The governor general of Canada is the federal representative of the Canadian monarch,currently King Charles III. The king or queen of Canada is also monarch and head of state of 14 other Commonwealth realms and lives in the United Kingdom. The monarch,on the advice of his or her Canadian prime minister,appoints a governor general to administer the government of Canada in the monarch's name. The commission is for an indefinite period—known as serving at His Majesty's pleasure—though,five years is the usual length of term. Since 1959,it has also been traditional to alternate between francophone and anglophone officeholders. The 30th and current governor general is Mary Simon,who was sworn in on 26 July 2021. An Inuk leader from Nunavik in Quebec,Simon is the first aboriginal person to hold the office.
The Canadian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the governing institutions of Canada. It has no legal standing,but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol.
Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc was a Canadian journalist and politician who served as 25th governor general of Canada from 1995 to 1999.
Daniel Roland Michener was a Canadian lawyer,politician,and diplomat who served as the 20th governor general of Canada from 1967 to 1974.
A. Anne McLellan is a Canadian politician and academic who served as the ninth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006. She was a cabinet minister in the Liberal governments of Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin,and represented Edmonton in the House of Commons of Canada. She also held the positions of solicitor general,minister of health,and minister of justice of Canada.
Dominic A. LeBlanc is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the Minister of Public Safety,Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs since 2023 and the Minister of Finance since 2024. A member of the Liberal Party,LeBlanc sits as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Beauséjour,representing the New Brunswick riding in the House of Commons of Canada of the Parliament of Canada since 2000. He has held a number of Cabinet portfolios throughout his tenure in government.
Brent Hawkes,is a Canadian clergyman and gay rights activist.
Wilfred P. Moore is a Canadian lawyer and politician. From 1996 until his retirement in 2017,he represented Nova Scotia in the Senate of Canada. In the Senate,Moore successfully fought to ban the captivity of cetaceans,introducing a bill in 2015 that went on to become the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act. This act became law in 2019 after Moore's retirement.
Alan Rockwell Abraham was the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
Mayann Elizabeth Francis,is a human rights advocate and public servant who served as the 31st Lieutenant Governor of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
In Canada,a lieutenant governor is the representative of the king of Canada in the government of each province. The governor general of Canada appoints the lieutenant governors on the advice of the prime minister of Canada to carry out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties for an unfixed period of time—known as serving "His Excellency’s pleasure"—though five years is the normal convention. Similar positions in Canada's three territories are termed "commissioners" and are representatives of the federal government,not the monarch directly.
John James Kinley was a Canadian engineer,industrialist and the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia since confederation.
The politics of Nova Scotia take place within the framework of a Westminster-style parliamentary constitutional monarchy. As Canada's head of state and monarch,Charles III is the sovereign of the province in his capacity as King in Right of Nova Scotia;his duties in Nova Scotia are carried out by the Lieutenant Governor,Michael Savage. The General Assembly is the legislature,consisting of the Lieutenant Governor and fifty-five members representing their electoral districts in the House of Assembly. The Government is headed by the Premier,Tim Houston,who took office on August 31,2021. The capital city is Halifax,home to the Lieutenant Governor,the House of Assembly,and the Government. The House of Assembly has met in Halifax at Province House since 1819.
Steven Lewis Point,(Xwelíqwetel) is a Canadian academic administrator,criminal lawyer,and jurist. He is the current chancellor of the University of British Columbia. He served as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 2007 to 2012. He also served as the chair of the advisory committee on the safety and security of vulnerable women,a committee that provides community-based guidance to the implementation of the recommendations from the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry.
Kevin Stewart MacLeod is a former Canadian Secretary to the Queen,former Usher of the Black Rod for the Canadian Senate,and the author of the historical fiction novel,A Stone on Their Cairn / Clach air An Càrn.
Thomas Albert Cromwell is a Canadian jurist and former Puisne Justice on the Supreme Court of Canada. After eleven years on the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal,Cromwell was nominated to succeed Michel Bastarache and occupy the seat traditionally reserved for Atlantic provinces on the Supreme Court of Canada by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and assumed office on December 22,2008. Cromwell retired in September 2016,and was succeeded by Malcolm Rowe.
Graydon Nicholas is a Canadian attorney,judge,and politician who served as the appointed 30th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (2009-2014). He is the first Indigenous person to hold the office,the first to be appointed as a provincial court judge,and the first in Atlantic Canada to obtain a law degree.
John James "Jim" Grant is a Canadian politician and soldier who served as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
The Advisory Committee on Vice-Regal Appointments was established on 4 November 2012 to assist the government of Canada with the appointment of the governor general of Canada,provincial lieutenant governors,and territorial commissioners. The committee was disbanded following the defeat of the Conservative Party of Canada,led by Stephen Harper,in the 2015 federal election and remains "dormant" under Harper's successor as prime minister,Justin Trudeau.
Joseph Michel Doyon is a Canadian lawyer,historian,and author who served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Quebec. He assumed office on September 24,2015 and was succeeded by Manon Jeannotte on January 25,2024. Doyon previously served as the 144th head of the Bar of Quebec for the 2007–2008 term.
