List of governors general of Canada
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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, having existed in an unbroken line since the appointment of Samuel de Champlain in 1627.[1]
Viceroys of Canada, 1541–1627[edit]
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No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
Under Francis I of France (1541–1547) | |||||
1 | ![]() |
Jean-François Roberval[2][3] (c. 1495–1560) |
1541 | 1543 | 1–2 years |
Under Henry III (1574–1589) | |||||
2 | ![]() |
Troilus de Mesqouez[2][4] (1536–1606) |
1578 | ? | ? |
Under Henry IV (1589–1610) | |||||
↓ | Troillus des Mesgoüets (continued) |
1598 | ? | ? | |
3 | ![]() |
Aymar Chaste[citation needed] (1514–1603) |
1602 | 1603 | 0–1 years |
Under Louis XIII (1610–1627) | |||||
4 | ![]() |
Henri, Prince of Condé[5] (1588–1646) |
1614 | 1619 | 4–5 years |
5 | ![]() |
Henri II de Montmorency[6] | 1619 | 1625 | 5–6 years |
6 | ![]() |
Henri de Lévis de Ventadour[7] | 1625 | 1627 | 1–2 years |
Governors of New France, 1627–1663[edit]
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No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
Under Louis XIII of France (1627–1643) | |||||
1 | ![]() |
Samuel de Champlain (1574–1635) |
1627 | 1635 | 7–8 years |
2 | ![]() |
Charles de Montmagny (c. 1599–1654) |
1635 | 14 May 1643 | 7–8 years |
Under Louis XIV (1643–1663) | |||||
↓ | Charles de Montmagny (continued) |
14 May 1643 | 1648 | 4–5 years | |
3 | ![]() |
Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge (c. 1612–1660) |
1648 | 1651 | 2–3 years |
4 | Jean de Lauson (1584–1666) |
1651 | 1657 | 5–6 years | |
5 | ![]() |
Pierre de Voyer d'Argenson, Vicomte de Mouzay (c. 1599–1654) |
1658 | 1661 | 2–3 years |
6 | ![]() |
Pierre Dubois Davaugour (1625–1709) |
1661 | 1663 | 1–2 years |
Governors General of New France, 1663–1760[edit]
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No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
Under Louis XIV of France (1663–1715) | |||||
7 | ![]() |
Augustin de Saffray de Mésy (1598–1665) |
1663 | 1665 | 1–2 years |
8 | Daniel de Rémy de Courcelle (1626–1698) |
1665 | 1672 | 6–7 years | |
9 | ![]() |
Louis de Buade de Frontenac (1622–1698) (first time) |
1672 | 1682 | 9–10 years |
10 | ![]() |
Joseph-Antoine de La Barre (1622–1688) |
1682 | 1685 | 2–3 years |
11 | ![]() |
Jacques-René de Brisay de Denonville, Marquis de Denonville (1637–1710) |
1685 | 1689 | 3–4 years |
9 | ![]() |
Louis de Buade de Frontenac (1622–1698; second appointment) |
1689 | 1698 | 8–9 years |
12 | ![]() |
Louis-Hector de Callière (1648–1703) |
1698 | 1703 | 4–5 years |
13 | ![]() |
Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil (c. 1643–1725) |
1703 | 1 September 1715 | 11–12 years |
Under Louis XV (1715–1760) | |||||
↓ | Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil (continued) |
1 September 1715 | 1725 | 9–10 years | |
14 | ![]() |
Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois (1671–1749) |
1725 | 1747 | 21–22 years |
15 | ![]() |
Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière (1693–1756) |
1747 | 1749 | 1–2 years |
16 | ![]() |
Jacques-Pierre de Taffanel de la Jonquière, Marquis de la Jonquière (1685–1752) |
1749 | 1752 | 2–3 years |
17 | ![]() |
Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville (c. 1700–1778) |
1752 | 1755 | 2–3 years |
18 | ![]() |
Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal (1698–1778) |
1755 | 1760 | 4–5 years |
Governors of the Province of Quebec, 1760–1786[edit]
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No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
Under George III of the United Kingdom (1760–1786) | |||||
19 | ![]() |
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717–1797) |
1760 | 1763 | 2–3 years |
20 | ![]() |
James Murray (1721–1794) |
1764 | 1768 | 3–4 years |
21 | ![]() |
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester KB (1724–1808) |
