Arthur MacDonald Pearson

{{Infobox Lt Governor

| honorific-prefix = Commissioner

| name = Arthur MacDonald Pearson

| honorific-suffix =

| image =

| imagesize = 150px|

| office = Commissioner of Yukon

| term_start = July 1, 1976

| term_end = November 1, 1978

| predecessor = James Smith

| successor = Frank Fingland

| primeminister = Pierre Trudeau

| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|2|20}}

| birth_place = Brandon, Manitoba, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|8|1938|2|20}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Sandra Mooney|1959}}

| party =

| profession = biologist

}}

Arthur MacDonald "Art" Pearson (February 20, 1938 – December 8, 2020) was a Canadian political figure. He served as the commissioner of Yukon from 1976 to 1978.

He was born in Brandon, Manitoba and was educated there, at the University of British Columbia and the University of Helsinki. In 1959, Pearson married Sandra Mooney. He was a biologist with the Canadian Wildlife Service from 1962 to 1975, during that time he researched the activities of grizzly bears.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gFlz6UKGqrcC&pg=PA158 |title=Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance |page=158 |last=Herrero |first=Stephen |year=2002 |isbn=1-58574-557-X |publisher=Globe Pequot |accessdate=2009-12-31|author-link=Stephen Herrero}} Pearson lived in Whitehorse.

He resigned as commissioner in 1978 after pleading guilty to charges related to improper mining claim transfers.{{cite web |url=http://www.hougengroup.com/yukonHistory/facts_year/1970s.aspx?year70=1978 |title=Yukon History, 1978 |publisher=Hougen Group of Companies |accessdate=2009-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329033140/http://www.hougengroup.com/yukonhistory/facts_year/1970s.aspx?year70=1978 |archive-date=2014-03-29 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jS4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dL4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4751,2050621&dq=art-pearson+yukon&hl=en |title=Yukon commissioner faces criminal charge |newspaper=Anchorage Daily News |date=November 17, 1978 |accessdate=2009-12-31 |archive-date=2020-04-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404201455/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jS4eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dL4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4751,2050621&dq=art-pearson+yukon&hl=en |url-status=dead }} Pearson died peacefully after a long battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia on December 8, 2020, at the age of 82.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-11 |title=Past Commissioner Arthur Pearson remembered |url=https://yukon.ca/en/news/past-commissioner-arthur-pearson-remembered |access-date=2025-06-21 |website=yukon.ca}}