 Watson Lake includes the communities of Watson Lake and Upper Liard and is situated on the traditional territory of the Ross River Dena Council and the Liard First Nation of the Kaska Dena.It is bordered to the west by the rural riding of Pelly-Nisutlin.The riding is currently held by Yukon Party MLA Patti McLeod, the former Speaker of the Yukon Legislative Assembly, who was first elected on October 11, 2011 and re-elected on November 7, 2016.