Roy Alexander Gibson (October 3, 1885 – August 14, 1953) was a civil servant and political figure in the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

, Canada. He served as the

deputy commissioner of the Northwest Territories This is a List of Deputy Commissioners of the Northwest Territories, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arc ...

from 1921 to 1950. He was born in

Brandon, Manitoba Brandon () is the second-largest city in the province of Manitoba, Canada. It is located in the southwestern corner of the province on the banks of the Assiniboine River, approximately west of the provincial capital, Winnipeg, and east of the ...

, the son of James Spence Gibson and Margaret Cynthia Mendell, and was educated in Brandon. Gibson was employed by a flour milling company, then was hired by the Department of the Interior in Regina in 1908, later serving as Assistant Deputy Minister, and worked for the Department of Mines and Resources from 1936 to 1947, serving as director of the Lands and Forests branch. He married Agnes Gertrude Hardcastle in 1931. After 1950, Gibson was a director in the Department of Resources and Development.

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* * 1885 births 1953 deaths Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories Northwest Territories Deputy Commissioners {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub