John (Jack) Hibberd (1931 – May 15, 1997) was a

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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

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,"IN REMEMBRANCE OF TWO FORMER MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY"
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, October 30, 1997. he was educated as a

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, and later moved to Yukon to accept a position at

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. 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

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. When territorial political parties were created for the 1978 election he joined the

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. 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

. He was succeeded in a

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of the Yukon New Democratic Party, resulting in the NDP overtaking the Yukon Liberal Party in seats and supplanting them as the

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."NDP's by-election win makes it Opposition". ''

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'', October 15, 1981. He died on May 15, 1997 in Penticton,

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