Commissioner of the Northwest Territories

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public office territorial commissioner

The Commissioner of the Northwest Territories is the federally appointed official who performs many of the ceremonial and constitutional duties of a provincial lieutenant governor within Canada’s Northwest Territories.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories	1
Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public office ⓘ territorial commissioner ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Northwest Territories ⓘ
appointedBy	Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ surface form: Government of Canada Governor General of Canada ⓘ
category	Canadian federal–territorial relations ⓘ Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
differsFrom	Lieutenant Governor of a Canadian province ⓘ
flag	Flag of the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	assent to territorial bills ⓘ dissolving the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ summoning the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
hasFunction	performs ceremonial duties at official events ⓘ represents the public interest in territorial constitutional matters ⓘ signs territorial legislation into law ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType	territory ⓘ
hasRole	ceremonial head of the Northwest Territories government ⓘ constitutional representative of the federal government in the Northwest Territories ⓘ grants assent to territorial legislation ⓘ performs duties similar to a provincial lieutenant governor ⓘ represents the Crown in a territorial context ⓘ signs territorial orders and proclamations ⓘ
inception	1870 ⓘ
isNot	provincial lieutenant governor ⓘ
isPartOf	constitutional framework of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	Northwest Territories Act ⓘ
locatedIn	Northwest Territories ⓘ
nominatedBy	Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
officeHolderTitle	Commissioner ⓘ
officeType	federally appointed territorial office ⓘ
partOf	Canadian territorial governance system ⓘ
precededBy	Commissioner of the Northwest Territories self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories
reportsTo	Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada ⓘ surface form: Minister of Northern Affairs
residence	Yellowknife ⓘ
seat	Yellowknife ⓘ
styleOfAddress	The Honorable ⓘ surface form: The Honourable
symbol	Coat of arms of the Northwest Territories ⓘ
termLength	at pleasure of the Governor in Council ⓘ
worksWith	Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories ⓘ Premier of the Northwest Territories ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Premier of the Northwest Territories → cooperatesWith → Commissioner of the Northwest Territories ⓘ

Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories → headOfStateRepresentativeTitle → Commissioner of the Northwest Territories ⓘ

Commissioner of the Northwest Territories → precededBy → Commissioner of the Northwest Territories self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant Governor of the Northwest Territories

Commissioner of Nunavut → predecessorOffice → Commissioner of the Northwest Territories ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Alberta → predecessorOffice → Commissioner of the Northwest Territories ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories

Northwest Territories → representativeOfHeadOfStateTitle → Commissioner of the Northwest Territories ⓘ