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  2. List of governors general of Canada - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Governor General of Canada - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Category:Governors General of Canada - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Category:Lists of Canadian viceroys and governors - Wikipedia

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    This category is for lists of viceroys and governors in what is now Canada, including Governors in New France, Governors and Governors general of British North American colonies that form part of Canada, lieutenant governors of Canadian provinces, and territorial governors and Commissioners.

  6. Canadian order of precedence - Wikipedia

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    Former Governors General of Canada in order of their departure from office: Ed Schreyer (1979–1984) Adrienne Clarkson (1999–2005) Michaëlle Jean (2005–2010) David Johnston (2010–2017) Julie Payette (2017–2021) Widows of Governors General of Canada (as former viceregal consort of Canada): Diana Fowler LeBlanc, widow of Roméo LeBlanc

  7. Cabinet of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Government of Canada, formally referred to as His Majesty's Government, [1] [2] is defined by the constitution as the King acting on the advice of his Privy Council; [3] [4] what is technically known as the Governor-in-Council, [5] referring to the governor general as the King's delegate.

  8. List of electoral firsts in Canada - Wikipedia

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    First Black Governor General of Canada: Michaëlle Jean Governor General of Canada, 2005–2010; First Black Lieutenant Governor: Rt. Hon Lincoln Alexander Lt. Governor of Ontario, 1985–1991; first black female candidate for a Canadian federal party leadership Rosemary Brown in the 1975 New Democratic Party leadership election [27] First ...

  9. Mary Simon - Wikipedia

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    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.