George Ian MacLean served as the

gold commissioner of Yukon The commissioner of Yukon (french: Commissaire du Yukon) is the representative of the Government of Canada in the Canadian federal territory of Yukon. The commissioner is appointed by the federal government and, in contrast to the governor gene ...

. He remained in office from April 1, 1928 to June 30, 1932. Before assuming office he was the assistant Financial Comptroller of the Department of the Interior in Ottawa. After his term the position of Gold Commissioner and

Comptroller A comptroller (pronounced either the same as ''controller'' or as ) is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accounting and financial reporting of an organization. A financial comptroller is a senior-level executi ...

were combined in 1932 with the Comptroller being the title for the chief executive. Spelling was changed to Controller in 1936.

Death

He died in Vancouver on December 16, 1939.

References

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