First elected to the territorial council in 1974, during his term he served on the executive committee as minister of consumer and corporate affairs[1] and natural resources.[2]
jack, hibberd, politician, john, jack, hibberd, 1931, 1997, canadian, politician, medical, doctor, represented, electoral, district, whitehorse, south, centre, yukon, territorial, council, legislative, assembly, yukon, from, 1974, 1981, jack, hibberdmember, yu. John Jack Hibberd 1931 May 15 1997 was a Canadian politician and medical doctor who represented the electoral district of Whitehorse South Centre in the Yukon Territorial Council and the Legislative Assembly of Yukon from 1974 to 1981 Jack HibberdMember of the Yukon Territorial Council for Whitehorse South CentreIn office 1974 1978Preceded byfirst memberSucceeded bycouncil dissolvedMLA for Whitehorse South CentreIn office 1978 1981Preceded byfirst memberSucceeded byRoger KimmerlyPersonal detailsBorn1931Vancouver British ColumbiaDiedMay 15 1997Penticton British ColumbiaPolitical partyProgressive ConservativeOccupationsurgeon Born and raised in Vancouver British Columbia 1 he was educated as a surgeon and later moved to Yukon to accept a position at Whitehorse General Hospital 1 First elected to the territorial council in 1974 during his term he served on the executive committee as minister of consumer and corporate affairs 1 and natural resources 2 When territorial political parties were created for the 1978 election he joined the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party He was reelected to the new legislative assembly in 1978 1 Hibberd resigned his seat in the legislature on April 15 1981 after accepting a position as a surgical consultant with a hospital in British Columbia He was succeeded in a by election by Roger Kimmerly of the Yukon New Democratic Party resulting in the NDP overtaking the Yukon Liberal Party in seats and supplanting them as the Official Opposition 3 He died on May 15 1997 in Penticton British Columbia 1 References edit a b c d e IN REMEMBRANCE OF TWO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY Yukon Government Hansard October 30 1997 Yukon highway opening giving access to arctic Lawrence Journal World March 19 1979 NDP s by election win makes it Opposition The Globe and Mail October 15 1981 nbsp This article about a Yukon politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jack Hibberd politician amp oldid 1195477917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
