Territorial
Commissioner
Commissioner of the Northwest Territories · Northwest Territories
Official page (commissioner.gov.nt.ca) Report a problem with this page
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the Governor General
- Exact method
- Appointed by order of the Governor in Council (the federal Cabinet, acting through the Governor General) under the Northwest Territories Act, S.C. 2014, c. 2, s. 2, s. 4; the federal government announced a five-year term for the current Commissioner. The Commissioner is not the King's representative but performs similar duties: appoints the Executive Council (s. 8), assents to bills, dissolves the Legislative Assembly and orders writs of election (s. 11), acting on the advice of the Executive Council.
- Chosen by
- Governor General
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
Gerald W. Kisoun since May 2024
Report Source: ntlegislativeassembly.ca,
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Sources
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked territorial: office and selection method For: Commissioner
- ntlegislativeassembly.ca · checked territorial: Legislative Assembly page on the Commissioner (named Commissioner on 14 May 2024) For: Gerald W. Kisoun, current term
- pm.gc.ca · checked territorial: 18th Commissioner of the Northwest Territories; five-year appointment announced by the Prime Minister on 19 April 2024 For: Gerald W. Kisoun, current term