Judy Gingell, (born November 26, 1946Judy Gingell
at Archives Canada) is an aboriginal

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, who served as the

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from 1995 to 2000. Born in Moose LakeThe Canadian Who's who
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of the

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in 1969. During the 1970s and 1980s, she served on the executive council of the Yukon Indian Women's Association and became a founding director of Northern Native Broadcasting in the Yukon. She was then elected president of the

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in 1980. She was also chair of the

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from 1989 to May 1995. She was appointed as the first aboriginal Commissioner on June 23, 1995, and retired in September 2000. She ran in the

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riding for the

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in the

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, but was not elected to the

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. In 2009, she was made a Member of the

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"for her contributions, over the past four decades, to the promotion and advancement of Aboriginal rights and governance in Yukon". She was made a member of the

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in 2019.

References

External links

Judith Gingell (nee Smith) family tree
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gingell, Judy 1948 births Living people Commissioners of Yukon Members of the Order of Canada Members of the Order of Yukon Politicians from Whitehorse First Nations women in politics Women in Yukon politics Indspire Awards