Margaret Thom
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Margaret Thom
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| office = Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
| term_start = September 18, 2017
| term_end = May 14, 2024
| predecessor= Gerald W. Kisoun (acting)
| successor = Gerald W. Kisoun
| primeminister = Justin Trudeau
| premier =Bob McLeod
Caroline Cochrane
R.J. Simpson
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1951}}{{fact|date=September 2022}}
| birth_place = Fort Providence, Northwest Territories
| nationality =
| spouse =Jim Thom
| children = 4
| occupation = Counsellor
| religion =
|honorific_suffix=DStJ ONWT|honorific_prefix=The Honourable}}
Margaret M. Thom DStJ{{cite web | url=https://www.commissioner.gov.nt.ca/biography/ | title=GNWT - Commissioner - Biography }} {{post-nominals|ONWT}} (born 1951{{fact|date=September 2022}}) was the commissioner of the Northwest Territories.[http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2017/2017-07-01/html/order-decret-eng.body.html#od2 ORDERS IN COUNCIL] 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.{{Cite press release |url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2022/06/23/prime-minister-announces-reappointment-commissioner-northwest |title=Prime Minister announces reappointment of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories |website=pm.gc.ca |date=June 23, 2022 }}
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.[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/margaret-thom-new-commissinoer-nwt-1.4165877 Margaret Thom perfect 'role model' fit for N.W.T. commissioner, leaders say]
Thom is a member of the NWT Education Hall of Fame and has been awarded the Territorial Wise Woman Award.{{Cite web|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2017/06/14/pm-names-margaret-thom-as-new-commissioner-of-the-nwt/|title=PM names Margaret Thom as new commissioner of the NWT|website=toronto.citynews.ca|access-date=2019-04-08}}
Honours and Arms
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|ribbon=CAN Order of Northwest Territories ribbon.svg}} |{{ribbon devices|number=0|ribbon=QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg}} |{{ribbon devices|number=0|ribbon=UK King Charles III Coronation Medal BAR.svg}} |
;Appointments
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| {{Flagu|Canada}} | 2012 | Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal{{cite web |title=Recipients of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/126-238842 |website=Governor General of Canada |access-date=17 September 2021 |language=en}} | |
| {{Flagu|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 |
| {{Flagu|Northwest Territories}} | 2017 | Order of the Northwest Territories | ONWT |
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|2024 |King Charles III Coronation Medal{{cite web|work=Governor General of Canada|date=6 May 2024|title=Governor General hosts inaugural presentation of King Charles III Coronation Medal|url=https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/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.{{Cite web|url=https://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=3159&ShowAll=1|title=Thom, Margaret [Individual]|last=General|first=The Office of the Secretary to the Governor|website=reg.gg.ca|language=EN|access-date=2020-02-14}}{{Infobox COA wide|escutcheon=Sable a tepee issuant from base Argent its staves Or its interior Gules charged with a campfire Or.|crest=A bald eagle wings displayed Sable each charged with a mountain avens flower proper, its head Argent, beaked, legged and holding in the dexter claw a lightning flash Or, standing on a closed book bound Gules its edge fesswise Argent.|supporters=Dexter a moose cow sinister a moose calf Or both supporting a braid of sweetgrass and standing on a grassy mount proper;|motto=NEZŲ TS’ĘNDA|year_granted=2019}}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110716135918/http://www.commissioner.gov.nt.ca/deputy/ Deputy Commissioner Margaret Thom Biography]
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Category:21st-century Canadian politicians
Category:21st-century First Nations people
Category:Commissioners of the Northwest Territories
Category:Northwest Territories Deputy Commissioners
Category:Women in Northwest Territories politics
Category:Dames of Justice of the Order of St John
Category:Members of the Order of the Northwest Territories
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
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