This is a list of Yukon Commissioners from 1897 to the present.
| Commissioner | Term
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| James Morrow Walsh | 1897-1898
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| William Ogilvie | 1898-1901
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| James Hamilton Ross | 1901-1902
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| Zachary Taylor Wood | 1902-1903 (acting)
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| Frederick Tennyson Congdon | 1903-1904
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| William Wallace Burns McInnes | 1905-1906
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| Alexander Henderson | 1907-1911
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| George Black | 1912-1915
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| George Norris Williams | 1915-1916 (acting)
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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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| George P. MacKenzie | 1918-1924
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| Percy Reid | 1925-1927
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| George Ian MacLean | 1928-1932
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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
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| John Edward Gibbon | 1947-1948
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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
| Commissioner | Term
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| John Edward Gibbon | 1948-1950
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| Andrew Harold Gibson | 1950-1951
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| Frederick Fraser | 1951-1952
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| Wilfred George Brown | 1952-1955
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| Frederick Howard Collins | 1955-1962
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| Gordon Robertson Cameron | 1962-1966
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| James Smith | 1966-1976
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| Arthur MacDonald Pearson | 1976-1978
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| Frank Fingland | 1978-1979 (interim)
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| Ione Jean Christensen | 1979
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| Douglas Leslie Dewey Bell | 1979-1986
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| John Kenneth McKinnon | 1986-1995
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| Judy Gingell | 1995-2000
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| Jack Cable | 2000-present
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