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Tony Whitford

The Honourable Tony Whitford

Anthony Wilfred James (Tony) Whitford (Born June 11, 1941, in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada) is the current Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. He has been Commissioner since April 29, 2005.

Whitford attended the University of Calgary and earned a Bachelor of Social Work in 1977. He was the Member of the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly for Kam Lake and the speaker of the assembly. His win in 1999 topped 80% of the vote. In October 2004 he became deputy commissioner of the Northwest Territories.

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INAC Biography

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Preceded by Ted Richard	MLA Yellowknife South 1988-1995	Succeeded by Seamus Henry
Preceded by New District	MLA Kam Lake 1999-2003	Succeeded by Dave Ramsay
Preceded by Samuel Gargan	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories 2000-2003	Succeeded by David Krutko
Political offices
Preceded by Cal Mains	Deputy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories 2004-2005	Succeeded by Margaret Thom
Preceded by Glenna Hansen	Commissioner of the Northwest Territories 2005-present	Succeeded by Incumbent

v • d • e Politics of Northwest Territories

Commissioner	Tony Whitford • Former commissioners • Former lieutenant-governors

Deputy Commissioner	Margaret Thom • Former Deputy Commissioners

Premier	Floyd Roland • Former premiers • Executive Council (Cabinet)

Speaker of the Assembly	Bill Barisoff

Legislature	Current assembly • Former legislatures • Current electoral divisions • Consensus government (1870-1898) (1905-present)

Former Political parties (1898 - 1905)	Liberal-Conservative • Liberals • Socialist

Elections	2003 general election • Plebiscites • Electoral districts

Other Canadian politics	Federal • BC • AB • SK • MB • ON • QC • NB • NS • PEI • NL • YT • NT • NU