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CommissionerTerm
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
J.T. Lithgow January 1907 - May 1907 (acting)
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.


Gold CommissionerTerm
F.X. Gosselin 1907-1912
George P. MacKenzie 1912-1924
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.


ControllerTerm
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.

''See also: List Of Yukon Premiers ''


CommissionerTerm
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



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