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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 all known awards in Canada, conferred by either members of the royal family, viceroys, governments, or private organizations. National awards [ edit ]
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.
Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé PC CC CMM CD (née Benoît; April 26, 1922 – January 26, 1993) was a Canadian politician, journalist and stateswoman who served as the 23rd governor general of Canada from 1984 to 1990 and as the 29th speaker of the House of Commons from 1980 to 1984.
Charles Vincent Massey PC CH CC CD FRSC [n 1] (February 20, 1887 – December 30, 1967) was a Canadian diplomat and statesman who served as the 18th governor general of Canada from 1952 to 1959. Massey was the first governor general of Canada who was born in Canada.