Ivan John "Jack" Cable is a former Canadian

Canada

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 politician

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. He served as a member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly

Yukon Legislative Assembly

-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...

 from 1992 to 2000, representing the electoral district of Riverside as a member and leader of the Yukon Liberal Party

Yukon Liberal Party

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. He was first elected in the 1992 election

Yukon general election, 1992

The 1992 Yukon general election was held on October 19, 1992 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the Yukon Party.-Results by party:-Yukon Votes 1992:...

 and again in the 1996 election

Yukon general election, 1996

The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic Yukon New Democratic Party . The NDP formed the...

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He was subsequently appointed Commissioner of the Yukon, serving from October 1, 2000 to December 1, 2005.

Born in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario

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, he practiced law

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 in Whitehorse

Whitehorse, Yukon

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 for 21 years. As a public servant, he has been director

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 of the Northern Canada Power Commission, president of its successor Yukon Energy Corporation

Yukon Energy Corporation

Yukon Energy Corporation is a Canadian Crown corporation in the Yukon.YEC is a subsidiary of Yukon Development Corporation and was established in 1987 to take over the Yukon assets of the Northern Canada Power Commission. YEC generates virtually all of the Yukon's electricity supply, and...

, a founding member of Recycle Organics Together Society, director of Yukon Science Institute, a member of the Advisory Committee of the Salvation Army

Salvation Army

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 Adult Residential Centre and president

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 of the Yukon Chamber of Commerce.

He is also a member of the Learning Disabilities Association of the Yukon, the Association of Professional Engineers of the Yukon and founding member of Boreal Alternate Energy Centre.

He holds a degree

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 in chemical engineering

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 from University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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, an MBA from McMaster University

McMaster University

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 and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Western Ontario

University of Western Ontario

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