GAINS IN CIRCULATION DESPITE GUILD STRIKE
Date: 04 December 1946
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Phila Record circulation rept, Nov, shows gain despite Guild strike
Douglas George Phillips (born December 4, 1946) is a Canadian businessman and politician and the commissioner of Yukon from 2010 to 2018.
Born in Toronto in 1946, Phillips moved to Whitehorse with his family as a child. He was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in 1985, serving fifteen years as the Yukon Party MLA for the territorial riding of Riverdale North. He served in the cabinet of Premier John Ostashek, holding the positions of Minister of Tourism, Minister of Education, Minister Responsible for the Women's Directorate, Minister of Justice, and Minister Responsible for the Public Service Commission. He retired from the Legislature in 2000, and was appointed to numerous boards and commissions in the years afterwards. In 2004, he joined the Yukon Land Use Planning Council, and was serving as its chair when he was appointed Commissioner of Yukon by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He was also the Yukon Administrator (also referred to as the "assistant commissioner") at the time of his appointment.
Phillips's appointment gained wide approval in the territory.
Phillips and his wife, Dale Stokes, have five children and five grandchildren. Phillips is also an adopted member of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation's Deisheetaan clan. Phillips was appointed to the Order of Yukon in 2020.
Read more...The December 4, 1946 was a Wednesday under the star sign of ♐. It was the 337 day of the year. President of the United States was Harry S. Truman.
If you were born on this day, you are 78 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 334 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, December 4, 2025, in 30 days. You have lived for 28,824 days, or about 691,787 hours, or about 41,507,244 minutes, or about 2,490,434,640 seconds.
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