Douglas Leslie Dewey Bell, CM OY (June 15, 1926 – April 18, 2021) was a Canadian politician who served as the commissioner of Yukon.[1][2] He was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1989[3] and a member of the Order of Yukon in 2019.[4][5] Bell died at the age of 94 in 2021 after a period of declining health.[6]
Douglas Bell | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of the Yukon | |
| In office October 9, 1979 – March 27, 1986 | |
| Prime Minister | Joe Clark Pierre Trudeau John Turner Brian Mulroney |
| Premier | Chris Pearson Willard Phelps Tony Penikett |
| Preceded by | Ione Christensen |
| Succeeded by | John Kenneth McKinnon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 15, 1926 Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Died | April 18, 2021 (aged 94) Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada |
- ^ "Past Commissioner Doug Bell remembered". yukon.ca. April 19, 2021.
- ^ The Canadian Who's who. University of Toronto Press. April 20, 1986. ISBN 9780802046321 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Doug Bell recalls days as Yukon's commissioner". Yukon News. June 25, 2008. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
- ^ "First batch of recipients named for Order of Yukon | CBC News".
- ^ "Whitehorse Daily Star: Commissioner names first recipients of the Order of Yukon". Whitehorse Daily Star.
- ^ "Whitehorse Daily Star: Ex-commissioner praised for lengthy public service". Whitehorse Daily Star.