Returning Officers are appointed by the Chief Electoral Officer under section 27 of the Elections Act. Returning Officers are responsible for ensuring electoral events are administered and conducted at a consistent and high standard across the territory. They are directly responsible for the administration, conduct, and reporting of Electoral District-level electoral proceedings. As the local Elections Yukon representatives, Returning Officers are entrusted with upholding the neutrality of the territory's electoral process within their district.

Returning Officer recruitment and selection occurs through an independent merit-based competition.

Current returning officers

The Yukon has 19 returning officers, one for each electoral district. During an election period, each returning officer has a phone number, email address, and an office that is open to the public. Outside of an election period, email [email protected] or call 1-866-668-8683.

The following returning officers have been appointed:

Image Melanie Pettefer Copperbelt North includes a substantial portion of Copper Ridge and the Lobird mobile home park in Whitehorse.

Norma Davignon Copperbelt South includes the Mary Lake; Cowley Creek; Wolf Creek; Pineridge; Golden Horn; Mount Sima; MacRae; and Whitehorse Copper subdivisions.

Image Dawn Kisoun Klondike is the oldest electoral district in Yukon. It includes Dawson City and the surrounding area, and Eagle Plains.

Image Lisa Pauls Kluane includes Haines Junction, Burwash Landing, Destruction Bay, Beaver Creek, and Mendenhall, and includes parts of the Ibex and Macpherson-Grizzly valleys.

Rachel Veinott-McKeough Lake Laberge includes the Whitehorse subdivisions of MacPherson, & Hidden Valley, the Hot Springs Road, Pilot Mountain, the Ibex Valley, the north Klondike Highway and Lake Laberge to Braeburn Landing.

Image Joan Hyrve Mayo-Tatchun includes the communities of Carmacks, Pelly Crossing, Mayo, Stewart Crossing, and Keno City.

Image Walter Latour Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes includes the communities of Carcross, Tagish, Marsh Lake, and Mount Lorne.

Image Vikki Quocksister Mountainview includes the subdivisions of Granger, Valleyview, McIntyre, and Hillcrest in Whitehorse.

Image Lisa Snyder Pelly-Nisutlin includes Teslin, Faro, Ross River, Little Salmon, and Johnsons Crossing

Image Joanne Green Porter Creek Centre includes the Whistle Bend subdivision and part of the subdivision of Porter Creek in Whitehorse.

Image Trina MacLeod Porter Creek North includes part of the subdivision of Porter Creek, as well as the subdivisions of Brookside, Crestview, and the Kulan Industrial area in Whitehorse.

Image Jyl Ledergerber Porter Creek South is the smallest electoral district in Whitehorse. It includes part of the subdivision of Porter Creek

Image Lake Pearson Riverdale North includes part of the Riverdale subdivision and the Long Lake Road in Whitehorse.

Image Dawn Power Riverdale South includes part of the Riverdale subdivision in Whitehorse.

Image Barbara Scheck Takhini-Kopper King includes the Whitehorse subdivisions of Takhini, Rangepoint, and Raven's Ridge, as well as the Kopper King, Takhini, and Northland mobile home parks and the residences along the Fish Lake Road.

Crystal Linklater Vuntut Gwitchin is situated on the traditional territory of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation. It is one of the least populated EDs in any provincial or territorial legislature in Canada, with less than 200 ballots cast in any territorial election to date.

Jennifer Anderson Watson Lake includes the communities of Watson Lake and Upper Liard.

Image Aparna Verma Whitehorse Centre includes the downtown core of the City of Whitehorse - including Marwell - between the escarpment and the Yukon River.

Image Craig Brooks  Whitehorse West is the smallest district, by size, in the Yukon and includes the subdivisions of Logan, Ingram, Arkell, and part of Copper Ridge.

To contact a returning officer outside of an election period, email [email protected] or call (867) 667-8683 or 1-866-668-8683 (toll-free).

Contact and returning office information will be added once an election is called.

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