list of governors general of canada

The following is a list of the Governors and Governor General 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.

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 and Lennox  	1818-1819  
  	The Earl of Dalhousie  	1820-1828  	George IV  
         Sir James Kempt          1828-1830        
  	The Lord Aylmer  	1830-1835  	William IV  
  	The Earl of Gosford*  	1835-1837  
  	Victoria  
  	Sir John Colborne*  	1837-1838 (acting)

(*) Lord Gosford 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	1843-1845
The Earl Cathcart	1846-1847
The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine	1847-1854
Sir Edmund Walker Head	1854-1861
The Viscount Monck	1861-1867

Governors General of Canada since Confederation

British

Name	Term	Sovereign
The Viscount Monck	1867-1869	Victoria
Lord Lisgar	1869-1872
The Earl of Dufferin	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
The Earl of Minto	1898-1904	Edward VII
The Earl Grey	1904-1911	Edward VII
The Earl Grey	1904-1911	George V
HRH The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn	1911-1916
The Duke of Devonshire	1916-1921
Lord Byng of Vimy	1921-1926
The Viscount Willingdon	1926-1931
The Earl of Bessborough	1931-1935
Lord Tweedsmuir	1935-1940
		Edward VIII
		George VI
Sir Lyman Poore Duff*	1940 (acting)
The Earl of Athlone	1940-1946
The Viscount 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 Lger	1974-1979
Edward Schreyer	1979-1984
Jeanne Sauv	1984-1990
Ramon John Hnatyshyn	1990-1995
Romo LeBlanc	1995-1999
Adrienne Clarkson	1999-

External link

List of Former Governors General - Government of Canada

Canada, List of Governors General of

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