Margaret M. Thom DStJ (born 1951) is the commissioner of the Northwest Territories. She previously served as the deputy commissioner of the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...

, 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 Aurora College, formerly Arctic College, is a college located in the Northwest Territories, Canada with campuses in Inuvik, Fort Smith and Yellowknife. They have learning centres in 23 communities in the NWT. The head office for Aurora Colleg ...

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

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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.

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Deputy Commissioner Margaret Thom Biography
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