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style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Kisoun" title="Gerald Kisoun">Gerald Kisoun</a><br /></div>since 14 May 2024</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Style_(form_of_address)" title="Style (form of address)">Style</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Honourable</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Governor-in-Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-in-Council">Governor-in-Council</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">24 August 1905</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_D._White" title="Frederick D. White">Frederick D. White</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.commissioner.gov.nt.ca/">www<wbr />.commissioner<wbr />.gov<wbr />.nt<wbr />.ca</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>commissioner of the Northwest Territories</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Commissaire des Territoires du Nord-Ouest</i>) is the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Canada" title="Government of Canada">Government of Canada</a>'s representative in the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Territories" title="Northwest Territories">Northwest Territories</a>. Similar in certain functions to a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_governor_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant governor (Canada)">lieutenant governor</a>, the commissioner swears in the members of the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Northwest_Territories" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories">legislative assembly</a>, swears in members of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_the_Northwest_Territories" title="Executive Council of the Northwest Territories">executive council</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Assent" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Assent">assents</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bill_(proposed_law)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bill (proposed law)">bills</a>, opens sessions of the legislative assembly, and signs other government documents such as <a href="/wiki/Order_in_Council" title="Order in Council">Orders in Council</a>. </p><p>Earlier commissioners were mostly deputy ministers in various ministries (Minister of the Interior, Mines, Mines and Resources). </p><p>As commissioners are appointed by the Government of Canada, they are not a <a href="/wiki/Viceroy" title="Viceroy">vice-regal representative</a> in the territory — that is, unlike in Canada's provinces, there is no such thing as a "territorial Crown" analogous to the provincial Crowns. The commissioner represents the federal government and must follow any instructions of the <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Canada" title="Cabinet of Canada">Cabinet</a> or the relevant federal minister, currently the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Crown-Indigenous_Relations_and_Northern_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs">Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs</a>. </p><p>Since 1980, the territories have had self-government, with the <a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">legislature</a> choosing a government leader or <a href="/wiki/Premier_of_the_Northwest_Territories" title="Premier of the Northwest Territories">premier</a>, in addition to electing members of parliament to the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Canada" title="Parliament of Canada">Parliament of Canada</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commissioners_of_the_NWT">Commissioners of the NWT</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commissioner_of_the_Northwest_Territories&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Commissioners of the NWT"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Northwest_Territories_commissioners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Northwest Territories commissioners">List of Northwest Territories commissioners</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>From </th> <th>To </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>24 August 1905 </td> <td>27 September 1918 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frederick_D._White" title="Frederick D. White">Frederick D. White</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 September 1918 </td> <td>31 March 1931 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Wallace_Cory" title="William Wallace Cory">William Wallace Cory</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 March 1931 </td> <td>1 May 1934 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_H._Rowatt" title="Hugh H. Rowatt">Hugh H. Rowatt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 May 1934 </td> <td>3 December 1936 </td> <td>vacant (<a href="/wiki/Roy_A._Gibson" title="Roy A. Gibson">Roy A. Gibson</a> acting) </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 December 1936 </td> <td>14 January 1947 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_Camsell" title="Charles Camsell">Charles Camsell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 January 1947 </td> <td>14 November 1950 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Llewellyn_Keenleyside" title="Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside">Hugh Llewellyn Keenleyside</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 November 1950 </td> <td>15 November 1953 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Andrew_Young" title="Hugh Andrew Young">Hugh Andrew Young</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 November 1953 </td> <td>12 July 1963 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Gordon_Robertson" title="Robert Gordon Robertson">Robert Gordon Robertson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 July 1963 </td> <td>2 March 1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bent_Gestur_Sivertz" title="Bent Gestur Sivertz">Bent Gestur Sivertz</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 March 1967 </td> <td>15 April 1979 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Milton_Hodgson" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuart Milton Hodgson">Stuart Milton Hodgson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 April 1979 </td> <td>2 October 1989 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Havelock_Parker" title="John Havelock Parker">John Havelock Parker</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 October 1989 </td> <td>16 January 1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_L._Norris" title="Daniel L. 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Norris</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 January 1995 </td> <td>26 March 1999 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Helen_Maksagak" title="Helen Maksagak">Helen Maksagak</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 March 1999 </td> <td>31 March 2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Joseph_Marion" title="Daniel Joseph Marion">Daniel Joseph Marion</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 March 2000 </td> <td>7 April 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenna_Hansen" title="Glenna Hansen">Glenna Hansen</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 April 2005 </td> <td>28 May 2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tony_Whitford" title="Tony Whitford">Tony Whitford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 May 2010 </td> <td>10 May 2016<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Tuccaro" title="George Tuccaro">George Tuccaro</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 May 2016 </td> <td>18 September 2017 </td> <td>vacant (<a href="/wiki/Gerald_W._Kisoun" class="mw-redirect" title="Gerald W. 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Thom</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 May 2024 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Kisoun" title="Gerald Kisoun">Gerald Kisoun</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deputy_commissioners">Deputy commissioners</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Commissioner_of_the_Northwest_Territories&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Deputy commissioners"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Northwest_Territories_deputy_commissioners" title="List of Northwest Territories deputy commissioners">List of Northwest Territories deputy commissioners</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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