George Allen Jeckell (July 25, 1880 – May 30, 1950) was an educator, civil servant and political figure in the

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, Canada. He served as the comptroller of Yukon from 1932 to 1946 and was accordingly the highest ranked government official in the territory. He was born in

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, the son of William Jeckell and Essy Case, and was educated in Exeter, Goderich and at

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s in the

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and Yukon. In 1933, he married his second wife, Anna Theresa Boyle. Jeckell was a teacher in Dawson and become a revenue inspector for the Department of National Revenue in 1928. He was a prominent

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* 1880 births 1950 deaths Commissioners of Yukon Gold commissioners {{Yukon-politician-stub