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The governor general of Canada (French: gouverneure générale du Canada) [n 1] is the federal representative of the Canadian monarch, currently King Charles III.The king or queen of Canada is also monarch and head of state of 14 other Commonwealth realms and lives in the United Kingdom.
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 ...
Mary Jeannie May Simon CC CMM COM OQ CD (in Inuktitut syllabics: ᒥᐊᓕ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ; [2] [3] Inuktitut: Ningiukudluk; [4] born August 21, 1947) is a Canadian civil servant, diplomat, and former broadcaster who has served as the 30th governor general of Canada since July 26, 2021.
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 secretary to the governor general played a critical role in Payette's downfall. [58] [53] Payette's commission as Governor General was formally terminated by royal letters patent issued on January 22. [59] Richard Wagner, the Chief Justice of Canada, was sworn in as Administrator on January 23, 2021. [60]
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The practice in Canada is to include in the governor general's proclamation of appointment, issued under the Great Seal of Canada, [10] the monarch's commission naming the governor general as commander-in-chief of the Canadian Forces. [10] [11] Also dissimilar among the realms are the powers of governors-general.
Johnston was born on June 28, 1941, in Sudbury, Ontario, [4] [5] to Lloyd Johnston, the owner of a hardware store, [6] and Dorothy Stonehouse. He attended Sault Collegiate Institute in Sault Ste. Marie, where he played quarterback for the football team [7] and under-17 hockey with future National Hockey League (NHL) members Phil and Tony Esposito [8] and Lou Nanne. [7]