Mayann Francis

Mayann Francis
Her Honour the Honourable
Mayann Elizabeth Francis
ONS DHumL MPA BA
31st Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 7, 2006
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor General Michaëlle Jean
David Lloyd Johnston
Premier Rodney MacDonald
Darrell Dexter
Preceded by Myra Freeman
Personal details
Born February 18, 1946 (1946-02-18) (age 65)
Sydney, Nova Scotia
Profession Civil servant
Religion African Orthodox

Mayann Elizabeth Francis,[1] ONS (born February 18, 1946)[2] is the 31st and current Lieutenant Governor of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and raised in Whitney Pier, she is the daughter of Archpriest George A. Francis and Thelma D. Francis, and is a graduate of Saint Mary's University and completed graduate studies at New York University. In May 2008, Lieutenant Governor Francis was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Mount Saint Vincent University.

On June 20, 2006, she was appointed by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, to the office of Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia; she assumed office on September 7, 2006. Francis is the first Black Canadian and the second woman to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

She was the director and CEO of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission from 1999-2006. She also served as Nova Scotia's provincial ombudsman from December 2000 until December 2003, the first woman to be appointed to that post. Previously, she has been a pioneer in senior positions with the Government of Ontario, Dalhousie University and the District Attorney's office in Kings County, New York.

She is a past member of United Way/Centraide, the Mascoll Foundation, the board of governors at University College of Cape Breton (now Cape Breton University), the general council of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and she sat on Nova Scotia's Voluntary Planning Board. Francis has been recognized for her outstanding achievements with a Harry Jerome Award, an award from the Multicultural Education Council of Nova Scotia and a Golden Jubilee Medal. She is a member of the African Orthodox Church, a church formed in the late 19th century mainly for the African American community in the United States.

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References

  1. ^ Canada Gazette, Vol. 142, No. 47
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume V), Ottawa, 2008, pp. 236 

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Order of precedence
Preceded by
Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada
Order of precedence in Nova Scotia
as of 2008
Succeeded by
Darrell Dexter, Premier of Nova Scotia

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