Riverdale South

Riverdale South
Yukon electoral district
	Boundaries of Riverdale South in Whitehorse
Territorial electoral district
Legislature	Yukon Legislative Assembly
MLA	Justin Ziegler; New Democratic
;
First contested	1978
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Electors (2021)	1,691
Census division	Yukon
Census subdivision	Whitehorse

Riverdale South is a territorial electoral district of Yukon that has been represented in the Yukon Legislative Assembly since 1978.

From 2016 to 2025, the district was represented by Tracy-Anne McPhee, former Minister of Education and Minister of Health and Social Services.

Geography

Riverdale South comprises the southern portion of the Whitehorse neighbourhood of Riverdale, located east of the Yukon River. The district includes residential areas south of Lewes Boulevard, along with the Grey Mountain area. It is bordered by the ridings of Riverdale North, Whitehorse Centre, Copperbelt South, and Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn.

Assembly	Years		Party
Riverdale South
24th	1978–1980	Iain MacKay	Liberal
24th	1981–1982	Ron Veale	Liberal
25th	1982–1985	Bea Firth	Progressive Conservative
26th	1985–1989
27th	1989–1991
27th	1991–1992		Independent
28th	1992–1996		Independent
29th	1996–2000	Sue Edelman	Liberal
30th	2000–2002	Sue Edelman	Liberal
31st	2002–2006	Glenn Hart	Yukon Party
32nd	2006–2011	Glenn Hart	Yukon Party
33rd	2011–2016	Jan Stick	New Democratic
34th	2016–2021	Tracy-Anne McPhee	Liberal
35th	2021–2025	Tracy-Anne McPhee	Liberal
36th	2025–present	Justin Ziegler	New Democratic

2025 Yukon general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Justin Ziegler	434	44.42	+12.79
	Yukon Party	Aurora Viernes	339	34.70	+5.63
	Liberal	Sunny Patch	204	20.88	–18.42
Total valid votes			977
Total rejected ballots
Turnout				49.95
Eligible voters			1,956
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+3.58
Source(s) "2025 General Election Official Results". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 28 April 2026.

2021 Yukon general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tracy-Anne McPhee	415	39.29	+2.1%
	New Democratic	Jason Cook	334	31.62	-2.4%
	Yukon Party	Cynthia Lyslo	307	29.07	+0.5%
Total valid votes			1,056
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.28
Source(s) "Unofficial Election Results 2021". Elections Yukon. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

2016 Yukon general election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tracy-Anne McPhee	421	37.2%	+8.9%
	NDP	Jan Stick	384	34.0%	-5.2%
	Yukon Party	Danny Macdonald	323	28.6%	-3.8%
Total			1128	100.0%	–

2011 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Jan Stick^[2]	380	39.2%	+18.7%
	Yukon Party	Glenn Hart	314	32.4%	-11.9%
	Liberal	Dan Curtis	275	28.3%	-9.5%
Total			969	100.0%	–

2006 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Glenn Hart	357	41.6%	+1.9%
	Liberal	Phil Treusch	324	37.8%	+3.6%
	NDP	Peter Lesniak	176	20.5%	-5.6%
Total			857	100.0%	–

2002 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Yukon Party	Glenn Hart	385	39.7%	+16.0%
	Liberal	Sue Edelman	332	34.2%	-14.7%
	NDP	Cary Gryba	253	26.1%	-1.3%
Total			970	100.0%	–

2000 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Edelman	422	48.9%	-8.8%
	NDP	Heather Finton	237	27.4%	+27.4%
	Yukon Party	Ginny Macdonald	205	23.7%	-18.6%
Total			864	100.0%

1996 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sue Edelman	476	57.7%	+52.7%
	Yukon Party	Barbara Toombs	349	42.3%	+12.0%
Total			825	100.0%	–

1992 Yukon general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
}	Independent	Bea Firth	384	39.7%	–
	Yukon Party	Dale Stokes	293	30.3%	–
	NDP	Maurice Byblow	242	25.0%	–
	Liberal	Paul Thériault	48	5.0%	–
Total			967	100.0%	–

↑ Unofficial Results, Riverdale South Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Elections Yukon, November 7, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
↑ "Territorial Election 2011". Yukon NDP. 17 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.

Yukon territorial electoral districts
Rural	Klondike Kluane Lake Laberge Marsh Lake-Mount Lorne-Golden Horn Mayo-Tatchun Southern Lakes Vuntut Gwitchin Watson Lake-Ross River-Faro
Whitehorse	Copperbelt North Copperbelt South Mountainview Porter Creek Centre Porter Creek North Porter Creek South Riverdale North Riverdale South Takhini Whistle Bend North Whistle Bend South Whitehorse Centre Whitehorse West
Defunct	Bonanza Campbell Carmacks-Kluane Copperbelt Dawson Faro Hootalinqua Mayo McIntyre-Takhini Mount Lorne North Dawson Ogilvie Pelly-Nisutlin Pelly River Ross River-Southern Lakes South Dawson 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: 2025 election List of elections Legislative Assembly