Commissioner of Yukon
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This is a list of Yukon Commissioners from 1897 to the present.
| Commissioner | Term |
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| James Morrow Walsh | 1897-1898 |
| William Ogilvie | 1898-1901 |
| James Hamilton Ross | 1901-1902 |
| Henry William Newlands | 1902-1902 (acting) |
| 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 Commissioner | Term |
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| 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.
| Controller | Term |
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| 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 premiers of Yukon
| Commissioner | Term |
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| 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 |