Mayo (electoral district)

Former territorial electoral district in the Yukon, Canada

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Mayo Yukon electoral district

Defunct territorial electoral district
Legislature| Yukon Legislative Assembly
District created| 1928
District abolished| 1992
First contested| 1978
Last contested| 1989
Demographics
Electors (1989)| 421
Census subdivision(s)| Mayo, Keno, Elsa, Stewart Crossing

Mayo was an electoral district which returned an MLA to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada. It was created in 1928, at a time when it was one of three districts who elected advisors to the Yukon Territorial Council. The more contemporary, final iteration of the riding was created from an amalgamation of the riding with part of the riding of Klondike. It was abolished in 1992 when it was amalgamated with the riding of Tatchun to form the riding of Mayo-Tatchun.

The district included the communities of Mayo, Keno, Elsa, and Stewart Crossing along the Silver Trail. At the time, it was one of the Yukon's nine rural ridings and was bordered by the ridings of Tatchun, Klondike, and Campbell.[1]

It was situated on the traditional territory of the Selkirk First Nation and the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyäk Dun. As of 1970, the population of the electorate was 476 voters and by abolition (c. 1992) it was 421 voters.

## History

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Mayo was created as a district in the 1928 Yukon election at a time when representatives for the Yukon Territorial Council were being elected. The Yukon Territorial Council was the Yukon's political body prior to the creation of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. Although not a full legislature, the council acted as an advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon, and had the power to pass non-binding motions of legislation which would be forwarded to the Commissioner for consideration. Because the Commissioner retained executive authority,[2] empowered through Ottawa, the Yukon Territorial Council was thus not a fully democratic government. Although an elected body, its powers were significantly more constrained than those of a provincial legislative assembly.[2]

When Mayo was created in 1928, it was one of three districts with representatives on the Yukon Territorial Council along with Dawson and Whitehorse.

When partisan politics was introduced to the Yukon in the 1978 election, Mayo was one of the initial electoral districts, its communities of Mayo, Elsa, Stewart Crossing, and Keno forming the centre of much of the Yukon's mining production. Elsa at one point was the 2nd largest producer of silver in Canada and the 4th largest in the world.[3] Keno was also known for its silver and lead mining. However, in 1989 when United Keno Hill closed its mining operations in the area of Keno and Elsa, the communities essentially shut down. Keno maintains a small population of around 15-20 people, while Elsa is abandoned. Both are maintained as sites of historical significance.

Mayo is also the former seat of New Democrat MLA Piers McDonald who became Premier of the Yukon in 1996. He ran in the Whitehorse riding of McIntyre-Takhini when Mayo was dissolved into Mayo-Tatchun in 1992.

## MLAs

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Parliament  | Years  | Member  | Party

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8th | 1928-1931  |  | Frank Carscallen | Independent
9th | 1931-1934  |  | Thomas MacKay | Independent
10th | 1934-1937  |  | Ernest Corp | Independent
11th | 1937-1940
12th | 1940-1944  |  | Richard Lee  | Independent
13th | 1944-1947  |  | Ernest Corp | Independent
14th | 1947-1949
15th | 1949-1952
16th | 1952-1955  |  | Alex Berry | Independent
17th | 1955-1958  |  | Duncan McGeachy | Independent
18th | 1958-1961  |  | Ray McKamey | Independent
19th | 1961-1964
20th | 1964-1967  |  | Fred Southam | Independent
21st | 1967-1970  |  | Jean Gordon | Independent
22nd | 1970-1974  |  | Ronald Rivett | Independent
23rd | 1974-1978  |  | Gordon McIntyre | Independent
24th | 1978–1982  |  | Swede Hanson | Progressive Conservative
25th | 1982–1985  |  | Piers McDonald | New Democratic
26th | 1985–1989
27th | 1989–1992

## Electoral results

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### 1989

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1989 Yukon general election[4] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| NDP | Piers McDonald | 210  | 62.3%  | +6.9%
| Progressive Conservative | Mike McGinnis | 93 | 27.6% | -12.7%
| Liberal | Wilf Tuck  | 34  | 10.1%  | +6.1%
Total  | 337 | 100.0% | -

