List of Yukon Commissioners

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This list outlines the Commissioners (Engl. Commissioners ) the Territory Yukon in Canada to. A commissioner performs similar functions as the vice-governors of the provinces (mainly representative). However, he is not appointed by the governor general, but by the federal government.

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

The offices of commissioner and administrator were abolished in 1918 and replaced by the gold commissioner , who was under the Ministry of the Interior.

Gold Commissioner Term of office
FX Gosselin 1907-1912
George P. MacKenzie 1912-1924
Percy Reid 1925-1927
George Ian MacLean 1928-1932

The offices of gold commissioner and auditor (comptroller) were merged, and the auditor ( controller from 1936 ) was now the highest executive officer.

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

From 1948 the chief executive officer again carried the title of commissioner. Since the introduction of a legislature with a prime minister in 1978, the office has been more representative.

Commissioner Term of office
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 1976-1988
Frank Fingland 1978-1979
Ione Christensen 1979
Douglas Leslie Dewey Bell 1979-1986
John Kenneth McKinnon 1986-1995
Judy Gingell 1995-2000
Jack Cable 2000-2005
Geraldine Van Bibber 2005-2010
Doug Phillips 2010-2018
Angélique Bernard since 2018

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