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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 ...
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.
This is a list of premiers of Victoria by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of years and days between dates. Rank by time in office
In 1923, hosted the visit of Warren Harding to Vancouver, the first ever visit of a sitting United States President to Canada. 20: John Duncan MacLean (1873–1948) 20 August 1927 21 August 1928 Appointment (16th Leg.) Liberal (Ldr. 1927) MLA for Yale: MacLean ministry: 21: Simon Fraser Tolmie (1867–1937) 21 August 1928 15 November 1933
Governors of British Columbia (1858–1866) Term Sir James Douglas: 1858–1864 Frederick Seymour: 1864–1866 United Colony of British Columbia.
First female elected in Canada: Maria Grant is the first woman in Canada to be elected to any office, in 1895. She served six years on the Victoria School Board and was presented to the future George V as the only woman elected as a school trustee in Canada. [1] First female candidate in provincial election in Canada:
British Columbia is a secondary jurisdiction of Canada, a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy in the Westminster tradition; a premier—David Eby of the New Democratic Party since 2022—is the head of government and is invited by the Crown to form a government after securing the confidence of the Legislative Assembly ...
Simon made her first trip abroad as Governor General on October 17, 2021, when she and her husband arrived in Berlin, Germany on a state visit. [40] The trip was Canada's first state visit to Germany in over 20 years. [41] During her visit, Simon met with President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel. [34]