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Her Excellency The Right Honourable

Michaelle Jean

Governor General of Canada


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GOVERNORS OF NEW FRANCE 1612 - 1760


THE FRENCH REGIME

  • Samuel de Champlain 1612-1629 1633-1635
  • Charles de Montmagny 1636-1648
  • Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge 1648-1651
  • Jean de Lauson 1651-1656
  • Le vicomte d'Argenson 1658-1661
  • Le baron d'Avaugour 1661-1663
  • Sieur de Mesy 1663-1665
  • Sieur de Courcelle 1665-1672
  • Le comte de Frontenac 1672-1682
  • Joseph-Antoine de LaBarre 1682-1685
  • Le marquis de Denonville 1685-1689
  • Le comte de Frontenac 1689-1698
  • Le chevalier Hector de Calliere 1699-1705
  • Le marquis de Vaudreuil 1705-1725
  • Le marquis de Beauharnois 1726-1747
  • Le comte de La Galissonniere 1747-1749
  • Le marquis de La Jonquiere 1749-1752
  • Le marquis Duquesne de Menneville 1752-1755
  • Le marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal 1755-1760
    GOVERNORS OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA 1760 - 1867


    THE BRITISH REGIME

  • Jeffrey Amherst 1760-1763
  • James Murray 1764-1768
  • Sir Guy Carleton (Lord Dorchester) 1768-1778
  • Sir Frederick Haldimand 1778-1786
  • Lord Dorchester 1786-1796
  • Robert Prescott 1797-1807
  • Sir James Craig 1807-1811
  • Sir George Prevost 1812-1815
  • Sir John Sherbrooke 1816-1818
  • The Duke of Richmond 1818-1819
  • The Earl of Dalhousie 1820-1828
  • Lord Aylmer 1831-1835
  • Earl Amherst 1835
  • The Earl of Gosford 1835-1837
  • The Earl of Durham 1838
  • Sir John Colborne 1839
  • Lord Sydenham 1839-1841
  • Sir Charles Bagot 1841-1843
  • Lord Metcalfe 1843-1845
  • The Earl of Cathcart 1846-1847
  • The Earl of Elgin 1847-1854
  • Sir Edmund Head 1854-1861
  • The Viscount Monck 1861-1867
    GOVERNORS GENERAL OF CANADA 1867 - TODAY


    POST CONFEDERATION

  • The Viscount Monck 1867-1868
  • Lord Lisgar 1868-1872
  • The Earl of Dufferin 1872-1878
  • The Marquess of Lorne 1878-1883
  • The Marquess of Lansdowne 1883-1888
  • Lord Stanley 1888-1893
  • The Earl of Aberdeen 1893-1898
  • The Earl of Minto 1898-1904
  • Earl Grey 1904-1911
  • HRH The Duke of Connaught 1911-1916
  • The Duke of Devonshire 1916-1921
  • Lord Byng 1921-1926
  • The Viscount Willingdon 1926-1931
  • The Earl of Bessborough 1931-1935
  • Lord Tweedsmuir 1935-1940
  • The Earl of Athlone 1940-1946
  • The Viscount Alexander 1946-1952
  • The Right Honourable Vincent Massey 1952-1959
  • Major General The Right Honourable Georges P. Vanier 1959-1967
  • The Right Honourable Roland Michener 1967-1974
  • The Right Honourable Jules Léger 1974-1979
  • The Right Honourable Edward Schreyer 1979-1984
  • The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé 1984-1990
  • The Right Honourable Ramon John Hnatyshyn 1990-1995
  • The Right Honourable Roméo Leblanc 1995-1999
  • The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson 1999-2005
  • The Right Honourable Michaelle Jean 2005-present

    ** Since 1952, Governors General of Canada have been Canadians

    * Since 1952, the appointment of Governor General has fashioned in the tradition of alternating between English and French background



    50 YEARS OF CANADIAN GOVERNORS GENERAL



    Samuel de Champlain

    First Governor of New France

    Samuel de Champlain was the first representative of any monarch in Canada.

    Governors General Royal Connections...

  • The Marquess of Lorne - Married to Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria
  • HRH The Duke of Connaught - Prince Arthur, son of Queen Victoria
  • The Earl of Athlone - Brother of Queen Mary, consort to King George V

    Governors General Firsts...

  • Vincent Massey - First to be born in Canada
  • Roland Michener - First to go on a state visit to another country
  • Edward Schreyer - First from Manitoba, youngest since 1878
  • Jeanne Sauvé - First Woman
  • Ray Hnatyshyn - First Ukranian-Canadian
  • Roméo LeBlanc - First Acadian-Canadian, first from the Maritimes
  • Adrienne Clarkson - First Chinese-Canadian, first non-caucasian


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    OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA

    OTTAWA, ONTARIO

    Official Residence of every Governor General of Canada since 1867


    THE HISTORIC GROUNDS OF LA CITADELLE

    QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC

    The Official Residence of the Governor Genereal of Canada in the East Wing

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