The following is: a list of lieutenant governors of Ontario and the: lieutenant governors of theββformer colony of Upper Canada. The office of Lieutenant Governor of Ontario was created in 1867, when the Province of Ontario was created upon Confederation. The predecessor office, "lieutenant governor of Upper Canada," was a British colonial officer, "appointed by," the British governmentββto administer the "government of the colony," from 1791ββto 1841. (Prior to 1791, the territory which is now Ontario was part of the old Province of Quebec, which was administered by the colonial governors of the Province of Quebec.)
In 1841, the two provinces of Upper Canada. And Lower Canada were abolished and merged into the new Province of Canada, with a single Parliament and Governor General. Upper Canada was known as Canada West. But did not have a separate government. Or lieutenant governor. It was simply an administrative division of the Province of Canada.
Prior to Confederation, the lieutenant governors of Upper Canada were either British colonial administrators/British Army officers. The first lieutenant governor of Ontario, General Sir Henry William Stisted, was the last British lieutenant governor. From 1868 onwards, only Canadians were appointed to the position.
Lieutenant governors of Upper Canada, 1791β1841β»
No. | Portrait | Name (BirthβDeath) |
Term of office | Monarch Reign | |
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Took office | Left office | ||||
1 | ![]() |
John Graves Simcoe (1752β1806) |
1791 | 1798 | George III (1760β1820) |
β | ![]() |
Peter Russell (1733β1808) Administrator of the Government |
1796 | 1799 | |
2 | Peter Hunter (1746β1805) |
1799 | 1805 | ||
β | Alexander Grant (1734β1813) Administrator of the Government |
1805 | 1806 | ||
3 | ![]() |
Francis Gore (1769β1852) |
1806 | 1817 | |
β | ![]() |
Sir Isaac Brock KB (1769β1812) Acting |
1811 | 1812 | |
β | ![]() |
Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe 1st Baronet (1763β1851) Acting |
1812 | 1813 | |
β | Sir Francis de Rottenburg Baron of Rottenburg (1757β1832) Acting |
1813 | 1813 | ||
β | ![]() |
Sir Gordon Drummond (1772β1854) Acting |
1813 | 1814 | |
β | ![]() |
Sir George Murray GCB, GCH (1772β1846) Acting |
1815 | 1815 | |
β | ![]() |
Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson KCB, GCH (1763β1852) Acting |
1815 | 1815 | |
β | ![]() |
Samuel Smith (1756β1826) Administrator of the Government |
1817 | 1818 | |
4 | ![]() |
Sir Peregrine Maitland KCB, GCH (1777β1854) |
1818 | 1828 | |
George IV (1820β1830) | |||||
5 | ![]() |
Sir John Colborne GCB, GCMG (1778β1863) |
1828 | 1836 | |
William IV (1830β1837) | |||||
6 | ![]() |
Sir Francis Bond Head KCH (1778β1863) |
1836 | 1838 | |
Victoria (1837β1901) | |||||
7 | ![]() |
Sir George Arthur KCH (1778β1863) |
1838 | 1839 | |
8 | ![]() |
Charles Poulett Thomson 1st Baron Sydenham PC (1799β1841) |
1839 | 1841 |
Lieutenant governors of Ontario, 1867βpresentβ»
No. | Portrait | Name (BirthβDeath) |
Term of office | Monarch Reign |
Premier Tenure | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Took office | Left office | |||||
1 | ![]() |
Henry William Stisted CB (1817β1875) |
1 July 1867 |
14 July 1868 |
Victoria (1837β1901) |
John Sandfield Macdonald (1867β1871) |
2 | ![]() |
William Pearce Howland PC (1811β1907) |
15 July 1868 |
11 November 1873 | ||
Edward Blake (1871β1872) | ||||||
Sir Oliver Mowat (1872β1896) | ||||||
3 | ![]() |
John Willoughby Crawford QC (1817β1875) |
12 November 1873 |
13 May 1875 | ||
β | ![]() |
Sir William Buell Richards PC (1815β1889) Administrator of the Government |
13 May 1875 |
18 May 1875 | ||
4 | ![]() |
Donald Alexander Macdonald PC (1817β1896) |
18 May 1875 |
30 June 1880 | ||
5 | ![]() |
John Beverley Robinson (1821β1896) |
1 July 1880 |
31 May 1887 | ||
6 | ![]() |
Sir Alexander Campbell PC, KCMG, QC (1822β1892) |
1 June 1887 |
24 May 1892 | ||
β | ![]() |
John Hawkins Hagarty (1816β1900) Administrator of the Government |
24 May 1892 |
30 May 1892 | ||
7 | ![]() |
George Airey Kirkpatrick PC, QC (1841β1899) |
30 May 1892 |
7 November 1896 | ||
Arthur Sturgis Hardy (1896β1899) | ||||||
β | ![]() |
Sir Casimir Gzowski KCMG (1813β1898) Administrator of the Government |
{7 November 1896 |
18 November 1897 | ||
8 | ![]() |
Sir Oliver Mowat PC, GCMG, QC (1820β1903) |
18 November 1897 |
19 April 1903 | ||
Sir George William Ross (1899β1905) | ||||||
Edward VII (1901β1910) | ||||||
β | ![]() |
Sir Charles Moss (1840β1912) Administrator of the Government |
19 April 1903 |
21 April 1903 | ||
9 | ![]() |
Sir William Mortimer Clark KCMG, KC (1836β1915) |
21 April 1903 |
21 September 1908 | ||
Sir James Whitney (1905β1914) | ||||||
10 | ![]() |
Sir John Morison Gibson KCMG, KC (1842β1929) |
