +41.1%
| Liberal | Ed Peake  | 29  | 5.2%  | -41.0%
Total  | 562 | 100.0% | -

### 1992

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1992 Yukon general election[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| NDP | Trevor Harding | 388  | 53.2%  | +10.4%
| Liberal | Jim McLachlan | 337  | 46.2%  | +9.1%
Total  | 729 | 100.0% | -

### 1989

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1989 Yukon general election[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| NDP | Maurice Byblow | 194  | 42.8%  | +9.3%
| Liberal | Jim McLachlan | 168  | 37.1%  | -2.2%
| Progressive Conservative | Mel Smith | 90 | 19.9% | -7.0%
Total  | 453 | 100.0% | -

### 1985

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1985 Yukon general election[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Jim McLachlan | 142  | 39.3%  | +17.1%
| NDP | Sibyl Frei  | 121  | 33.5%  | -15.8%
| Progressive Conservative | Ted Bartsch | 97 | 26.9% | -1.4%
Total  | 361 | 100.0% | -

### 1982

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1982 Yukon general election[10] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| NDP | Maurice Byblow | 357  | 49.3%  | +10.4%
| Progressive Conservative | Doris Gates | 205 | 28.3% | +28.3%
| Liberal | Wayne Peace  | 160  | 22.1%  | +22.1%
Total  | 724 | 100.0% | -

### 1978

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1978 Yukon general election[11] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent  | Maurice Byblow | 361  | 60.1%  | -
| NDP | Stuart McCall | 231  | 38.9%  | -
Total  | 594 | 100.0% | -

## See also

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* List of Yukon territorial electoral districts
* Canadian provincial electoral districts

## References

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1. ^ Yukon Territory (1986). Revised Statutes of the Yukon, 1986: A Revision and Consolidation of the Statutes of the Legislature of the Yukon Territory : Proclaimed and Published Under Authority of the Revised Statutes Act. Vol. 1\. Queen's Printer for the Yukon Territory. p. 75. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
2. ^ Down and out in the Yukon Territory, New York Times, July 28, 1985. Retrieved 2017-01-05 frepubli
3. ^ Final Report, 2002 Electoral District Boundaries Commission. Elections Yukon, 2002. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
4. ^ 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
5. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 2000 General Election Elections Yukon, 2000. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
6. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1996 General Election Elections Yukon, 1996. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
7. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1992 General Election Elections Yukon, 1992. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
8. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1989 General Election Elections Yukon, 1989. Retrieved January 21, 2017
9. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1985 General Election Elections Yukon, 1985. Retrieved January 21, 2017
10. ^ Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1982 Election Elections Yukon, 1982. Retrieved January 21, 2017
11. ^ Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1978 Election Elections Yukon, 1978. Retrieved January 21, 2017

## External links

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