Nick Sibbeston

The Honourable Nick G. Sibbeston
Senator for Northwest Territories
Incumbent
Assumed office September 2, 1999
Nominated by	Jean Chrétien
Appointed by	Roméo LeBlanc
4th Premier of the Northwest Territories
In office November 5, 1985 – November 12, 1987
Commissioner	John Havelock Parker
Preceded by	Richard Nerysoo
Succeeded by	Dennis Patterson
MLA for Mackenzie-Laird
In office December 21, 1970 – March 10, 1975
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	William Lafferty
In office October 1, 1979 – November 21, 1983
Preceded by	William Lafferty
Succeeded by	district abolished
MLA for Deh Cho Gah
In office November 21, 1983 – October 5, 1987
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	district abolished
MLA for Nahendeh
In office October 5, 1987 – October 15, 1991
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Jim Antoine
Personal details
Born	(1943-11-21) November 21, 1943 Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Non-affiliated
Other political affiliations	Liberal (until 2014) Independent Liberal (2014-2016)
Spouse(s)	Karen Sibbeston
Alma mater	University of Alberta
Occupation	Lawyer
Profession	politician

Nick G. Sibbeston (born November 21, 1943)^[1] is a Canadian Senator. He attended residential school in Fort Simpson, Providence, Inuvik, and Yellowknife, and the University of Alberta where he graduated with Bachelor of Arts and Law degrees.

Political career

In 1970, Sibbeston was elected to a four-year term on the North West Territorial Council until he was defeated by William Lafferty in the 1975 Northwest Territories general election. He was re-elected in the 1979 Northwest Territories general election and served until 1991. During his second term in the Legislative Assembly, Sibbeston was elected to serve in the Executive Council. He would serve six years in Cabinet until he was elected to serve as the fourth Premier of the Northwest Territories from 1985 until 1987.

Civil servant

After 1991, Sibbeston worked briefly for the Government of Northwest Territories. as justice specialist and as a public administrator for Deh Cho Health & Social Services. He served four years on the Canadian Human Rights Panel/Tribunal. He also served as cultural and Slavey language advisor for the television program North of 60.

Senator

He was a lawyer before being appointed to the Senate on September 2, 1999. In the Senate, one of his goals has been to find a new name for the Northwest Territories to better reflect his jurisdiction's geography and people.

On January 29, 2014, Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau announced all Liberal Senators, including Sibbeston, were removed from the Liberal caucus, and would continue sitting as Independents.^[2] According to Senate Opposition leader James Cowan, the Senators will still refer to themselves as Liberals even if they are no longer members of the parliamentary Liberal caucus.^[3]

On May 5, 2016, Sibbeston left the Senate Liberal caucus to sit as an Independent Senator.^[4]

References

External links

• Official website
• Nick Sibbeston – Parliament of Canada biography