- The Governor General of Canada
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Mark Murray de Weerdt
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Grant of Arms and Badge
October 24, 1994
Vol. II, p. 357
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Blazon
Arms
Azure a compass rose of sixteen points Or charged with a maple leaf Gules on a chief Sable supported by a fillet wavy Argent four suns in splendour Or;
Crest
Issuant from a circle of maple leaves Gules alternating with mountain avens slipped and leaved proper a demi gyrfalcon wings displayed Argent embellished Azure holding in the beak an ansul Gules;
Motto
DROIT SOIT FAIT, meaning "That right might be done";
Badge
A demi lion Sable winged Argent armed and langued Gules gorged with a coronet érablé Or its nether part a whale's tail Argent;
Symbolism
In general, the symbolism of emblems prior to 2000 does not exist in an appropriate format for the online Register.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on April 22, 1995, in Volume 129, page 1190 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Mark Murray de Weerdt (Arms) and Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada (Badge), assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Joan Bouwmeester
Calligrapher
Joan Bouwmeester
Recipient Information
Individual