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List of lieutenant governors of Ontario

Index List of lieutenant governors of Ontario

The following is a list of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario and governors of predecessor colonies. [1]

67 relations: Administrator of the Government, Albert Edward Matthews, Alexander Campbell (Canadian senator), Alexander Grant (Upper Canada politician), British Army, Canadian Confederation, Casimir Gzowski, Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, David Onley, Donald Alexander Macdonald, Edward VII, Edward VIII, Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Elizabeth II, Francis Bond Head, Francis de Rottenburg, Francis Gore, Frederick Philipse Robinson, George Airey Kirkpatrick, George III of the United Kingdom, George IV of the United Kingdom, George Murray (British Army officer), George V, George VI, Gordon Drummond, Hal Jackman, Henry Cockshutt, Henry William Stisted, Herbert Alexander Bruce, Hilary Weston, Isaac Brock, James Bartleman, John Beverley Robinson, John Black Aird, John Clitherow, John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, John Graves Simcoe, John Keiller MacKay, John Morison Gibson, John Strathearn Hendrie, John Willoughby Crawford, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Lincoln Alexander, Lionel Herbert Clarke, List of Canadian incumbents by year, Louis Orville Breithaupt, Office-holders of Canada, Oliver Mowat, Pauline Mills McGibbon, Peregrine Maitland, ..., Peter Hunter, Peter Russell (politician), Province of Canada, Queen Victoria, Queen's Counsel, Ray Lawson, Richard Downes Jackson, Roger Hale Sheaffe, Samuel Smith (Upper Canada politician), Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, William Donald Ross, William Earl Rowe, William IV of the United Kingdom, William Mortimer Clark, William Mulock, William Pearce Howland, William Ross Macdonald. Expand index (17 more) »

Administrator of the Government

An Administrator (Administrator of the Government, Officer Administering the Government) in the constitutional practice of some countries in the Commonwealth is a person who fulfils a role similar to that of a Governor or a Governor-General.

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Albert Edward Matthews

Albert Edward Matthews (May 17, 1873 – December 16, 1949) was the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

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Alexander Campbell (Canadian senator)

Sir Alexander Campbell (March 9, 1822 – May 24, 1892) was an English-born, Upper Canadian statesman and a father of Canadian Confederation.

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Alexander Grant (Upper Canada politician)

Alexander Grant (20 May 1734 – 8 May 1813) was a Royal Navy officer, businessman, and politician in Upper Canada.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Canadian Confederation

Canadian Confederation (Confédération canadienne) was the process by which the British colonies of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into one Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867.

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Casimir Gzowski

Sir Kazimierz Stanislaus Gzowski, (March 5, 1813 – August 24, 1898), was an engineer best known for his work on a wide variety of Canadian railways as well as work on the Welland Canal.

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Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham

Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham GCB PC (Waverley Abbey, England, 13 September 1799Kingston, Canada, 19 September 1841) was a British businessman, politician, diplomat and the first Governor General of the united Province of Canada.

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David Onley

David Charles Onley, (born June 12, 1950) was the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, www.citynews.ca, June 10, 2007 from 2007 until 2014.

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Donald Alexander Macdonald

Donald Alexander Macdonald, (February 17, 1817 – June 10, 1896) was a Canadian politician.

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Edward VII

Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.

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Edward VIII

Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication on 11 December the same year, after which he became the Duke of Windsor.

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Elizabeth Dowdeswell

Violet Elizabeth Dowdeswell (née Patton, born November 9, 1944) is the current Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, the 29th since Canadian Confederation.

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Elizabeth II

Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms.

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Francis Bond Head

Sir Francis Bond Head, 1st Baronet KCH PC (1 January 1793 – 20 July 1875), known as "Galloping Head", was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada during the rebellion of 1837.

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Francis de Rottenburg

Major-General Francis de Rottenburg, baron de Rottenburg (4 November 1757 – 24 April 1832) was a military officer and colonial administrator who served in the armies of the Kingdom of France and later the United Kingdom.

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Francis Gore

Francis Gore, (Blackheath, London 1769 – 3 November 1852) was an English officer and British colonial administrator.

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Frederick Philipse Robinson

Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson, GCB (September 1763 – 1 January 1852) was a soldier, born in the Highlands, near New York, in September 1763, who fought for Britain during the American War of Independence.

