title: Copperbelt (electoral district)
text: # Copperbelt (electoral district)
  
  Copperbelt was an electoral district which returned a member to the Legislative Assembly of Yukon, Canada. It included the Whitehorse subdivisions of Hillcrest, Granger, Pineridge, MacRae, and part of Copper Ridge. It also included the Lobird mobile home park.
  
  The riding was divided into the new ridings of Copperbelt South, Copperbelt North, Mountainview, and Takhini-Kopper King in 2009. The substantial amount of new housing development in the riding since its creation had led to a significant increase in population that had imbalanced the riding's size compared to others in the territory.
  
  Copperbelt is the former seat of Yukon Liberal Party leader Arthur Mitchell, who was Yukon's Leader of the Official Opposition from 2005-2011.
  
  ## Members of the Legislative Assembly
  
  | Legislature | Years | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 2002 | 2002-2004 | Haakon Arntzen | Yukon Party |
  | 2002 | 2004-2005 | Haakon Arntzen | Independent |
  | 2002 | 2005-2006 | Arthur Mitchell | Yukon Liberal Party |
  | 2006 | 2006-2011 | Arthur Mitchell | Yukon Liberal Party |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2006 general election
  
  2006 Yukon general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Arthur Mitchell | 632 | 52.5% | +3.0% |
  | | Yukon Party | Russ Hobbis | 374 | 31.1% | +11.6% |
  | | NDP | David Hedmann | 191 | 15.9% | -14.8% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 1204 | 100.0% | – |
  
  ### 2005 by-election
  
  By-election: November 21, 2005 :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Arthur Mitchell | 459 | 49.5% | +16.9% |
  | | NDP | Maureen Stephens | 285 | 30.7% | +3.2% |
  | | Yukon Party | Cynthia Kearns | 181 | 19.5% | -19.6% |
  | Total | Total | Total | 927 | 100.0% | – |
  
  * On the resignation of Haakon Arntzen (September 2005).
  
  ### 2002 general election
  
  2002 Yukon general election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Yukon Party | Haakon Arntzen | 374 | 39.1% | – |
  | | Liberal | Arthur Mitchell | 312 | 32.6% | – |
  | | NDP | Lillian Grubach-Hambrook | 263 | 27.5% | – |
  | Total | Total | Total | 957 | 100.0% | – |
  