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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 resides in the United Kingdom.
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.
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
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.
Johnston was born on June 28, 1941, in Sudbury, Ontario, [4] [5] to Lloyd Johnston, the owner of a hardware store, [6] and Dorothy Stonehouse. He attended Sault Collegiate Institute in Sault Ste. Marie, where he played quarterback for the football team [7] and under-17 hockey with future National Hockey League (NHL) members Phil and Tony Esposito [8] and Lou Nanne. [7]
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.
Adrienne Louise Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD FRSC() FRAIC() FRCPSC() (Chinese: 伍冰枝; née Poy; born February 10, 1939) is a Hong Kong–born Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as the 26th governor general of Canada from 1999 to 2005.