Bent Gestur Sivertz

Bent Gestur Sivertz, O.B.E., B.A. (August 11, 1905 – October 4, 2000) was a Canadian sailor, teacher, soldier, and civil servant.

He was Commissioner of the Northwest Territories from July 12, 1963 to January 16, 1967. He was the last non-resident Commissioner of the NWT.

Bent Gestur Sivertz was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He was a merchant seaman before served with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1939 and became the head of the Training Establishment at King's College in Halifax during World War II.

He died on Mayne Island, BC in 2000.

References

• Bent Sivertz & Tracy O'Hara. The Life of Bent Gestur Sivertz - A Seaman, a Teacher and a Worker in the Canadian Arctic. Trafford Publishing. ISBN 1-55212-360-X. 
• "Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry". University of Toronto Press.