Margaret Commodore | |
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Member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly for Whitehorse Centre (Whitehorse North Centre; 1982–1992) | |
In office June 7, 1982 –September 30, 1996 | |
Preceded by | Geoff Lattin |
Succeeded by | Todd Hardy |
Personal details | |
Born | 1932 (age 91–92) [1] Chilliwack,British Columbia,Canada [2] |
Political party | New Democratic |
Occupation | Politician |
Margaret Muriel Commodore (or Margaret Joe;born 1932) is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Whitehorse North Centre in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1992,and Whitehorse Centre from 1992 to 1996. She was a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.
Under the Tony Penikett governments,she was Minister of Health and Human Resources from 1986 to 1989 and the first Aboriginal Minister of Justice in Canada from 1989 to 1992. She was also the first-ever First Nations woman to ever be named to a cabinet in Canada in 1985. [3] [4]
Commodore is a member of the Sto:lo Nation. In 2013 she testified regarding her abuse at the hands of the residential school system at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. [5]
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Margaret Commodore: First-ever First Nation Woman named to Yukon Cabinet
FIRST-EVER FIRST NATION WOMAN NAMED TO CABINET NDP MLA Margaret Commodore (formerly Margaret Joe) of B.C.'s Sto:lo Nation named Minister of Health and Human Resources.