Geraldine Van Bibber
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Geraldine van Bibber | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of Yukon | |
| In office December 1, 2005 – December 17, 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Paul Martin Stephen Harper |
| Premier | Dennis Fentie |
| Preceded by | Jack Cable |
| Succeeded by | Doug Phillips |
| Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Porter Creek North | |
| In office November 7, 2016 – October 3, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Doug Graham |
| Succeeded by | Doris Anderson |
| Chancellor of Yukon College | |
| In office December 10, 2012 – September 22, 2016 | |
| Premier | Darrell Pasloski |
| Preceded by | Rolfe Hougen |
| Succeeded by | Piers McDonald |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 3, 1951 |
| Party | Yukon Party |
| Spouse | Pat Van Bibber |
| Profession | appointed official, businesswoman |
Geraldine Van Bibber CM (born July 3, 1951) is a Canadian politician who represented the Yukon electoral district of Porter Creek North as a member of the Yukon Party until 2025. She was elected as part of the 2016 Yukon election.
Van Bibber served as the commissioner of Yukon from 2005 to 2010[1] and a member of the Gwichʼin First Nation. She has also served as Chancellor of Yukon College[2] and Administrator of the Yukon.
Prior to being appointed to office, Van Bibber worked for the Yukon Department of Finance. She was also instrumental in the formation of the Yukon First Nations Culture and Tourism Association, as a private tour operator.[3]
She was re-elected at the 2021 Yukon general election.
Van Bibber announced her intention to seek the Yukon Party nomination in its stronghold riding of Porter Creek North in the 2016 Yukon election, which had been vacated after the incumbent Yukon Party representative, Doug Graham, announced his retirement. Although highly unusual for a former Commissioner to run for elected office - given the position's non-partisan nature - she was not the Yukon's first Commissioner to later seek elected office, and was already serving in a partisan role at the time as Senior Advisor to the Premier in the Yukon Party Cabinet Offices.[4] She was elected to the Yukon Legislature for the riding of Porter Creek North on November 7, 2016.
Van Bibber is currently a member of the Standing Committee on Statutory Instruments and the Standing Committee on Appointments to Major Government Boards and Committees. She is also the Yukon Party caucus critic for the Department of Education, the Aboriginal relations branch of the Executive Council Office, and the Department of Tourism and Culture.[5]
Van Bibber served as the Official Opposition critic for Economic Development, Tourism and Culture, the Yukon Energy Corporation, and the Yukon Development Corporation.
On January 28, 2025, Van Bibber announced that she would not run for re-election in the 2025 election and instead serve as Yukon Party campaign chair.[6]