### 1985

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1985 Yukon general election[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| NDP | Piers McDonald | 251  | 55.4%  | +3.1%
| Progressive Conservative | Ken Cooper | 183 | 40.3% | +1.0%
| Liberal | Rob Andison  | 18  | 4.0%  | -4.0%
Total  | 453 | 100.0% | -

### 1982

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1982 Yukon general election[6] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| NDP | Piers McDonald | 230  | 52.3%  | +29.1%
| Progressive Conservative | Swede Hanson | 173 | 39.3% | +12.5%
| Liberal | Eleanor Van Bibber  | 35  | 8.0%  | -16.0%
Total  | 440 | 100.0% | -

### 1978

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1978 Yukon general election[7] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Progressive Conservative | Swede Hanson | 95 | 26.8% | -
| Independent | David Harwood  | 84  | 23.7%  | -
| Liberal | Gordon McIntyre | 85  | 24.0%  | -
| NDP | Alan H. McDiarmid  | 82  | 23.2%  | -
Total  | 354 | 100.0% | -

* Partisan politics introduced into the territory

### 1974

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1974 Yukon general election[8] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Gordon McIntyre | 199  | 55.3%  | -
| Independent | V.B.P. Mills  | 154  | 42.3%  | -
Total  | 360 | 100.0% | -

### 1970

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1970 Yukon general election[9] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Ronald Rivett | 248  | 68.1%  | -
| Independent | George Dobson  | 69  | 19.0%  | -
| Independent | G. Jaen Gordon  | 46  | 12.6%  | -
Total  | 364 | 100.0% | -

## See also

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

## References

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1. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1985 General Election (p. 10/26). Elections Yukon, 1985. Retrieved January 21, 2017
2. ^ a b Kenneth Coates and Judith Powell, The Modern North: People, Politics and the Rejection of Colonialism. Lorimer, 1999. ISBN 978-1550281200. p. 63.
3. ^ "Silver Trail Arae - Keno & Mayo, Yukon". Yukoninfo.com. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
4. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1989 General Election Elections Yukon, 1989. Retrieved January 21, 2017
5. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer of Yukon on the 1985 General Election Elections Yukon, 1985. Retrieved January 21, 2017
6. ^ Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1982 Election Elections Yukon, 1982. Retrieved January 21, 2017
7. ^ Yukon Elections Board Report on the 1978 Election Elections Yukon, 1978. Retrieved January 21, 2017
8. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Yukon Territory Elections Held During the Year 1974 Elections Yukon, 1974. Retrieved January 21, 2017
9. ^ Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on Yukon Territory Elections Held During the Year 1970 Elections Yukon, 1970. Retrieved January 21, 2017

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Yukon territorial electoral districts

Rural|

* Klondike
* Kluane
* Lake Laberge
* Mayo-Tatchun
* Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes
* Pelly-Nisutlin
* Vuntut Gwitchin
* Watson Lake

Whitehorse|

* Copperbelt North
* Copperbelt South
* Mountainview
* Porter Creek Centre
* Porter Creek North
* Porter Creek South
* Riverdale North
* Riverdale South
* Takhini-Kopper King
* Whitehorse Centre
* Whitehorse West

Defunct|

* Bonanza
* Campbell
* Carmacks-Kluane
* Copperbelt
* Dawson
* Faro
* Hootalinqua
* Mayo
* McIntyre-Takhini
* Mount Lorne
* North Dawson
* Ogilvie
* Pelly River
* Ross River-Southern Lakes
* South Dawson
* Southern Lakes
* Tatchun
* Whitehorse
* Whitehorse East
* Whitehorse North
* Whitehorse North Centre
* Whitehorse Porter Creek
* Whitehorse Porter Creek West
* Whitehorse Riverdale
* Whitehorse South Centre
* Yukon Electoral District No. 1
* Yukon Electoral District No. 2

* See also: 2016 election
* List of elections
* Legislative Assembly

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