Margaret Thom

The Honourable
Margaret Thom
DStJ ONWT
Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
In office
September 18, 2017 – May 14, 2024
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
PremierBob McLeod
Caroline Cochrane
R.J. Simpson
Preceded byGerald W. Kisoun (acting)
Succeeded byGerald W. Kisoun
Personal details
Born1951 (age 72–73)[citation needed]
Fort Providence, Northwest Territories
SpouseJim Thom
Children4
OccupationCounsellor

Margaret M. Thom DStJ[1] ONWT (born 1951[citation needed]) was the commissioner of the Northwest Territories.[2] She previously served as the deputy commissioner of the Northwest Territories, Canada, from June 2, 2005, until October 2011. In June 2022 she was appointed to a second term.[3]

Thom was born and raised in Fort Providence in an Indigenous family and worked a number of jobs before enrolling in a counselling program at Aurora College during the 1990s, subsequently becoming a counsellor at Deh Gáh School in Fort Providence.[4]

Thom is a member of the NWT Education Hall of Fame and has been awarded the Territorial Wise Woman Award.[5]

  1. ^ "GNWT - Commissioner - Biography".
  2. ^ ORDERS IN COUNCIL
  3. ^ "Prime Minister announces reappointment of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories". pm.gc.ca (Press release). 23 June 2022.
  4. ^ Margaret Thom perfect 'role model' fit for N.W.T. commissioner, leaders say
  5. ^ "PM names Margaret Thom as new commissioner of the NWT". toronto.citynews.ca. Retrieved 8 April 2019.