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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 ...
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 is serving as the 30th governor general of Canada since July 26, 2021.
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 resides in the United Kingdom.
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 ...
This is a list of women who have served as viceroys in Canada. Canada is a constitutional monarchy with King Charles III as the reigning Canadian monarch.As the King does not reside in Canada, his daily responsibilities in the country are undertaken by the Governor General of Canada in the federal jurisdiction and by a lieutenant governor in each of the ten provincial jurisdictions.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC DL (/ ˈ b ʌ x ən /; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
Louise Imbeault O.C, O.N.B, is a Canadian journalist, women's rights advocate, and the 33rd lieutenant governor of New Brunswick, since January 22, 2025.. On November 15, 2024, Imbeault's appointment by Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada (representing Charles III, King of Canada), on the advice of Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, as the lieutenant governor was announced.
[5] [page needed] In 1921, McClung was elected to the Alberta legislature as an MLA in Edmonton for the Liberal Party. [6] [page needed] She served one term, not being re-elected in 1926. She was a member of the Political Equality League of Manitoba, and she played the leading role in the Mock Parliament held on January 29, 1914, at the Walker ...