Manitok Catherine Thompson (born 1955 Coral Harbour, Northwest Territories) is a politician from northern Canada.

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.

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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.

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External links

Rankin Inlet South/Whale Cove profile, copy archived April 19, 2004

Manitok Catherine Thompson biography, copy archived March 23, 2007

1955 births

Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories

Members of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut

Living people

Independent candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election

Inuit politicians

Women MLAs in Nunavut

21st-century Canadian women politicians

Women MLAs in the Northwest Territories

Canadian Inuit women

People from Rankin Inlet

Women government ministers of Canada

Members of the Executive Council of the Northwest Territories

Members of the Executive Council of Nunavut

Inuit from the Northwest Territories

Inuit from Nunavut

Nunavut candidates for Member of Parliament

Manitok Thompson