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Who's running in the Yukon election this fall?

A rundown of who will be - and who wants to be - on the ballot in the 2016 Yukon territorial election.

Some candidates already nominated, some seeking nomination, and plenty of open spots

The Yukon Legislative Assembly in May. (Claudiane Samson/Radio-Canada)

The Yukon election has not yet been called, but we already know a number of people on the ballot this fall and some who want to be.

Here's thelowdown, so far, of who's running where, and who's hoping to run.

Copperbelt North

  • Liberal:TedAdel(clerk, Yukon Liquor Corporation)and RajMurugaiyan(owner, Whitehorse airport gift shop)bothseeking nomination
  • NDP:Andr Bourcier(director, Yukon Native Language Centre) seeking nomination
  • Yukon Party: Pat McInroy(owner, P&M Recycling Depot)and Lindsay Schneider(acting financial controller, City of Whitehorse)both seekingnomination

Copperbelt South

  • Lib: JocelynCurteanu(regional administrative coordinator atCanNor, Whitehorse citycouncillor)
  • NDP:LoisMoorcroft(incumbent MLA)
  • YP: Scott Kent(MLA in Riverdale North, government minister)

Klondike

  • Lib:Sandy Silver(incumbent MLA, Liberal party leader)
  • NDP: no candidates yet
  • YP: no candidatesyet

Kluane

  • Lib:MathieyaAlatini(chief ofKluaneFirst Nation)seeking nomination
  • NDP:Sally Wright(artist, renewable energy advocate)
  • YP: Wade Istchenko(incumbent minister)

Lake Laberge

  • Lib:Alan Young(owner, Midnight Sun Outfitting)
  • NDP: PatrickWinstanley(Legislative Assemblysecurity guard)and BudMcCue(union rep, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)both seeking nomination
  • YP: Brad Cathers (incumbent minister)

Mayo-Tatchun

  • Lib:DonHutton(retiredwildlandfirefighter)
  • NDP:JimTredger(incumbent MLA)
  • YP: Cory Bellmore(CAO, Village of Carmacks)

Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes

  • Lib:JohnStreicker(climate change researcher, recreation director)
  • NDP:KevinBarr(incumbent MLA)
  • YP: no candidates yet

Mountainview

  • Lib: Jeanie Dendys(director of justice, KwanlinDn First Nation)
  • NDP:ShaunaghStikeman(lawyer)
  • YP: no candidates yet

Pelly-Nisutlin

  • Lib: no candidates yet
  • NDP: no candidates yet
  • YP: no candidates yet

Porter Creek Centre

  • Lib:PaoloGallina(community investment manager atNorthwestel)
  • NDP:PatBerrel(retired Whitehorse Elementary School principal)
  • YP: Michelle Kolla(former executive director, Council of Yukon First Nations)

Porter Creek South

  • Lib:RanjPillai(executive director, Champagne andAishihikFirst Nation)
  • NDP: ShirleyChua-Tan(realtor)seeking nomination
  • YP: Mike Nixon (incumbent minister)

Porter Creek North

  • Lib:Mike Tribes (self-employed IT consultant and property manager)seekingnomination
  • NDP:Francis Van Kessel (Days Inn manager) seeking nomination
  • YP:Geraldine Van Bibber (formerYukon Commissioner)

Riverdale North

  • Lib: Nils Clarke(executive director, Yukon Legal Services Society)and Sunny Patch(Northwestel employee)both seeking nomination
  • NDP:Rod Snow(lawyer)
  • YP: Mark Beese(tools and hardware managerat Home Hardware)

Riverdale South

  • Lib:Tracy McPhee (former Yukon ombudsman) seeking nomination
  • NDP:Jan Stick(incumbent MLA)
  • YP: Danny Macdonald (government press secretary)

Takhini-Kopper King

  • Lib:JeaneLassen(teacher, former Olympic weightlifter)
  • NDP:Kate White(incumbent MLA)
  • YP: no candidates yet

Vuntut Gwitchin

  • Lib: Pauline Frost (President of Vuntut GwitchinLimited Partnership,Chair ofYukon River Salmon Sub-Committee)seeking nomination
  • NDP: no candidates yet
  • YP: Darius Elias (incumbent MLA)

Watson Lake

  • Lib:ErnieJamieson(business owner)
  • NDP: no candidates yet
  • YP: Patti McLeod(incumbent MLA, Speaker of Legislative Assembly)

Whitehorse Centre

  • Lib:TamaraGoeppel(volunteer, entrepreneur)
  • NDP:Liz Hanson(incumbent MLA, NDP leader)
  • YP: no candidates yet

Whitehorse West

  • Lib:RichardMostyn(communications atYukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board, former journalist)
  • NDP: no candidates yet
  • YP: Elaine Taylor (incumbent minister)seeking nomination

Corrections

  • An earlier version of this story said Riverdale North candidate Mike Beese is the publisher of What's Up Yukon. In fact, he is a former part owner of the publication. His wife is the publisher.
    Jul 18, 2016 6:53 PM CT