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| nominator = [[Jean Chrétien]]
| appointed = [[Roméo LeBlanc]]
| predecessor = [[Willie Adams (politician)|Willie Adams]]
| successor = [[Margaret Dawn Anderson]]
| term_start = September 2, 1999
| term_end = November 21, 2017
| order2 = 4th [[Premier of the Northwest Territories]]
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| 1namedata2 = [[John Havelock Parker]]
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| spouse = Karen Sibbeston
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| otherparty = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] <small>(until 2014)</small><br />[[Senate Liberal Caucus|Independent Liberal]]<br /><small>(2014-2016)</small>
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'''Nick G. Sibbeston''' (born November 21, 1943)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sen.parl.gc.ca/nsibbeston/Bio.htm |title=Biography |access-date=2014-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114040136/http://sen.parl.gc.ca/nsibbeston/Bio.htm |archive-date=2014-01-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a retired Canadian politician, serving from 1985 to 1987 as the fourth [[premier of the Northwest Territories]].
Sibbeston was a [[Senate of Canada|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]]. He was also a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories|Northwest Territories]] representing [[Mackenzie-Laird]] from 1970 to 1975 and from 1979 until 1991.
==Political career==▼
==Civil servant==▼
Sibbeston is [[Métis]] from [[Fort Simpson]], [[Northwest Territories]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nick-sibbeston-blames-party-politics-for-low-attendance-1.2518466|title=Nick Sibbeston blames 'party politics' for low attendance|date=January 31, 2014|work=[[CBC News]]|access-date=September 22, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Considered a [[Canadian Indian residential school system|residential-school]] survivor,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nwt-senator-nick-sibbeston-resigns-1.4301185|title=N.W.T. Senator Nick Sibbeston resigns|date=September 21, 2017|work=[[CBC News]]|access-date=September 22, 2017|language=en}}</ref> he attended residential schools in Fort Simpson, [[Fort Providence|Providence]], [[Inuvik]], and [[Yellowknife]]. He went on to attend the [[University of Alberta]], where he graduated with [[Bachelor of Arts]] and [[Bachelor of Laws|Law]] degrees.
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 Tribunal|Canadian Human Rights Panel/Tribunal]]. He also served as cultural and [[Slavey language]] advisor for the television program ''[[North of 60]]''.▼
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===Territorial politics===
In 1970, Sibbeston was elected to a four-year term on the [[Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories|North West Territorial Council]], after which he was defeated by [[William Lafferty]] in the [[1975 Northwest Territories general election]].
He was re-elected in the [[1979 Northwest Territories general election|1979 general election]] and would continue to be a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] until 1991.<ref name=":0" /> During his second term in the Legislative Assembly, Sibbeston was elected to serve in the [[Executive Council of the Northwest Territories|Executive Council]] ([[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]]).
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.<ref>http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-removes-senators-from-liberal-caucus-1.2515273</ref> According to Senate Opposition leader [[Jim Cowan|James Cowan]], the Senators will still refer to themselves as Liberals even if they are no longer members of the parliamentary Liberal caucus.<ref name=expuls>{{cite news|title=Trudeau’s expulsion catches Liberal senators by surprise|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/trudeau-to-boot-senators-from-liberal-caucus-in-bid-to-restore-senate-independence/article16567413/|accessdate=January 29, 2014|newspaper=Globe and Mail|date=January 29, 2014}}</ref>▼
In a 1981 incident, Sibbeston was thrown out of the territorial legislature for throwing a cup of coffee at [[Peter Fraser (Northwest Territories politician)|Peter Fraser]], the speaker of the legislature, during an intense debate.<ref name=":0" />
On May 5, 2016, Sibbeston left the Senate Liberal caucus to sit as an Independent Senator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/ParlBusiness/Senate/SeatingPlan/SenateSeatingPlan.pdf|title=SenateSeatingPlan|last=|first=|date=May 5, 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=May 6, 2016}}</ref>▼
He would serve six years in Cabinet until he was elected to serve as the [[List of premiers of the Northwest Territories|fourth Premier]] of the [[Northwest Territories]] from 1985 until 1987.
▲===Civil servant===
▲After 1991, Sibbeston worked briefly for the [[Government of Northwest Territories
===Federal politics===
Sibbeston was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada]] on September 2, 1999, on the advice of Liberal prime minister [[Jean Chrétien]].<ref name=":1" /> In the Senate, one of his goals was to find a new name for the Northwest Territories.<ref>{{cite report |author=<!--not stated--> |date=2011 |title=One Land, Many Voices: Creating the New Northwest Territories |url=https://www.ntassembly.ca/sites/assembly/files/one_land_many_voices_pdf.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories |page=14 |docket= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125025411/https://www.ntassembly.ca/sites/assembly/files/one_land_many_voices_pdf.pdf |archive-date=January 25, 2022 |access-date=February 27, 2024 |quote=}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":1" />
▲On January 29, 2014, Liberal Party leader [[Justin Trudeau]] announced that all Liberal Senators, including Sibbeston, were removed from the Liberal caucus, and would continue sitting as [[Independent (Canada)|Independents]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-removes-senators-from-liberal-caucus-1.2515273|title=Liberal leader says senators not welcome in caucus|last=Cudmore|first=James|date=January 29, 2014|work=[[CBC News]]|access-date=September 22, 2017|language=en}}</ref> According to Senate Opposition leader [[Jim Cowan|James Cowan]], the Senators will still refer to themselves as Liberals even if they are no longer members of the parliamentary Liberal caucus.<ref name="expuls">{{cite news|title=
▲On May 5, 2016, Sibbeston left the Senate Liberal caucus to sit as an [[Independent
In September 2017, Sibbeston announced that he would resign on November 21, his 74th birthday. Sibbeston said that he would focus on his family, travel, and spirituality as well as translating [[Catholic liturgy]] into the [[Dene language]].<ref name=":1" />
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite book |last1=Sibbeston |first1=Nick |title=You will wear a white shirt : from the northern bush to the halls of power |date=2015 |location=Madeira Park, BC |publisher=Douglas & McIntyre |isbn=978-1-77162-055-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/youwillwearwhite0000sibb}}
==External links==
*{{official website|http://sen.parl.gc.ca/nsibbeston/}}
*{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=916}}
*[https://gnwt.accesstomemory.org/258 Nick Sibbeston fonds. Northwest Territories Archives]
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