Margaret Commodore
Margaret Muriel Commodore (aka Margaret Joe) 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. 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 a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party.
Margaret Commodore | |
|---|---|
| MLA for Whitehorse North Centre | |
| In office 1982–1992 | |
| Preceded by | Geoff Lattin |
| Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
| MLA for Whitehorse Centre | |
| In office 1992–1996 | |
| Preceded by | first member |
| Succeeded by | Todd Hardy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chilliwack, British Columbia[1] |
| Political party | New Democrat |
References
- Normandin, P.G. (1996). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. P. G. Normandin. ISBN 9781896413143. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
External links
- Margaret Commodore, profile excerpted from Joyce Hayden's book Yukon's Women of Power (archive copy)
- recording of her from The Legislature Speaks
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