1786 – 1841: Governor Generals of the “Province of Canada”

1786 – 1841: Governor Generals of the “Province of Canada”

Below are lists of the former Governors General of New France and British North America called Canada became in 1867, and a list of the former Governors General of Canada since 1867. Two members of the Royal Family have held this post: the Duke of Connaught and the Earl of Athlone. The first Canadian born Governor General was Vincent Massey.

Former Governors of New France (1627 - 1763)

Dates of Office	Governor	(Born - Died)
1627 - 1635	Samuel de Champlain	(b. 1567 - d. 1635)
1635 - 1648	Charles de Montmagny	(b. 1583 - d. 1651)
1648 - 1651	Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge	(b. 1612 - d. 1660)
1651 - 1657	Jean de Lauzon	(b. 1582 - d. 1666)
1658 - 1661	Le Vicomte d'Argenson	(b. 1625 - d. 1709)
1661 - 1663	Le Baron d'Avaugour	(b. 1620 - d. 1664)
1663 - 1665	Augustin de Mésy	(b. 1598 - d. 1665)
1665 - 1665	Alexandre De Prouville, Marquis de Tracy	(b. 1603 - d. 1670)
1665 - 1672	Daniel de Courcelle	(b. 1626 - d. 1698)
1672 - 1682	Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau	(b. 1622 - d. 1698)
1682 - 1685	Joseph-Antoine de LaBarre	(b. 1622 - d. 1688)
1685 - 1689	Le Marquis de Denonville	(b. 1638 - d. 1710)
1689 - 1698	Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau	(b. 1622 - d. 1698)
1698 - 1703	Louis-Hector de Callière	(b. 1648 - d. 1703)
1703 - 1725	Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil	(b. 1643 - d. 1725)
1725 - 1726	Charles Le Moyne, Baron de Longueuil	(b. 1656 - d. 1725)
1726 - 1747	Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois	(b. 1670 - d. 1749)
1747 - 1749	Le Comte de la Galissonnière	(b. 1693 - d. 1756)
1749 - 1752	Le Marquis de la Jonquière	(b. 1658 - d. 1752)
1752 - 1755	Le Marquis de Duquesne	(b. 1700 - d. 1778)
1755 - 10 Feb 1763	Pierre Francois de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal	(b. 1698 – d. 1778)

Former Governors of British North America (1763 - 1841)

Dates of Office	Governor	(Born - Died)
1763 - 1766	General James Murray	(b. 1712 - d. 1794)
1766 - 1778	Sir Guy Carleton	(b. 1724 - d. 1808)
1778 - 1778	General Sir Frederick Haldimand	(b. 1718 - d. 1791)
1778 - 1786	Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester	(b. 1724 - d. 1808)
1786 - 1808	General Robert Prescott	(b. 1725 - d. 1816)
1808 - 1811	Lieutenant General Sir James Craig	(b. 1749 - d. 1812)
1811 - 1815	Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost	(b. 1767 - d. 1816)
1815 - 1816	Lieutenant General Gordon Drummond	(b. 1771 - d. 1854)
1816 - 1818	Sir John Coape Sherbrooke	(b. 1764 - d. 1830)
1818 - 1820	Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond	(b. 1764 - d. 1819)
1820 - 1828	George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie	(b. 1770 - d. 1838)
1828 - 1830	Major General Sir James Kempt	(b. 1764 - d. 1854)
1830 - 1835	Matthew Whitworth-Aylmer, 5th Baron Aylmer	(b. 1775 - d. 1850)
1835 - 1838	Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford	(b. 1776 - d. 1849)
1838 - 1839	John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham	(b. 1792 - d. 1840)
1839 - 05 Feb 1841	Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron Sydenham	(b. 1799 - d. 1841)

Former Governors of the Province of Canada (1841 - 1867)

