Nick Sibbeston

Nick G. Sibbeston (born November 21, 1943)[1] is a retired Canadian politician, serving from 1985 to 1987 as the fourth premier of the Northwest Territories.

Sibbeston was a Senator representing the Northwest Territories from 1999 until 2017, when he resigned on his 74th birthday, a year prior to reaching the mandatory retirement age.

After 1991, Sibbeston worked briefly for the Government of Northwest Territories, as a justice specialist and as a public administrator for Deh Cho Health & Social Services.

[4] He also focused on issues such as the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline, infrastructure in the North, climate change mitigation, and increasing Indigenous engagement in the economy.

[2] That same month, Sibbeston defended his absence from 51 out of 70 votes in the previous parliamentary session, his reason being the nastiness of partisan party politics in Ottawa, which he was not used to in the north.