Manitok Catherine Thompson (born 1955 Coral Harbour, Northwest Territories) is a politician from northern Canada.
Manitok Catherine Thompson | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Aivilik, NT | |
| In office 1995–1999 | |
| Preceded by | James Arvaluk |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| MLA for Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove, NU | |
| In office 1999–2004 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Levinia Brown |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1955 Coral Harbour, Northwest Territories |
| Political party | non-partisan consensus government |
She was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Northwest Territories in a by-election held on May 8, 1995 held following the resignation of James Arvaluk. She served the Northwest Territories as the minister of Community and Regional Affairs, until the creation of Nunavut in 1999. In the 1999 Nunavut general election, she was elected as the first member for Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove until 1999. She served as Nunavut's first female cabinet minister.
She retired from territorial level politics in 2004 and ran as an independent candidate in the 2004 Canadian federal election in Nunavut riding. She finished second.
External links
edit- Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove profile, copy archived April 19, 2004
- Manitok Catherine Thompson biography, copy archived March 23, 2007