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George Airey Kirkpatrick

Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick (September 13, 1841 – December 13, 1899) was a politician from Ontario, Canada.

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George III of the United Kingdom

George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.

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George IV of the United Kingdom

George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover following the death of his father, King George III, on 29 January 1820, until his own death ten years later.

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George Murray (British Army officer)

Sir George Murray (6 February 1772 – 28 July 1846) was a British soldier and politician from Scotland.

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George V

George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Gordon Drummond

General Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB (27 September 1772 – 10 October 1854) was a Canadian-born British army officer and the first official to command the military and the civil government of Canada.

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Hal Jackman

Henry Newton Rowell Jackman, (born June 10, 1932, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian businessman who served as the 25th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1991 to 1997.

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Henry Cockshutt

Henry Cockshutt (July 8, 1868 – November 26, 1944) was the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada.

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Henry William Stisted

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry William Stisted, (5 June 1817 – 10 December 1875), served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Ontario after Confederation, from 1867 to 1868.

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Herbert Alexander Bruce

Herbert Alexander Bruce FRCS (September 28, 1868 – June 23, 1963), served as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1932 to 1937.

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Hilary Weston

Hilary Mary Weston, (née Frayne; born January 12, 1942) is an Irish-Canadian businesswoman, writer and the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, serving from 1997 to 2002.

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Isaac Brock

Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB (6 October 1769 – 13 October 1812) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator from Guernsey.

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James Bartleman

James Karl Bartleman, (born 24 December 1939 in Orillia, Ontario) is a Canadian diplomat, author, and was the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 2002 to 2007.

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John Beverley Robinson

John Beverley Robinson (February 21, 1821 – June 19, 1896) was a Canadian politician, lawyer and businessman.

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John Black Aird

John Black Aird, (May 5, 1923 – May 6, 1995) was the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1980 to 1985.

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John Clitherow

Major-General John Clitherow (13 December 1782 – 14 October 1852) was an army officer, politician and was briefly Lieutenant Governor of Canada West and Canada East (1841).

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John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton

Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton (16 February 1778 – 17 April 1863) was a British Army officer and Colonial Governor.

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John Graves Simcoe

John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior.

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John Keiller MacKay

Lieutenant-Colonel John Keiller MacKay, OC, DSO, KStJ, VD, QC (July 11, 1888 – June 12, 1970) was a Canadian soldier, lawyer and jurist.

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John Morison Gibson

Sir John Morison Gibson, (January 1, 1842 – June 3, 1929) was a Canadian politician and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

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John Strathearn Hendrie

Sir John Strathearn Hendrie (August 15, 1857 – July 17, 1923) was the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1914 to 1919.

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John Willoughby Crawford

John Willoughby Crawford (26 August 1817 – 13 May 1875) served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada from 1873 to 1875.

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Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (in French: Lieutenant-gouverneur (if male) or Lieutenante-gouverneure (if female) de l'Ontario) is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in oldest realm, the United Kingdom.

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Lincoln Alexander

Lincoln MacCauley Alexander, (January 21, 1922 – October 19, 2012) was a Canadian lawyer who became the first black Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, the first black federal Cabinet Minister (serving as federal Minister of Labour), the first black Chair of the Worker's Compensation Board, and the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1985 to 1991.

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Lionel Herbert Clarke

Lionel Herbert Clarke (July 20, 1859 – August 29, 1921) was a Guelph born businessman and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada. In 1911 he was appointed the first chairman of the Toronto Harbour Commission The son of William Clarke and Clara Piggott Strange, he was educated in Port Hope. In 1891, Clarke married Anne Clara Gertrude Small. In 1895 his L. H. Clarke and Company formed a malt dealership with "barley king” Wilmot Deloui Matthews, then five years later they established the Canada Malting Company Limited of which Clarke was president. Clarke was appointed lieutenant governor November 20, 1919. Diagnosed with stomach cancer, Clarke died at Government House, Toronto. After a state funeral, he was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto.

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List of Canadian incumbents by year

This is a list of Canadian incumbents in any given year.

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Louis Orville Breithaupt

Louis Orville Breithaupt (October 28, 1890 – December 12, 1960) served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1952 to 1957.

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Office-holders of Canada

This is a list of leaders and office-holders of Canada.

