Territorial
Commissioner of Yukon
Governs Yukon
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Source: yukon.ca, checkedWho sits on it
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Commissioner
Appointed by the Governor General
- Adeline Webber Commissioner
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Sources for who sits on it
- Commissioner laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Adeline Webber as Commissioner yukon.ca · checked
What it can do
- Assent to bills
Gives assent to bills passed by the Legislative Assembly, which makes them law.
- Summons and dissolves the Assembly
Summons, prorogues and dissolves the Legislative Assembly, delivers the Speech from the Throne and instructs the issue of election writs (Yukon Act, s. 11).
- Swears in the Premier and ministers
Ensures Yukon has a Premier, swears in the Premier, ministers and MLAs, and signs orders-in-council on the advice of cabinet.
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Sources
- yukon.ca · checked territorial: Official website; institutions continued by the Yukon Act, S.C. 2002, c. 7, ss. 4, 8, 10, 17 (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/Y-2.01/FullText.html). For: Commissioner of Yukon
- yukon.ca · checked territorial: Role of the Commissioner as listed by the Office of the Commissioner of Yukon; Yukon Act, s. 11. For: Assent to bills, Summons and dissolves the Assembly, Swears in the Premier and ministers
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked territorial: Yukon Act, s. 4 (appointment by Governor in Council) and s. 11; role described at https://yukon.ca/en/commissionerofyukon/about. For: Commissioner
- yukon.ca · checked territorial: Office of the Commissioner of Yukon: "The Commissioner of Yukon is the Honourable Adeline Webber. She's the Yukon's 37th Commissioner." (checked 2026-10-11). Appointment: Prime Minister's release of 31 May 2023 (https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/node/46348), five-year term. She swore in the Dixon cabinet on 22 Nov 2025 (yukon.ca release 25-444). For: Adeline Webber as Commissioner