Doug Phillips (politician)

Douglas George Phillips OY[2][3] (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 retired from the Legislature in 2000, and was appointed to numerous boards and commissions in the years afterwards.

[4] He was also the Yukon Administrator (also referred to as the "assistant commissioner")[3] at the time of his appointment.

Phillips is also an adopted member of the Carcross/Tagish First Nation's Deisheetaan clan.