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Oliver Mowat

Sir Oliver Mowat, (July 22, 1820 – April 19, 1903) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Liberal Party leader.

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Pauline Mills McGibbon

Pauline Mills McGibbon, (October 21, 1910 – December 14, 2001, served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1974 to 1980. In addition to being the first woman to occupy that position, she was also the first woman to serve as a viceregal representative in Canadian history. Pauline Mills studied at Victoria College, University of Toronto and later worked with community and national organizations such as the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, for which she served as National President. A lifelong volunteer and supporter of the arts, Mrs. McGibbon also became president of the Dominion Drama Festival in 1948. She was the first woman to lead such organizations as the Canadian Conference of the Arts (1972) and the National Arts Centre (1980). In 1935 she married Donald McGibbon. Mrs. McGibbon served as Chancellor of the universities of Toronto and Guelph, Chairman of the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, honorary colonel of 25 (Toronto) Service Battalion and was a Director of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1967. Mrs. McGibbon was installed as the first female Lieutenant Governor of Ontario on January 17, 1974, and thus became the first female Governor in Canada. (The first female Governor in the Commonwealth was Dame Hilda Bynoe, Governor of Grenada 1968-1974.) She held the Office until 1980. Once described as “Ontario’s Eve” for all her ‘first woman’ achievements, the Honourable Pauline McGibbon dedicated her life to the betterment of her community, province and nation. A particular focus of her mandate was the arts in Ontario. After leaving Office, Mrs. McGibbon was promoted to be a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1980, and was appointed to the Order of Ontario in 1988. She died in Toronto in 2001, aged 91. She was buried in the family plot in the Lakeview Cemetery in Sarnia, Ontario.

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Peregrine Maitland

General Sir Peregrine Maitland, GCB (6 July 1777 – 30 May 1854) was a British soldier and colonial administrator.

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Peter Hunter

Lieutenant-General Peter Hunter (11 July 1746 – 21 August 1805) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator.

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Peter Russell (politician)

Peter Russell (11 June 1733 – 30 September 1808) was a gambler, government official, politician and judge in Upper Canada.

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Province of Canada

The Province of Canada (or the United Province of Canada or the United Canadas) was a British colony in North America from 1841 to 1867.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death.

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Queen's Counsel

A Queen's Counsel (postnominal QC), or King's Counsel (postnominal KC) during the reign of a king, is an eminent lawyer (usually a barrister or advocate) who is appointed by the Monarch to be one of "Her Majesty's Counsel learned in the law." The term is also recognised as an honorific.

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Ray Lawson

Frank Ray Lawson, OBE (August 30, 1886 – April 4, 1980), was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1946 to 1952.

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Richard Downes Jackson

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Downes Jackson KCB (1777 – June 9, 1845), born at Petersfield in the English county of Hampshire, was Administrator of Canada West and Canada East (1841–1842) until the arrival of Sir Charles Bagot who took the position of Governor General of the Province of Canada.

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Roger Hale Sheaffe

General Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, 1st Baronet (15 July 1763 – 17 July 1851) was a Loyalist General in the British Army during the War of 1812.

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Samuel Smith (Upper Canada politician)

Samuel Bois Smith (27 December 1756 – 20 October 1826) was a Loyalist British Army officer and politician.

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Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet

Lieutenant-General Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, KCH, PC (21 June 1784 – 19 September 1854) was Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras (1814–1822), Van Diemen's Land (now the State of Tasmania, part of Australia) (1823–1837) and Upper Canada (1838–1841).

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William Donald Ross

William Donald Ross (June 20, 1869 – June 25, 1947), was a financier, banker and the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

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William Earl Rowe

William Earl Rowe, (May 13, 1894 – February 9, 1984), was a politician in Ontario, Canada.

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William IV of the United Kingdom

William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837.

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William Mortimer Clark

Sir William Mortimer Clark (also spelled Clarke), KC (May 24, 1836 – August 10, 1915) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

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William Mulock

Sir William Mulock (January 19, 1843 – October 1, 1944), was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, educator, farmer, politician, judge, and philanthropist.

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William Pearce Howland

Sir William Pearce Howland (29 May 1811 – 1 January 1907), served as the second Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, from 1868 to 1873.

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William Ross Macdonald

William Ross Macdonald, (December 25, 1891 – May 28, 1976), served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1968 to 1974, and as Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1953.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Ontario

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