- Robert Gordon Robertson
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name = Robert Gordon Robertson
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order = 7thCommissioner of the Northwest Territories
term_start =November 15 ,1953
term_end =July 12 ,1963
predecessor =Hugh Andrew Young
successor =Bent Gestur Sivertz
birth_date = birth date and age |1917|5|19
birth_place = flagicon|SaskatchewanDavidson, Saskatchewan ,Canada
death_date =
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religion =United Church of Canada |Robert Gordon Robertson, PC , CC , MA ,
DU , FRSC (bornMay 19 ,1917 ) was Commissioner of theNorthwest Territories fromNovember 15 ,1953 toJuly 12 ,1963 who, having been sworn in at the age of 36, remains the youngest person to ever hold the office. [http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:B2P0zVmbEuEJ:www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/related/province/lieutgov.asp%3Flang%3DE%26prov%3D6+%22Hugh+Andrew+Young%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us]Born in
Davidson, Saskatchewan , Robertson was educated atUniversity of Saskatchewan ,University of Oxford andUniversity of Toronto . He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1941. From 1963 to 1975, he was clerk of the Privy Council and Cabinet secretary.In 1970, he won The Vanier Medal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.
In 1976 he was made a Companion of the
Order of Canada .Robertson served as Chancellor of
Carleton University in Ottawa from 1980 to 1990.In 2000, Robertson published "Memoirs of a Very Civil Servant", which recounted his experiences as a senior civil servant under five Canadian Prime Ministers.
As of 2006, Robertson is the oldest living former head of a Canadian Province/Territory, although the oldest living "Premier" is
Dufferin Roblin ofManitoba , who is less than a month younger than Robertson.References
* [http://www.pco-bcp.gc.ca/default.asp?Language=E&Page=clerk&Sub=FormerClerks&doc=FormerClerks1963-1975_e.htm Clerk of the Privy Council]
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