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John (Jack) Hibberd (1931 - 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. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia,〔("IN REMEMBRANCE OF TWO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY" ). Yukon Government Hansard, October 30, 1997.〕 he was educated as a surgeon, and later moved to Yukon to accept a position at Whitehorse General Hospital.〔 First elected to the territorial council in 1974, during his term he served on the executive committee as minister of consumer and corporate affairs〔 and natural resources.〔"Yukon highway opening, giving access to arctic". ''Lawrence Journal-World'', March 19, 1979.〕 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.〔 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.〔"NDP's by-election win makes it Opposition". ''The Globe and Mail'', October 15, 1981.〕 He died on May 15, 1997 in Penticton, British Columbia.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Hibberd (politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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