1768 | 1778 | 9–10 years |
22 | ![]() |
Sir Frederick Haldimand KB (1718–1791) |
1778 | 1786 | 7–8 years |
Governors-in-Chief/Governors General of the Canadas, 1786–1841[edit]
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No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
Under George III of the United Kingdom (1786–1820) | |||||
23 | ![]() |
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester KB (1724–1808) |
1786 | 1796 | 9–10 years |
24 | ![]() |
Robert Prescott (c. 1726–1815) |
1796 | 1799 | 2–3 years |
25 | ![]() |
Sir Robert Milnes, 1st Baronet (1754–1837) |
1799 | 1 January 1801 | 1–2 years |
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↓ | Sir Robert Milnes (continued) |
1 January 1801 | 1805 | 3–4 years | |
26 | ![]() |
Thomas Dunn (1729–1818) |
1805 | 1807 | 1–2 years |
27 | ![]() |
Sir James Henry Craig KB (1748–1812) |
1807 | 1811 | 3–4 years |
28 | ![]() |
Sir George Prévost, 1st Baronet (1767–1816) |
1811 | 1815 | 3–4 years |
29 | ![]() |
Sir Gordon Drummond (1772–1854) |
1815 | 1816 | 0–1 years |
30 | ![]() |
Sir John Coape Sherbrooke (1764–1830) |
1816 | 1818 | 1–2 years |
31 | ![]() |
Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond KG, PC (1764–1819) |
1818 | 1819 | 0–1 years |
Under George IV of the United Kingdom (1820–1830) | |||||
32 | ![]() |
George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie GCB (1770–1838) |
1820 | 1828 | 7–8 years |
33 | ![]() |
Sir James Kempt GCB (c. 1765–1854) |
1828 | 1830 | 1–2 years |
Under William IV (1830–1837) | |||||
34 | ![]() |
Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer (1775–1850) |
1830 | 1835 | 4–5 years |
35 | ![]() |
Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford GCB (1776–1849) |
1835 | 1837 | 1–2 years |
Under Victoria (1837–1841) | |||||
36 | ![]() |
John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton (1778–1863) |
1837 | 1838 | 0–1 years |
37 | ![]() |
John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792–1840) |
1838 | 1839 | 0–1 years |
38 | ![]() |
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham PC (1799–1841) |
1839 | 5 February 1841 | 1–2 years |
Governors General of the Province of Canada, 1841–1867[edit]
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No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
Under Queen Victoria (1841–1867) | |||||
↓ | The Lord Sydenham (continued) |
5 February 1841 | 19 September 1841 † | 226 days | |
39 | ![]() |
Sir Charles Bagot (1781–1843) |
12 January 1842 | 19 May 1843 | 1 year, 127 days |
40 | ![]() |
Charles Metcalfe, 1st Baron Metcalfe Bt, PC (1785–1846) |
30 May 1843 | 26 November 1845 | 2 years, 180 days |
41 | ![]() |
Charles Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart GCB (1783–1859) |
26 November 1845 | 30 January 1847 | 1 year, 65 days |
42 | ![]() |
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin PC, GCB (1811–1863) |
30 January 1847 | 19 December 1854 | 7 years, 323 days |
43 | ![]() |
Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet KCB (1805–1868) |
19 December 1854 | 25 October 1861 | 6 years, 310 days |
44 | ![]() |
Charles Monck, 4th Viscount Monck PC, GCMG (1819–1894) |
25 October 1861 | 1 July 1867 | 5 years, 249 days |
Governors General of Canada, 1867–present[edit]
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No. | No. | Portrait | Name | Profession | Term of office | Prime Minister(s) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
Under Queen Victoria (1867–1901) | ||||||||
↓ | 1 | The Viscount Monck (continued) |
Politician[8] | 1 July 1867 | 14 November 1868 | 1 year, 136 days | Macdonald | |
45 | 2 | ![]() |
John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar GCMG, GCB, PC (1807–1876) |
Politician[9] | 2 February 1869 | 25 June 1872 | 3 years, 144 days | Macdonald |
46 | 3 | ![]() |
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, the Earl of Dufferin KP, GCB, GCMG, PC (1826–1902) |
