Commissioners of Northwest Territories

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The Commissioner of the Northwest Territories is the Canadian federal government’s representative in Northwest Territories (NWT) and the territory's Chief Executive Officer. Similar to a Lieutenant-Governor, the Commissioner swears in the Members of the Legislative Assembly, swears in members of the Executive Council, provides assent for bills, opens sessions of the Legislative Assembly, and signs other government documents such as Order-in-Council.

Since 1980 the territories have had self-government with the legislature choosing a Government Leader or Premier.

[edit] Commissioners of the NWT

From	To	Name
24 Aug 1905	27 Jun 1919	Frederick D. White
27 Jun 1919	17 Feb 1931	William Wallace Cory
31 Mar 1931	30 Apr 1934	Hugh H. Rowatt
1 May 1934	2 Dec 1936	(vacant)
3 Dec 1936	3 Dec 1946	Charles Camsell
14 Jan 1947	24 Sep 1950	Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside
14 Nov 1950	15 Nov 1953	Hugh Andrew Young
15 Nov 1953	12 Jul 1963	Robert Gordon Robertson
12 Jul 1963	16 Jan 1967	Bent Gestur Sivertz
2 Mar 1967	6 Apr 1979	Stuart Milton Hodgson
15 Apr 1979	31 Jul 1989	John Havelock Parker
2 Oct 1989	30 Sep 1994	Daniel L. Norris
16 Jan 1995	26 Mar 1999	Helen Maksagak
26 Mar 1999	31 Mar 2000	Daniel Joseph Marion
31 Mar 2000	7 Apr 2005	Glenna Hansen
29 Apr 2005	present	Tony Whitford

[edit] See also

• Lieutenant-Governors of Northwest Territories

[edit] External links

• Office of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories (NWT)
• Official Handbook for Commissioners of the Territories (Canada)

	Politics of Northwest Territories v • d • e
Commissioner: Tony Whitford • Former commissioners • Former lieutenant-governors
Deputy Commissioner: Margaret Thom • Former Deputy Commissioners
Premier: Joe Handley • Former premiers
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Legislature: Current assembly • Former legislatures • Current electoral divisions
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Former Political parties (1898 - 1905): Liberal-Conservative • Liberals • Socialist
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Historical governors	Governors of New France (1627-1760) • Governors of Acadia • Northwest Territories (1869-1905) • Governors of Vancouver Island and British Columbia (1843-1871)