Dates of Office	Governor	(Born - Died)
05 Feb 1841 - 19 Sep 1841	Charles Edward Poulett Thomson, Baron Sydenham	(b. 1799 - d. 1841)
19 Sep 1841 - 12 Jan 1842	Sir Richards Downes Jackson (Acting)	(b. 1777 - d. 1845)
12 Jan 1842 - 19 May 1843	Sir Charles Bagot	(b. 1781 - d. 1843)
19 May 1843 - 30 May 1843	Sir Richards Downes Jackson (Acting)	(b. 1777 - d. 1845)
30 May 1843 - 26 Nov 1845	Sir Charles Theophilus Metcalfe	(b. 1785 - d. 1846)
26 Nov 1845 - 30 Jan 1847	Charles Murray Cathcart, Earl of Cathcart	(b. 1783 - d. 1859)
30 Jan 1847 - 19 Dec 1854	James Bruce, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine	(b. 1811 - d. 1863)
19 Dec 1854 - 25 Oct 1861	Sir Edmund Walker Head	(b. 1805 - d. 1868)
25 Oct 1861 - 01 Jul 1867	Charles Stanley, Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon	(b. 1819 - d. 1894)

Former Governors General of Canada (1867 - Present)

Dates of Office	Governor General	(Born - Died)
01 Jul 1867 - 02 Feb 1869	The Viscount Monck	(b. 1819 - d. 1894)
02 Feb 1869 - 25 Jun 1872	Lord Lisgar	(b. 1807 - d. 1876)
25 Jun 1872 - 25 Nov 1878	The Earl of Dufferin	(b. 1826 - d. 1902)
05 Nov 1878 - 23 Oct 1883	The Duke of Argyll	(b. 1845 - d. 1914)
23 Oct 1883 - 11 Jun 1888	The Marquess of Lansdowne	(b. 1845 - d. 1927)
11 Jun 1888 - 18 Sep 1893	Lord Stanley	(b. 1841 - d. 1908)
18 Sep 1893 - 12 Nov 1898	The Earl of Aberdeen	(b. 1847 - d. 1934)
12 Nov 1898 - 10 Dec 1904	The Earl of Minto	(b. 1845 - d. 1914)
10 Dec 1904 - 13 Oct 1911	Earl Grey	(b. 1851 - d. 1917)
13 Oct 1911 - 11 Nov 1916	Field Marshal His Royal Highness The Duke of Connaught	(b. 1850 - d. 1942)
11 Nov 1916 - 11 Aug 1921	The Duke of Devonshire	(b. 1868 - d. 1938)
11 Aug 1921 - 02 Oct 1926	General Lord Byng	(b. 1862 - d. 1935)
02 Oct 1926 - 04 Apr 1931	The Viscount Willingdon	(b. 1866 - d. 1941)
04 Apr 1931 - 04 Nov 1935	The Earl of Bessborough	(b. 1880 - d. 1956)
04 Nov 1935 - 11 Feb 1940	Lord Tweedsmuir	(b. 1875 - d. 1940)
21 Jun 1940 - 12 Apr 1946	Major General The Earl of Athlone	(b. 1874 - d. 1957)
12 Apr 1946 - 28 Feb 1952	Field Marshal The Viscount Alexander	(b. 1891 - d. 1969)
28 Feb 1952 - 15 Sep 1959	The Right Honourable Vincent Massey	(b. 1887 - d. 1967)
15 Sep 1959 - 05 Mar 1967	Major General The Right Honourable Georges Vanier	(b. 1888 - d. 1967)
17 Apr 1967 - 14 Jan 1974	The Right Honourable Roland Michener	(b. 1900 - d. 1991)
14 Jan 1974 - 22 Jan 1979	The Right Honourable Jules Léger	(b. 1913 - d. 1980)
22 Jan 1979 - 14 May 1984	The Right Honourable Edward Schreyer	(b. 1935)
14 May 1984 - 29 Jan 1990	The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé	(b. 1922 - d. 1993)
29 Jan 1990 - 08 Feb 1995	The Right Honourable Ray Hnatyshyn	(b. 1934 - d. 2002)
08 Feb 1995 - 07 Oct 1999	The Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc	(b. 1927 - d. 2009)
07 Oct 1999 - 27 Sep 2005	The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson	(b. 1939)
27 Sep 2005 - 01 Oct 2010	The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean	(b. 1957)
01 Oct 2010 - 02 Oct 2017	The Right Honourable David Johnston	(b. 1941)
02 Oct 2017 -	The Right Honourable Julie Payette	(b. 1963)

SOURCE: Governor General of Canada.

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