List of lieutenant governors of Saskatchewan

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The following is a list of the lieutenant governors of Saskatchewan. Though the present day office of the Lieutenant Governor in Saskatchewan came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1905, the post is a continuation from the first Governorship of the Northwest Territories in 1869.

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Lieutenant governors of Saskatchewan, 1905-present

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Governors under Edward VII (1905 1910):
1. Amédée Emmanuel Forget 1 September 1905
Governors under George V (1910 1936):
1.cont...14 October 1910
2. George William Brown 14 October 191018 October 1915
3.Sir Richard Stuart Lake KCMG 18 October 191518 February 1921
4. Henry William Newlands 18 February 192131 March 1931
5. Hugh Edwin Munroe OBE M.D. 31 March 1931
Governors under Edward VIII (1936):
5.cont...10 September 1936
6. Archibald Peter McNab 10 September 1936
Governors under George VI (1936 1952):
6.cont...27 February 1945
7. Thomas Miller 27 February 194520 June 1945
8. Reginald John Marsden Parker 22 June 194523 March 1948
9. John Michael Uhrich M.D. 23 March 194815 June 1951
10. William John Patterson 15 June 1951
Governors under Elizabeth II (1952 present):
10.cont...3 February 1958
11. Frank Lindsay Bastedo QC 3 February 19581 March 1963
12. Robert Leith Hanbidge QC 1 March 19632 February 1970
13. Stephen Worobetz OC MC SOM FRCSC 2 February 197029 February 1976
14. George Porteous CM MBE 3 March 19767 February 1978
15. Cameron Irwin McIntosh 22 February 19786 July 1983
16. Frederick William Johnson OC SOM QC 6 July 19837 September 1988
17. Sylvia Olga Fedoruk OC SOM 7 September 198831 May 1994
18. John E. N. Wiebe SOM 31 May 199421 February 2000
19. [† 1] Lynda Maureen Haverstock OC SOM 21 February 20001 August 2006
20. Gordon L. Barnhart OC SOM 1 August 200622 March 2012
21. Vaughn Solomon Schofield SOM SVM 22 March 201221 March 2018
22. W. Thomas Molloy OC SOM QC 21 March 20182 July 2019
23. Russell Mirasty SOM MSM 18 July 2019
  1. Colour denotes living former lieutenant governors

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