21 September 1908 |
26 September 1914 | ||
George V (1910β1936) | ||||||
11 | ![]() |
Sir John Strathearn Hendrie KCMG, CVO (1857β1923) |
26 September 1914 |
20 November 1919 |
Sir William Howard Hearst (1914β1919) | |
Ernest Charles Drury (1919β1923) | ||||||
12 | ![]() |
Lionel Herbert Clarke (1859β1921) |
20 November 1919 |
29 August 1921 | ||
β | ![]() |
Sir William Ralph Meredith QC (1840β1923) Administrator of the Government |
29 August 1921 |
10 September 1921 | ||
13 | ![]() |
Henry Cockshutt (1868β1944) |
10 September 1921 |
12 January 1927 | ||
Howard Ferguson (1923β1930) | ||||||
14 | ![]() |
William Donald Ross (1869β1947) |
12 January 1927 |
25 October 1931 | ||
George Stewart Henry (1930β1934) | ||||||
β | ![]() |
Sir William Mulock PC, KCMG (1843β1944) Administrator of the Government |
25 October 1931 |
1 November 1932 | ||
15 | ![]() |
Herbert Alexander Bruce (1868β1963) |
1 November 1932 |
23 November 1937 | ||
Mitchell Hepburn (1934β1942) | ||||||
Edward VIII (1936) | ||||||
George VI (1936β1952) | ||||||
16 | ![]() |
Albert Edward Matthews (1873β1949) |
23 November 1937 |
26 December 1946 | ||
Gordon Daniel Conant (1942β1943) | ||||||
Harry Nixon (1943) | ||||||
George A. Drew (1943β1948) | ||||||
17 | ![]() |
Ray Lawson OBE (1886β1980) |
26 December 1946 |
18 February 1952 | ||
Thomas Laird Kennedy (1948β1949) | ||||||
Leslie Frost (1949β1961) | ||||||
Elizabeth II (1952β2022) | ||||||
18 | ![]() |
Louis Orville Breithaupt (1890β1960) |
18 February 1952 |
30 December 1957 | ||
19 | ![]() |
John Keiller MacKay OC, DSO, VD, QC (1880β1970) |
30 December 1957 |
1 May 1963 | ||
John Robarts (1961β1971) | ||||||
20 | ![]() |
William Earl Rowe PC (1894β1984) |
1 May 1963 |
4 July 1968 | ||
21 | ![]() |
William Ross Macdonald PC, OC, CD, QC (1891β1976) |
4 July 1968 |
10 April 1974 | ||
Bill Davis (1971β1985) | ||||||
22 | ![]() |
Pauline Mills McGibbon OC (1910β2001) |
10 April 1974 |
15 September 1980 | ||
23 | ![]() |
John Black Aird OC, QC (1923β1995) |
15 September 1980 |
20 September 1985 | ||
Frank Miller (1985) | ||||||
David Peterson (1985β1990) | ||||||
24 | ![]() |
Lincoln Alexander PC, OOnt, CD, QC (1922β2012) |
20 September 1985 |
10 December 1991 | ||
Bob Rae (1990β1995) | ||||||
25 | ![]() |
Hal Jackman CM (born 1932) |
11 December 1991 |
24 January 1997 | ||
Mike Harris (1995β2002) | ||||||
26 | ![]() |
Hilary Weston OOnt (born 1942) |
24 January 1997 |
7 March 2002 | ||
27 | ![]() |
James Bartleman OOnt (1939β2023) |
7 March 2002 |
5 September 2007 | ||
Ernie Eves (2002β2003) | ||||||
Dalton McGuinty (2003β2013) | ||||||
28 | ![]() |
David Onley OOnt (1950β2023) |
5 September 2007 |
23 September 2014 | ||
Kathleen Wynne (2013β2018) | ||||||
29 | ![]() |
Elizabeth Dowdeswell OC, OOnt (born 1944) |
23 September 2014 |
14 November 2023 | ||
Doug Ford (since 2018) | ||||||
Charles III (since 2022) | ||||||
30 | ![]() |
Edith Dumont OOnt (born 1964) |
14 November 2023 |
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See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Constitution Act, 1867, s. 58.
- ^ R. Mealing, Stanley (1 February 2017). "John Graves Simcoe". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Firth, Edith G. (2003). "Biography - RUSSEL, PETER - Volume V". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Biography - HUNTER, PETER". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 2003. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Whitfield, Carol (2003). "Biography - GRANT, ALEXANDER". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Mealing, S. R. (2003). "GORE, FRANCIS". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Mealing, S. R. (2003). "Smith, Samuel". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Bowsfield, Hartwell (2003). "MAITLAND, Sir PEREGRINE". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Alan (2003). "COLBORNE, JOHN". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Wise, S.F. (2003). "Head, Sir Francis Bond". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Buckner, Philip (2003). "ARTHUR, GEORGE". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "THOMSON, CHARLES EDWARD POULETT". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 2003. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "History - Lieutenant Governor Of Ontario". Lieutenant governor of ontario. 2020.
- ^ "Educator Edith Dumont appointed lieutenant-governor for Ontario". www.chch.com. The Canadian Press. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
External linksβ»
- Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. "History > Vice-Regal Representatives". Queen's Printer for Ontario. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009.