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List of Governors General of Canada

The following is a list of the Governors and Governor Generals of Canada and the previous territories and colonies that now make up the country. For the governors of New France see: Governor of New France.

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1 Governors from the Conquest to the union of the Canadas 2 Governors General of the Province of Canada 3 Governors General of Canada since Confederation 3.1 British 3.2 Canadian 4 External link

Governors from the Conquest to the union of the Canadas

   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     




Name

Term

Sovereign



Jeffrey Amherst

1760-1763

George III



James Murray

1764-1768



The Lord Dorchester

1768-1778



Sir Frederick Haldimand

1778-1786



The Lord Dorchester

1786-1796



Robert Prescott

1796-1807



Sir James Henry Craig

1807-1811



Sir George Prevost

1812-1815



Sir John Coape Sherbrooke

1816-1818



The Duke of Richmond

1818-1819



The Earl of Dalhousie

1820-1828

George IV



The Lord Aylmer

1830-1835

William IV



Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford*

1835-1837



Victoria



Sir John Colborne*

1837-1838 (acting)

(*) Acheson resigned in November 1837 during the Patriotes Rebellion. Colborne was raised to commander in chief of British forces and acting governor-general to put down the 1837 Rebellions and restore order in both Upper Canada and Lower Canada. He remained in place until Lord Durham's arrival.

Governors General of the Province of Canada

Name	Term	Sovereign
The Earl of Durham	1838-1840	Victoria
The Lord Sydenham	1840-1841
Sir Charles Bagot	1842-1843
The Lord Metcalfe of Fernhill	1843-1845
The Earl Cathcart	1846-1847
The Earl of Elgin	1847-1854
Sir Edmund Walker Head	1854-1861
The Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon	1861-1867

Governors General of Canada since Confederation

British

Name	Term	Sovereign
The Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon	1867-1869	Victoria
The Lord Lisgar	1869-1872
The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava	1872-1878
The Marquess of Lorne	1878-1883
The Marquess of Lansdowne	1883-1888
The Lord Stanley of Preston	1888-1893
The Earl of Aberdeen	1893-1898
The Earl of Minto	1898-1904
		Edward VII
The Earl Grey	1904-1911
		George V
HRH The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn	1911-1916
The Duke of Devonshire	1916-1921
The Viscount Byng of Vimy	1921-1926
The Viscount Willingdon of Ratton	1926-1931
The Earl of Bessborough	1931-1935
The Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfield	1935-1940
		Edward VIII
		George VI
Sir Lyman Poore Duff*	1940 (acting)
The Earl of Athlone	1940-1946
The Earl Alexander of Tunis	1946-1952

(*) As Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, Duff was technically the first Canadian to serve as Governor General, though he only did so in an acting capacity for a few months following Lord Tweedsmuir's death.

Canadian

Name	Term	Sovereign
Vincent Massey	1952-1959	Elizabeth II
Georges Vanier	1959-1967
Robert Taschereau	1967 (acting)
Roland Michener	1967-1974
Jules Léger	1974-1979
Edward Schreyer	1979-1984
Jeanne Sauvé	1984-1990
Ramon John Hnatyshyn	1990-1995
Roméo LeBlanc	1995-1999
Adrienne Clarkson	1999-

External link

List of Former Governors General - Government of Canada

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