List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island

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The following is a list of the governors and lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island, known as St. John's Island until 1799. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Prince Edward Island came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1873, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of St. John's Island in 1769.

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Governors of St. John's Island, 1769–1786

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Governors under George III (1769–1786):
1. Walter Patterson 14 July 17694 November 1786

Lieutenant governors of St. John's Island, 1786–1799

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Lieutenant governors under George III (1786–1799):
2. Edmund Fanning 4 November 17861 February 1799

Lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island, 1799–1873

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Lieutenant governors under George III (1799–1820):
2.Edmund Fanning1 February 179910 May 1804
3. Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres 10 May 1804→
William Townshend (acting Governor)5 August 181224 July 1813
3.cont...←24 July 1813
4. Charles Douglass Smith 24 July 1813→
Lieutenant governors under George IV (1820–1830):
4.cont...←19 April 1824
5. John Ready 19 April 1824→
Lieutenant governors under William IV (1830–1837):
5.cont...←16 March 1831
6.Sir Murray Maxwell CB 16 March 183126 July 1831
7.Sir Aretas William Young 26 July 18311 December 1835
8. George Wright 1 December 183530 August 1836
9.Sir John Harvey KCH 30 August 1836→
Lieutenant governors under Victoria (1837–1873):
9.cont...←31 March 1837
10.Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy KCH 31 March 18372 November 1841
8. George Wright 2 November 184113 November 1841
11.Sir Henry Vere Huntley 13 November 18411 November 1847
12. Donald Campbell Bt 9 December 184718 October 1850
13. Ambrose Lane 18 October 185010 March 1851
14.Sir Alexander Bannerman 10 March 185111 July 1854
15.Sir Dominick Daly 11 July 185425 May 1859
16. Charles Young 25 May 18598 June 1859
17. George Dundas 8 June 185922 October 1868
18.Sir Robert Hodgson 22 October 18686 October 1870
19.Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson CMG 6 October 18701 July 1873

Lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island, 1873–present

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Lieutenant governors under Victoria (1873–1901):
19.Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson CMG1 July 18734 July 1874
18.Sir Robert Hodgson 4 July 187410 July 1879
20. Thomas Heath Haviland 10 July 187918 July 1884
21. Andrew Archibald Macdonald 18 July 18842 September 1889
22. Jedediah Slason Carvell 2 September 188914 February 1894
23. George William Howlan 21 February 189423 May 1899
24. Peter Adolphus McIntyre 23 May 1899→
Lieutenant governors under Edward VII (1901–1910):
24.cont...←3 October 1904
25. Donald Alexander MacKinnon 3 October 1904→
Lieutenant governors under George V (1910–1936):
25.cont...←1 June 1910
26. Benjamin Rogers 1 June 19103 June 1915
27. Augustine Colin Macdonald 3 June 191516 July 1919
28. Murdock MacKinnon 2 September 19198 September 1924
29. Frank Richard Heartz 8 September 192419 November 1930
30. Charles Dalton 19 November 19309 December 1933
31. George Des Brisay de Blois 28 December 1933→
Lieutenant governors under Edward VIII (1936):
31.cont...←→
Lieutenant governors under George VI (1936–1952):
31.cont...←11 September 1939
32. Bradford William LePage 11 September 193918 May 1945
33. Joseph Alphonsus Bernard 18 May 19454 October 1950
34. Thomas William Lemuel Prowse 4 October 1950→
Lieutenant governors under Elizabeth II (1952–2022):
34.cont...←31 March 1958
35. Frederick Walter Hyndman 31 March 19581 August 1963
36. Willibald Joseph MacDonald 1 August 19636 October 1969
37. John George MacKay 6 October 196924 October 1974
38. Gordon Lockhart Bennett OC 24 October 197414 January 1980
39. Joseph Aubin Doiron CM 14 January 19801 August 1985
40. Lloyd MacPhail CM1 August 198516 August 1990
41. Marion Reid CM OPEI 16 August 199030 August 1995
42. Gilbert Ralph Clements OPEI30 August 19958 May 2001
43. Léonce Bernard OPEI28 May 200131 July 2006
44. Barbara Oliver Hagerman OPEI31 July 200615 August 2011
45. [† 1] Frank Lewis OPEI15 August 201120 October 2017
46. [† 1] Antoinette Perry OPEI20 October 2017→
Lieutenant governors under Charles III (2022–present):
46.cont...←17 October 2024
47. Wassim Salamoun [1] 17 October 2024present
  1. 1 2 Colour denotes living former lieutenant governors

See also

  1. ↑ Yarr, Kevin; MacIsaac, Alex (August 23, 2024). "Dr. Wassim Salamoun will be P.E.I.'s next lieutenant-governor". CBC News. Retrieved August 24, 2024.

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