Gordon Van Tighem
Mayor, City of Yellowknife
His Worship Mayor Gordon Van Tighem was born in Calgary, Alberta, and graduated from University of Manitoba. He moved to Yellowknife from Edmonton in 1992 with his wife Carol and 3 children. His election to Mayor of the City of Yellowknife was in October 2000 and he was acclaimed in the 2003 and 2006 elections. Prior to his election as Mayor, Gord was Executive Director of the NWT Community Mobilization Partnership for one year after retirement from the Bank of Montreal in 1999 having served for 24 years in marketing management, and the last eight years as NWT Territorial Manager. He has broad experience with a variety of organizations such as the Yellowknife and the NWT Chamber of Commerce and as a Founding Director of the Stanton Hospital Foundation and the SideDoor Youth Centre. He currently serves on the National Executive of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and as President of the Northwest Territories Association of Communities.
Mayor Van Tighem was involved in many volunteer organizations including: Edmonton Ringette, Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues, Scouts Canada, Junior Forest Wardens, Parish Council, Arctic Winter Games, Sport North, NWT Federation of Shooting Sports, NWT Wildlife Federation, Canadian Wildlife Federation, Ducks Unlimited, Livable Winter Cities, the Northwest Corridor Development Corporation and the Model Aeronautics Association of Canada.
Outside of serving the City his main interests now include family activities, boating and fishing the many lakes surrounding Yellowknife and camping and hunting in the Mackenzie Mountains.
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