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Margaret M. Thom DStJ ONWT (born 1951) was the commissioner of the Northwest Territories. 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.

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.

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

Honours and Arms

Ribbon bars of Margaret Thom

Appointments

Country	Date	Appointment	Post-nominal letters
Canada	2012	Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
Canada	2017	Dame of Justice of The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (Vice Prior of the Order in the Northwest Territories)	D.StJ
Northwest Territories	2017	Order of the Northwest Territories	ONWT
Canada	2024	King Charles III Coronation Medal

Coat of arms

Thom was granted a coat of arms through Grant of Arms and Supporters, with differences to Tina Marie Gargan, Melanie Georgette Thom-Gargan, Lee Maria Thom and Tamara Rosalie Thom-Field, on May 15, 2019.

References

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.
6. "Recipients of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal". Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
7. "Governor General hosts inaugural presentation of King Charles III Coronation Medal". Governor General of Canada. 6 May 2024.
8. General, The Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "Thom, Margaret [Individual]". reg.gg.ca. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

External links

• Deputy Commissioner Margaret Thom Biography

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Commissioner 1905–present	White Cory Rowatt Camsell Keenleyside Young Robertson Sivertz Hodgson Parker Norris Maksagak Marion Hansen Whitford Tuccaro Thom Kisoun
Deputy Commissioner 1921–present	Gibson Cunningham Brown Hodgson Parker Pilot Semmler Hanson Maksagak Marion Mains Whitford Thom Kisoun Kenny
Lieutenant Governor 1870–1905	McDougall Archibald Johnson Morris Laird Dewdney Royal Mackintosh Cameron Forget

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