Johnny Abel
Male, Deceased Person
1947 – 1995
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Who was Johnny Abel?
Johnny W. Abel was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Vuntut Gwitchin in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1992 until his death in 1995. He was a member of the Yukon Party.
He served as chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation from 1978 to 1984.
Abel drowned in a canoeing accident in 1995.
The film Arctic Son was inspired by a meeting between Andrew Walton and Johnny Abel.
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