George Norris Williams (13 October 1866,

Ōkaihau Ōkaihau is a small town in the Northland Region of New Zealand's North Island, just north of Kaikohe. State Highway 1 passes through Ōkaihau making it fairly busy. Ōkaihau has a primary school (Ōkaihau Primary School) and a secondary scho ...

New Zealand – 9 July 1949,

Dawson City Dawson City, officially the City of Dawson, is a town in the Canadian territory of Yukon. It is inseparably linked to the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99). Its population was 1,577 as of the 2021 census, making it the second-largest town in Yuko ...

) was the acting

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from 13 October 1916 to 1 Apirl 1918, when the previous commissioner, George Black, was fighting in

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. Before serving as the commissioner, he was an elected member of the Yukon Council. He was a member of the

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. His occupation was once listed as 'miner'. In his career, he approved the ''Workers Compensation Ordinance '', which protected Yukon workers.

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Commissioners of Yukon Members of the Yukon Territorial Council 1866 births 1949 deaths {{Yukon-politician-stub