For more information on territorial politics see: Northwest Territories.
| Commissioners | Term |
| Margaret Thom | 2017-present |
| George L. Tuccaro | 2010-16 |
| Anthony W.J. Whitford | 2005-10 |
| Glenna Hansen | 2000-05 |
| Daniel Joseph Marion | 1999-2000 |
| Helen Maksagak | 1995-99 |
| Daniel L. Norris | 1989-94 |
| John Havelock Parker | 1979-89 |
| Stuart Milton Hodgson | 1967-79 |
| Bent G. Sivertz | 1963-67 |
| R. Gordon Robertson | 1953-63 |
| Hugh A. Young | 1950-53 |
| Hugh L. Keenleyside | 1947-50 |
| Charles Camsell | 1936-46 |
| Hugh H. Rowatt | 1931-34 |
| William W. Cory | 1919-31 |
| Frederick D. White | 1905-19 |