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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 ...
Source: [11] A regulation for declaring the practice of sati, or of burning or burying alive the widows of Hindus, illegal, and punishable by the criminal courts, passed by the governor-general in council on 4 December 1829, corresponding with the 20th Aughun 1236 Bengal era; the 23rd Aughun 1237 Fasli; the 21st Aughun 1237 Vilayati; the 8th Aughun 1886 Samavat; and the 6th Jamadi-us-Sani 1245 ...
The word sati, therefore, originally referred to the woman, rather than the rite. Variants are: Sativrata, an uncommon and seldom used term, [15] denotes the woman who makes a vow , to protect her husband while he is alive and then die with her husband. Satimata denotes a venerated widow who committed sati. [16]
The Government of Ontario (French: Gouvernement de l'Ontario) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Ontario.The term Government of Ontario refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council), appointed on the advice of the premier, and the non-partisan Ontario Public Service (whom the Executive Council ...
Prior to Confederation, the lieutenant governors of Upper Canada were either British colonial administrators or British Army officers. The first lieutenant governor of Ontario, General Sir Henry William Stisted, was the last British lieutenant governor. From 1868 onwards, only Canadians were appointed to the position.
July 18, 2018 – November 20, 2019: ... On August 17, 2020, the lawsuit had resulted in a $16.5 million settlement. ... Position abolished This page was last edited ...
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Clarence Gosse; Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – William Ross Macdonald (until April 10) then Pauline Mills McGibbon; Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – John George MacKay (until October 21) then Gordon Lockhart Bennett (from October 24) Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Hugues Lapointe
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alistair Fraser; Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Louis Orville Breithaupt; Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Thomas William Lemuel Prowse; Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Gaspard Fauteux; Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan – William John Patterson