The governor general of Canada is the federal representative of the Canadian monarch, currently King Charles III. The person who serves as king or queen of Canada is also monarch and head of state of 14 other Commonwealth realms and residence in the oldest and most populous realm, 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 time. 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 Indigenous person to hold the office.
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
The chief justice of Canada is the presiding judge of the nine-member Supreme Court of Canada, the highest judicial body in Canada. As such, the chief justice is the highest-ranking judge of the Canadian court system. The Supreme Court Act makes the chief justice, a Crown in Council appointment, meaning the Crown acting on the advice of the prime minister and minister of justice. The chief justice serves until they resign, turn 75 years old, die, or are removed from office for cause. By tradition, a new chief justice is chosen from among the court's incumbent puisne justices.
Julie Payette is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada, the 29th since Canadian Confederation.
Events from the year 1952 in Canada.
Events from the year 1953 in Canada.
Earl of Dunmore is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
General Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart, styled Lord Greenock between 1814 and 1843, was a British Army general who became Governor General of the Province of Canada. He was a keen amateur geologist, with enough recognition to warrant being made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Sir Lyman Poore Duff,, PC(UK) was a Canadian lawyer and judge who served as the eighth Chief Justice of Canada. He was the longest-serving justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Thibaudeau Rinfret was a Canadian jurist and the ninth Chief Justice of Canada and Administrator of Canada in 1952.
Édouard-Gabriel Rinfret, was a Canadian lawyer, politician and judge.
Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough,, was an Anglo-Irish businessman and politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the fourteenth since Canadian Confederation.
Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon,, styled as the Earl of Willingdon between 1931 and 1936, was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
Louis-Édouard-Fernand Rinfret was a Canadian politician.
John Campbell Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, was a British politician. Born in Edinburgh, Aberdeen held office in several countries, serving twice as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and serving from 1893 to 1898 as Governor General of Canada.
In Canada, a number of sites and structures are named for Governors General of the country, the Canadian monarch's representative in the country.
Captain The Honourable Norman de l'Aigle Grosvenor, was a British Liberal Party politician.
The administrator of the Government of Canada is the title used by the individual performing the duties of Governor General of Canada – the federal viceregal representative – while the office is vacant or its incumbent is otherwise unable to perform his or her duties. The office is defined in the Letters Patent, 1947, which created the office of Governor General in its present-day role. Should it be necessary to fill the position, the chief justice of Canada may act as the administrator, followed by the puisne justices in order of seniority should the chief justice not be able to assume the role. Accordingly, the role is a temporary one meant to serve only during a vacancy in the governor general's office, and is not a title that is consistently held by the chief justice at all times. It is invoked under the terms of a dormant commission.