Diplomat[10] | 25 June 1872 | 25 November 1878 | 6 years, 153 days | Macdonald Mackenzie Macdonald |
47 | 4 | ![]() |
John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne KG, KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC (1845–1914) |
Author, politician[11] | 25 November 1878 | 23 October 1883 | 4 years, 332 days | Macdonald |
48 | 5 | ![]() |
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne KG, GCMG, PC (1845–1927) |
Politician[12] | 23 October 1883 | 11 June 1888 | 4 years, 232 days | Macdonald |
49 | 6 | ![]() |
Frederick Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Preston KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (1841–1908) |
Politician[13] | 11 June 1888 | 18 September 1893 | 5 years, 99 days | Macdonald Abbott Thompson |
50 | 7 | ![]() |
John Hamilton-Gordon, 7th Earl of Aberdeen KT, GCMG, GCVO, PC (1847–1934) |
Politician[14] | 18 September 1893 | 12 November 1898 | 5 years, 55 days | Thompson Bowell Tupper Laurier |
51 | 8 | ![]() |
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto KG, GCMG, PC (1845–1914) |
Military officer[15] | 12 November 1898 | 22 January 1901 | 2 years, 71 days | Laurier |
Under Edward VII (1901–1910) | ||||||||
↓ | ↓ | The Earl of Minto (continued) |
22 January 1901 | 10 December 1904 | 3 years, 323 days | Laurier | ||
52 | 9 | ![]() |
Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey GCMG, GCVO, PC (1851–1917) |
Politician[16] | 10 December 1904 | 6 May 1910 | 5 years, 147 days | Laurier |
Under George V (1910–1931) | ||||||||
↓ | ↓ | The Earl Grey (continued) |
6 May 1910 | 13 October 1911 | 1 year, 160 days | Laurier Borden | ||
53 | 10 | ![]() |
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn KG, KT, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GCVO, GBE, TD, PC, ADC (1850–1942) |
Military officer[17] | 13 October 1911 | 11 November 1916 | 5 years, 29 days | Borden |
54 | 11 | ![]() |
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire KG, GCMG, GCVO, PC, JP (1868–1938) |
Politician[18] | 11 November 1916 | 11 August 1921 | 4 years, 273 days | Borden Meighen |
55 | 12 | ![]() |
Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy GCB, GCMG, MVO (1862–1935) |
Military officer[19] | 11 August 1921 | 2 October 1926 | 5 years, 52 days | Meighen King Meighen King |
56 | 13 | ![]() |
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE, PC (1866–1941) |
Politician[20] | 2 October 1926 | 4 April 1931 | 4 years, 184 days | King Bennett |
57 | 14 | ![]() |
Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough GCMG, PC (1880–1956) |
Businessman[21] | 4 April 1931 | 11 December 1931 | 251 days | Bennett King |
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↓ | ↓ | The Earl of Bessborough (continued) |
11 December 1931 | 2 November 1935 | 3 years, 326 days | Bennett | ||
58 | 15 | ![]() |
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG, GCVO, CH, PC (1875–1940) |
Author[22] | 2 November 1935 | 20 January 1936 | 79 days | King |
Under Edward VIII (1936) | ||||||||
↓ | ↓ | The Lord Tweedsmuir (continued) |
20 January 1936 | 11 December 1936 | 326 days | King | ||
Under George VI (1936–1952) | ||||||||
↓ | ↓ | The Lord Tweedsmuir (continued) |
11 December 1936 | 11 February 1940 † | 3 years, 62 days | King | ||
59 | 16 | ![]() |
Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO, PC, ADC, FRS (1874–1957) |
Military officer[23] | 21 June 1940 | 12 April 1946 | 5 years, 295 days | King |
60 | 17 | ![]() |
Harold Alexander, the Viscount Alexander of Tunis KG, GCB, OM, GCMG, CSI, DSO, MC, CD, PC, PC (1891–1969) |
Military officer[24] | 12 April 1946 | 28 January 1952 | 5 years, 300 days | King St. Laurent |
Under Elizabeth II (1952–present) | ||||||||
61 | 18 | ![]() |
Vincent Massey PC, CH, CD, FRSC(hon) (1887–1967) |
Diplomat[25] | 28 February 1952 | 15 September 1959 | 7 years, 199 days | St. Laurent Diefenbaker |
62 | 19 | ![]() |
Georges Vanier PC, DSO, MC, CD (1888–1967) |
