Photo: C Robson · CC BY-SA 3.0Brendan Hanley (Liberal Party of Canada) represents Whitehorse in Ottawa as MP for Yukon
This page doesn’t yet place Whitehorse in a riding of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, whose boundaries are still to be loaded. For local government, Whitehorse is a city. Mayors and councillors in Yukon aren’t on any open list, so Whitehorse’s council goes unnamed here. 1 of the 1 MPs from Yukon belong to the Liberal Party of Canada.
Three governments, and who does what
Whitehorse, a city 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.
The census places Whitehorse in Yukon, a division that governs nothing; no county council sits above the town’s.
From the council table to Ottawa
Every elected tier that speaks for Whitehorse, from the most recent elections.
- 1Whitehorse councilCity
- 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 Whitehorse votes
The last and next general elections at each level; a by-election can come in between.
| Election | Last | Next |
|---|---|---|
| Whitehorse council | 17 October 2024 | 19 October 2028 |
| Yukon Legislative Assembly | 3 November 2025 | – |
| House of Commons | 28 April 2025 | – |
Elected on 17 October 2024, Whitehorse 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. Parliament was last elected on 28 April 2025, and the Yukon Legislative Assembly on 3 November 2025. Elections Canada’s open records end with the 2021 election; its 2025 results are under terms that rule out commercial use.
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
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. Brendan Hanley has sat in the Commons since 2021, now for the 2nd Parliament.
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
The Liberal Party of Canada kept Yukon in 2021 with Brendan Hanley
Counts for Yukon within its 2013 boundaries, used in 2019 and 2021; the 2025 election ran on a new map.
The 2021 count in Yukon put Brendan Hanley (Liberal Party of Canada) first at 33%, with Barbara Dunlop (Conservative Party of Canada) 1,375 votes back. Larry Bagnell (Liberal Party of Canada) had taken it in 2019 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 Whitehorse 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. Wikidata, edited by volunteers, is the source for each MP, and it can trail a change of seat by a little.
- 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 Whitehorse is run
Who is the MP for Whitehorse?
Brendan Hanley of the Liberal Party of Canada is the MP for Yukon, which includes Whitehorse.
Which party won Whitehorse in the 2021 federal election?
Brendan Hanley (Liberal Party of Canada) took Yukon in 2021 and is its MP today.
Who is the MLA for Whitehorse?
Every MLA of the Yukon Legislative Assembly is on its members page, which is where to find the one for Whitehorse.
Who heads the council in Whitehorse?
Whitehorse, a city, lists its council on its own pages; no open list names the head here.
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).