Ogilvie (electoral district)

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Ogilvie was a territorial electoral district in the Canadian territory of Yukon, which was represented on the Yukon Territorial Council from 1974 to 1978. The district comprised part of Dawson City, extending northerly to the Ogilvie Mountains region, while the southerly part of Dawson City was in the separate district of Klondike.^[1] The idea of splitting Dawson City in this manner was controversial, however, due to a perceived risk that if both Ogilvie and Klondike elected councillors who lived in their districts' other, smaller communities, Dawson City itself would have been left effectively unrepresented on the council despite being the most important community in both districts;^[1] in the 1974 Yukon general election, however, Dawson City residents won both districts, with Eleanor Millard winning in Ogilvie while Fred Berger carried Klondike.^[2]

It was one of four districts, alongside Pelly River, Whitehorse Porter Creek and Whitehorse Riverdale, which existed only for the 1974 election; the districts were newly created in 1974 when the territorial council was expanded from seven to 12 members, but Ogilvie was redistricted back into Klondike when the new Legislative Assembly of Yukon was established.^[3]

Millard was the district's sole representative before it was redistricted.

References

^ ^a ^b Max Fraser, "Dawson City May Have No Reps Instead of Two". Whitehorse Star, November 13, 1974.
^ "Yukon vote: Voters elect largest council ever". Ottawa Citizen, November 19, 1974.
^ "Dawson reunited". Whitehorse Star, November 7, 1978.

v t e Yukon territorial electoral districts
Rural	Klondike Kluane Lake Laberge Mayo-Tatchun Mount Lorne-Southern Lakes Pelly-Nisutlin Vuntut Gwitchin Watson Lake
Whitehorse	Copperbelt North Copperbelt South Mountainview Porter Creek Centre Porter Creek North Porter Creek South Riverdale North Riverdale South Takhini-Kopper King Whitehorse Centre Whitehorse West
Defunct	Bonanza Campbell Carmacks-Kluane Copperbelt Dawson Faro Hootalinqua Mayo McIntyre-Takhini Mount Lorne North Dawson Ogilvie Pelly River Ross River-Southern Lakes South Dawson Southern Lakes 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
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