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The following is a list of the governors and governors general of Canada. Though the present-day office of the Governor General of Canada is legislatively covered under the Constitution Act, 1867 and legally constituted by the Letters Patent, 1947, the institution is, along with the institution of the Crown it represents, the oldest continuous and uniquely Canadian institution in Canada ...
Centrifugal governors are used in many modern repeating watches to limit the speed of the striking train, so the repeater does not run too quickly. Another kind of centrifugal governor consists of a pair of masses on a spindle inside a cylinder, the masses or the cylinder being coated with pads, somewhat like a centrifugal clutch or a drum brake.
In Canada, a number of sites and structures are named for Governors General of the country, the Canadian monarch's representative in the country. Governors and Governors General of New France (1627–1760)
The Government of Canada (French: Gouvernement du Canada) is the body responsible for the federal administration of Canada.The term Government of Canada refers specifically to the executive, which includes ministers of the Crown (together in the Cabinet) and the federal civil service (whom the Cabinet direct); it is alternatively known as His Majesty's Government (French: Gouvernement de Sa ...
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1800–1813) York: Destroyed by explosion, 1813. Site is located with current day Fort York. Elmsley House: Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1800–1813) Governor General of the Province of Canada (1849–1852, 1856–1858) Toronto: Destroyed by fire, 1862. Now occupied by Metro Hall and Roy Thomson Hall ...
The politics of Canada functions within a framework of parliamentary democracy and a federal system of parliamentary government with strong democratic traditions. [1] Canada is a constitutional monarchy where the monarch is the ceremonial head of state.
This category is for articles about Governors General (including Acting Governors General) of Canada. In this category Governors General who were British peers should be indexed by their title, not by their given name. For instance, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon should be listed as Willingdon, not as Freeman-Thomas
The Governor General of the Province of Canada was the viceregal post of the pre-Confederation Province of Canada that existed from 1841 to Canadian Confederation in 1867. The post replaced the Governor General of New France and later Governor General of British North America, which had replaced that of Commander-in-Chief of British North America.