Governor General of the Province of Canada

Governor General of the Province of Canada

The Governor General of the Province of Canada was the vice-regal post of pre-Confederation Canada that existed from 1840 to Canadian Confederation in 1867.

The post replaced the Governor General of New France and later Governor General of British North America, which had replaced that of Commander-in-Chief of British North America. With Confederation and the dissolution of the Province of Canada, a new post was created, that of Governor General of Canada.

List of Governors General of the Province of Canada

NameTermSovereign
The Earl of Durham1838–1839Victoria
The Lord Sydenham1839–1841
The Rt Hon Charles, Lord Bagot1842–1843
The Lord Metcalfe1843–1845
The Earl Cathcart1846–1847
The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine1847–1854
Sir Edmund Walker Head1854–1861
The Viscount Monck1861–1867

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