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Encyclopedia > Commissioner of Yukon

This is a list of Yukon Commissioners from 1897 to the present. Motto: none Official languages English Capital Whitehorse Largest city Whitehorse Commissioner Geraldine Van Bibber Premier Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 1 1 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 9th 482,443 km² 1. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Commissioner Term
James Morrow Walsh 1897-1898
William Ogilvie 1898-1901
James Hamilton Ross 1901-1902
Zachary Taylor Wood 1902-1903 (acting)
Frederick Tennyson Congdon 1903-1904
William Wallace Burns McInnes 1905-1906
Alexander Henderson 1907-1911
George Black 1912-1915
George Norris Williams 1915-1916 (acting)

Office of Commissioner and Administrator were abolished in 1918. Office replaced by the Gold Commissioner who was responsible to the federal Minister of the Interior. James Morrow Walsh, (22 May 1840 – 25 July 1905) was a North West Mounted Police (NWMP) officer and the first Commissioner of the Yukon Territory. ... For William Ogilvie, Australian poet, see William Henry Ogilvie William Ogilvie, born April 7, 1846 in Ottawa -- died November 13, 1912 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was a Canadian Dominion land surveyor, explorer and Commissioner of the Yukon Territory. ... Alexander Henderson is: Alexander Henderson (1583-1646), Scottish theologian. ... George Black (April 10, 1873 - August 23, 1965) was an administrator and politician in Yukon, Canada. ...

Gold Commissioner Term
George P. MacKenzie 1918-1924
Percy Reid 1925-1927
George Ian MacLean 1928-1932

The position of Gold Commissioner and Comptroller were combined in 1932 with the Comptroller being the title for the chief executive. Spelling was changed to Controller in 1936.

Controller Term
George A. Jeckell 1932-1946
John Edward Gibbon 1947-1948

In 1948, the title of chief executive once again became Commissioner. Beginning in 1978, Yukon had party government with a Government Leader (later Premier) and powers being devolved from the Commissioner to the government. A premier is an executive official of government. ...


See also: List of Yukon premiers This is a list of the government leaders and premiers of Yukon Territory, Canada, since 1978 when responsible government was certain governmental powers were devolved from the federal government to the territory. ...

Commissioner Term
John Edward Gibbon 1948-1950
Andrew Harold Gibson 1950-1951
Frederick Fraser 1951-1952
Wilfred George Brown 1952-1955
Frederick Howard Collins 1955-1962
Gordon Robertson Cameron 1962-1966
James Smith 1966-1976
Arthur MacDonald Pearson 1976-1978
Frank Fingland 1978-1979 (interim)
Ione Jean Christensen 1979
Douglas Leslie Dewey Bell 1979-1986
John Kenneth McKinnon 1986-1995
Judy Gingell 1995-2000
Jack Cable 2000-2005
Geraldine Van Bibber 2005-present
Viceroys of Canada
Federal

Governor General Ione Jean Christensen (born October 10, 1933) is a Canadian senator. ... Douglas Leslie Dewey Bell (born June 15, 1926) is a Canadian politician and former commissioner of the Yukon Territory. ... John Kenneth McKinnon is a Canadian politician and was Commissioner of the Yukon (1986-1995). ... Judy Gingell (born 1948) is an aboriginal Canadian politician and was Commissioner of the Yukon (1995-2000). ... Ivan John Jack Cable (born August 17, 1934) is a Canadian politician and the former Commissioner of the Yukon October 1, 2000—December 1, 2005. ... A viceroy is a royal official who governs a country or province as a substitute for the monarch. ... The Governor General of Canada (French: Gouverneur général or Gouverneure générale) is the representative of the Canadian monarch. ...

Provincial
lieutenant-governors

Alberta - British Columbia - Manitoba - New Brunswick - Newfoundland and Labrador - Nova Scotia - Ontario - Prince Edward Island - Quebec - Saskatchewan A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... This is a list of the Lieutenant-Governors of Alberta, Canada, since its establishment in 1905. ... The flag of the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario This is a list of lieutenant-governors of the Canadian province of Ontario, before and after Confederation in 1867. ... This is a list of viceroys (governors and lieutenant-governors) of the Canadian province of Quebec, before and after Confederation in 1867. ...

Territorial commissioners

Northwest Territories - Nunavut - Yukon Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Historical governors

Governors of New France (1627-1760) - Governors of Acadia - Northwest Territories (1869-1905) The Governor of New France was the head of state representing the King of France in North America. ... Categories: Canadian history | Acadia | Canadian historical figures ...

External link

  • Official Handbook for Commissioners of the Territories (Canada)

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Cable, Ivan John (332 words)
Cable, Ivan John (Jack), lawyer, politician, Commissioner of the YUKON (b at Hamilton, Ont, 17 Aug 1934).
In 1991 he served as president of the Yukon Energy Corporation, the public enterprise that is owned by the Yukon Government and that generates and distributes the bulk of the electrical energy used in the territory.
In 2000 Cable was appointed 27th commissioner of the Yukon, serving from 1 October 2000 to 1 December 2005 when he was succeeded by Geraldine VAN BIBBER.
Yukon - definition of Yukon in Encyclopedia (1275 words)
Yukon or The Yukon is one of Canada's northern territories, in the country's extreme northwest.
The two main Yukon rivers flowing into the Mackenzie in the Northwest Territories are the Liard River in the southeast and the Peel River and its tributaries in the northeast.
The territory's head of state is a federally appointed Commissioner, a role roughly equivalent to that of a provincial lieutenant governor.
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