Photo: Unknown artist Unknown artist · Public domainBrendan Hanley (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Yukon, the riding that includes Dawson
The Yukon Legislative Assembly’s ridings aren’t loaded on this site yet, so Dawson isn’t placed in one. In the census’s list of municipalities, Dawson is a town. This page names no head of council for Dawson, as no open list of councils exists in Yukon. Across Yukon, 1 of the 1 MPs sit with the Liberal Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Dawson, a town in Yukon, shares the work with the province and Ottawa.
Local services, by-laws and property tax.
Schools, health care, highways, municipal law.
yukonassembly.ca ↗Passports, pensions, EI, defence, immigration.
ourcommons.ca ↗Who to ask
Green: municipal. Gold: provincial. Grey: federal.
Dawson has no upper-tier council: Yukon, its census division, exists for statistics only.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Dawson, from the most recent elections.
- 1Dawson councilTown
- 2Yukon Legislative Assembly–
- 3House of CommonsYukon
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada
When Dawson votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Dawson council | 17 October 2024 | 19 October 2028 |
| Yukon Legislative Assembly | 3 November 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
The latest vote shown is 2021: the 2025 counts carry Elections Canada’s non-commercial terms. The last general elections came on 3 November 2025 for the Yukon Legislative Assembly and on 28 April 2025 for Parliament. Elected on 17 October 2024, Dawson council is up again on 19 October 2028. That date comes from the Municipal Act, which sets the third Thursday in October every four years.
Election dates: the legislatures, MMAH and MAMH
The Yukon Legislative Assembly: riding not placed
Provinces and territories run schools, health care and municipal law; each riding elects one MLA.
Find your MLA on the legislature’s site
yukonassembly.ca ↗Legislatures: their own member pages
Brendan Hanley represents Yukon in Ottawa
Each riding elects one MP to the House of Commons; the general election of 28 April 2025 chose the 45th Parliament.
Yukon · Liberal Party of Canada · first elected 2021
en.wikipedia.org ↗- Liberal Party of Canada1
As Wikidata records them.
The MP’s record
First elected in 2021, Brendan Hanley is serving the 2nd term of a Commons career. On today’s boundaries, the 2021 vote in Yukon would have gone to the Liberal Party of Canada with 33%, and Brendan Hanley kept it for them in 2025.
MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026
In 2021 Brendan Hanley won Yukon, as the Liberal Party of Canada had in 2019
Results in Yukon as drawn in 2013, the boundaries of the 2019 and 2021 elections; the riding was redrawn for 2025.
Brendan Hanley won the 2021 race in Yukon for the Liberal Party of Canada, polling 33% and beating Barbara Dunlop (Conservative Party of Canada) by 1,375 votes. The 2019 vote had elected Larry Bagnell of the Liberal Party of Canada, with 33%. 64% of electors in Yukon voted in 2021, above the 63% turnout across Canada.
All 5 candidates in Yukon, 2021
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brendan Hanley | Liberal Party of Canada | 6,471 | 33.4% |
| Barbara Dunlop | Conservative Party of Canada | 5,096 | 26.3% |
| Lisa Vollans-Leduc | New Democratic Party | 4,354 | 22.4% |
| Jonas Jacot Smith | Independent | 2,639 | 13.6% |
| Lenore Morris | Green Party of Canada | 846 | 4.4% |
Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
Having a say in how Dawson is run
Check or update the federal list.
elections.ca ↗Every MP lists an office.
ourcommons.ca ↗Ridings, registration and voting dates.
electionsyukon.ca ↗What this data can and can’t tell you
- Which riding. A place belongs to the riding where most of its 2021 Census residents live, plus any other with 5% or more.
- Who holds each seat. A member who resigned or switched parties last week may still show here: the names are Wikidata’s.
- Not on this page. The open lists stop short of party labels, council budgets and band councils, so those are missing here.
- Election results. Where the page says “today’s boundaries”, it means Elections Canada’s estimate of the 2021 vote on the 2023 ridings; every other count is official and on the 2013 map.
Questions about how Dawson is run
Who is the MP for Dawson?
Yukon’s MP, Brendan Hanley of the Liberal Party of Canada, represents Dawson.
Which party won Dawson in the 2021 federal election?
The Liberal Party of Canada: Brendan Hanley won Yukon in 2021 and still holds it.
Who is the MLA for Dawson?
Find the riding for Dawson on the Yukon Legislative Assembly’s site, which names the MLA for each.
Who heads the council in Dawson?
Ask the municipality itself: Dawson, a town, isn’t on an open list of councils we can use.
Sources: MPs: Wikidata (CC0), 45th Parliament statements, read 7 November 2026; ridings: 2023 Representation Order, Statistics Canada · Next municipal election: the province’s municipal election act · Municipality types: Statistics Canada census subdivisions · Federal results: Elections Canada, 43rd and 44th general elections and the 44th’s transposition to the 2023 ridings, via open.canada.ca. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada · MPs’ records: Wikidata (CC0), positions held and party memberships, read 8 November 2026. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).