Margaret M. Thom DStJ (born 1951) was the

commissioner of the Northwest Territories The commissioner of the Northwest Territories () is the Government of Canada's representative in the Northwest Territories. Similar in certain functions to a lieutenant governor, the commissioner swears in the members of the legislative assembl ...

. She previously served as the deputy commissioner of the

Northwest Territories The Northwest Territories is a federal Provinces and territories of Canada, territory of Canada. At a land area of approximately and a 2021 census population of 41,070, it is the second-largest and the most populous of Provinces and territorie ...

, 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

;Appointments

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
Living people 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century First Nations people Commissioners of the Northwest Territories Dene people First Nations women Northwest Territories Deputy Commissioners Women in Northwest Territories politics Dames of Justice of the Order of St John Members of the Order of the Northwest Territories 1951 births 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{NorthwestTerritories-politician-stub