Jim McLachlan
# Jim McLachlan

James Robert McLachlan is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Faro in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1985 to 1989 and from 2001 to 2002. He was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party, and the party's leader from 1986 to 1989.

He became the party's interim leader after the resignation of Roger Coles due to criminal charges.

## Electoral record

### 2002 general election

Pelly-Nisutlin :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yukon Party | Dean Hassard | 297 | 46.4% | – |
| | Liberal | Jim McLachlan | 181 | 28.3% | – |
| | NDP | Buzz Burgess | 162 | 25.3% | – |
| Total | Total | Total | 640 | 100.0% | – |

### 2000 By-election

2000 Faro By-election :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Jim McLachlan | 129 | 65.5% | +42.6% |
| | NDP | Harold Boehm | 66 | 33.5% | -43.1% |
| Total | Total | Total | 197 | 100.0% | – |

* On the resignation of Trevor Harding (2000).

### 2000 general election

Faro :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | NDP | Trevor Harding | 177 | 76.6% | -17.7% |
| | Liberal | Jim McLachlan | 53 | 22.9% | +17.7% |
| Total | Total | Total | 231 | 100.0% | – |

### 1992 general election

Faro :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | NDP | Trevor Harding | 388 | 53.2% | +10.4% |
| | Liberal | Jim McLachlan | 337 | 46.2% | +9.1% |
| Total | Total | Total | 729 | 100.0% | – |

### 1989 general election

Faro :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | NDP | Maurice Byblow | 194 | 42.8% | +9.3% |
| | Liberal | Jim McLachlan | 168 | 37.1% | -2.2% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Mel Smith | 90 | 19.9% | -7.0% |
| Total | Total | Total | 453 | 100.0% | – |

### 1985 general election

Faro :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal | Jim McLachlan | 142 | 39.3% | +17.1% |
| | NDP | Sibyl Frei | 121 | 33.5% | -15.8% |
| | Progressive Conservative | Ted Bartsch | 97 | 26.9% | -1.4% |
| Total | Total | Total | 361 | 100.0% | – |