Military officer, diplomat[26] | 15 September 1959 | 5 March 1967 † | 7 years, 171 days | Diefenbaker Pearson |
63 | 20 | ![]() |
Roland Michener PC, CC, CMM, CD, QC, FRHSC (1900–1991) |
Politician[27] | 17 April 1967 | 14 January 1974 | 6 years, 272 days | Pearson P. E. Trudeau |
64 | 21 | Jules Léger PC, CC, CMM, CD (1913–1980) |
Diplomat[28] | 14 January 1974 | 22 January 1979 | 5 years, 8 days | P. E. Trudeau | |
65 | 22 | ![]() |
Edward Schreyer PC, CC, CMM, OM, CD (born 1934) |
Politician[29] | 22 January 1979 | 14 May 1984 | 5 years, 113 days | P. E. Trudeau Clark P. E. Trudeau |
66 | 23 | ![]() |
Jeanne Sauvé PC, CC, CMM, CD (1922–1993) |
Journalist, politician[30] | 14 May 1984 | 29 January 1990 | 5 years, 260 days | P. E. Trudeau Turner Mulroney |
67 | 24 | Ray Hnatyshyn PC, CC, CMM, CD, QC, FRHSC(hon) (1934–2002) |
Politician[31] | 29 January 1990 | 8 February 1995 | 5 years, 10 days | Mulroney Campbell Chrétien | |
68 | 25 | Roméo LeBlanc PC, CC, CMM, ONB, CD (1928–2009) |
Journalist, politician[32] | 8 February 1995 | 7 October 2000 | 5 years, 242 days | Chrétien | |
69 | 26 | ![]() |
Adrienne Clarkson PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, FRSC(hon), FRAIC(hon), FRCPSC(hon) (born 1939) |
Journalist[33] | 7 October 2000 | 27 September 2005 | 4 years, 355 days | Chrétien Martin |
70 | 27 | ![]() |
Michaëlle Jean PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, FRCPSC(hon) (born 1957) |
Journalist[34] | 27 September 2005 | 1 October 2010 | 5 years, 4 days | Martin Harper |
71 | 28 | ![]() |
David Johnston PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, FRSC(hon), FRCPSC(hon) (born 1941) |
Law professor, university administrator[35] | 1 October 2010 | 2 October 2017[36] | 7 years, 1 day | Harper J. Trudeau |
72 | 29 | ![]() |
Julie Payette CC, CMM, COM, OQ, CD (born 1963) |
Astronaut, engineer[37] | 2 October 2017[36] | 22 January 2021[38] | 3 years, 112 days | J. Trudeau |
73 | 30 | ![]() |
Mary Simon CC, CMM, COM, OQ, CD (born 1947) |
Broadcaster, diplomat | 26 July 2021 | incumbent | 315 days | J. Trudeau |
Living former governors general of Canada[edit]
As of June 2022, there are five living former governors general of Canada. The most recently deceased governor general, Roméo LeBlanc (1995–2000), died on 24 June 2009.
Edward Schreyer
(1979–1984)
21 December 1937Adrienne Clarkson
(2000–2005)
10 February 1939Michaëlle Jean
(2005–2010)
6 September 1957David Johnston
(2010–2017)
27 October 1945Julie Payette
(2017–2021)
20 October 1963
Administrators[edit]
The following is a list of Administrators of the Government, Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada who were acting governors appointed as the result of the death, resignation or prolonged absence of the sitting viceroy, or for any other reason:
- Chief Justice Lyman Duff between the death of Lord Tweedsmuir and the arrival of Lord Athlone (February 11 to June 21, 1940);[39]
- Senior Puisne Justice Patrick Kerwin during the absence of Governor General Lord Alexander and Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rinfret (June 11 to August 2, 1951).[40]
- Chief Justice Thibaudeau Rinfret once the commission was ended on the departure of the Lord Alexander and the installation of Vincent Massey (January 28 to February 28, 1952);
- Chief Justice Robert Taschereau following the death of Georges Vanier to the installation of Roland Michener (March 5 to April 17, 1967);[41]
- Chief Justice Bora Laskin while Governor General Jules Léger was recovering from a stroke (July 2 to December 9, 1974);[42]
- Chief Justice Richard Wagner, from the resignation of Julie Payette to the installation of Mary Simon (January 23, 2021 to July 26, 2021).[43]
See also[edit]
- Governors General of Canada timeline
- List of Canadian monarchs
- List of vicereines in Canada
- Viceregal consort of Canada
- Viceregal eponyms in Canada
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