Yukon (federal electoral district)

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Yukon (federal electoral district) is a Canadian House of Commons constituency that encompasses the entire territory of Yukon and is represented by a single Member of Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian federal electoral district ⓘ
federal electoral district ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
created 1952 ⓘ
electoralBoundaryBasis territorial boundaries of Yukon ⓘ
electoralSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
elects Member of Parliament ⓘ
encompasses entire territory of Yukon ⓘ
federalLevel yes ⓘ
firstElection 1953 Canadian federal election ⓘ
geographicCoverage territorial electoral district ⓘ
governingLaw Canada Elections Act ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Yukon ⓘ
hasCharacteristic large geographic area ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
hasElectorateType territory-wide electorate ⓘ
hasVotersFrom Carmacks ⓘ
Dawson City ⓘ
Haines Junction ⓘ
Mayo ⓘ
Old Crow ⓘ
Teslin ⓘ
Watson Lake ⓘ
Whitehorse ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Yukon (territorial electoral district) ⓘ
Yukon (territory) ⓘ
linked to: Yukon
jurisdiction federal jurisdiction of Canada ⓘ
legislativeBody House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
locatedIn Yukon ⓘ
MPRepresents Yukon in the House of Commons of Canada ⓘ
numberOfMembers 1 ⓘ
officialLanguageContext English ⓘ
French ⓘ
parliamentaryBody Parliament of Canada ⓘ
predecessor Yukon-Mackenzie River (federal electoral district) ⓘ
provinceOrTerritoryStatus territorial riding ⓘ
representationInParliament Yukon’s sole federal riding ⓘ
representationType single-member constituency ⓘ
represents Yukon ⓘ
status active ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yukon Territory → federalElectoralDistrict → Yukon (federal electoral district) ⓘ
Yukon (federal electoral district) → predecessor → Yukon-Mackenzie River (federal electoral district) ⓘ
linked to: Yukon (federal electoral district)