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 Northwest Territories
Armorial of those territorial Commissioners of Northwest Territories who bore lawfully Granted Arms from the Canadian Heraldic Authority
 
 

Coat of Arms of the Northwest Territories
 
Click on the arms presented below to view a larger image of the same and its blazon if available. Click on their name to view their biographies.
click to view larger image of the same   Comm. Anthony W. J. Whitford
Mr. Whitford was born and raised in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Mr. Whitford was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in 1988 and has served as Minister of Health and Social Services, Safety and Public Services and Transportation. In 1999, he was elected by his fellow Members to serve as the Speaker of the 14th Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
2005 -
click to view larger image of the same   Comm. Glenna F. Hansen
An Inuvialuit, the former Commissioner was born in Aklavik, Northwest Territories on August 10, 1956. She joined David Storr and Sons Contracting Ltd., Inuvik, NWT, in 1990 as an executive assistant and rose to become the firm's general manager in 1996, a position she currently occupies.
2000 - 2005
click to view larger image of the same   Comm. Daniel Joseph Marion
 
1999 - 2000
click to view larger image of the same   Comm. Helen Maksagak, CM
From 1992 to 1994, Mrs. Maksagak served as the Deputy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories and later assumed the responsibilities of the Commissioner until 1999. Mrs. Maksagak was the first woman and first Inuk to hold these positions. In March 1999, Mrs. Maksagak was chosen to be the first Commissioner of the newly created Nunavut Territory, a position she held until April 2000.
1995 - 1999
click to view larger image of the same   Comm. Daniel Leonard Norris
Comm. Daniel Leonard Norris is Knight of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem.
1989 - 1994

 
Released: January 14, 2004 / Updated: April 17, 2009