List of lieutenant governors of Ontario

List of lieutenant governors of Ontario

This is a list of lieutenant governors (pronounced "lef-tenant") of the Canadian province of Ontario, before and after Confederation in 1867. The Lieutenant-Governor is the Ontarian vice-regal representative of the Canadian Monarch.

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Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada (Pre-Confederation)

Upper Canada was created out of the western part of Quebec by the Constitutional Act of 1791.

Firsts

* Donald Alexander Macdonald was the first Canadian born Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
* Gordon Drummond was the first Canadian born Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
* James Bartleman was the first aboriginal to hold the post
* Pauline Mills McGibbon was the first woman to hold the post
* Lincoln Alexander was the first black Canadian to hold the post
* Francis de Rottenburg was the only Swiss born person to hold the post
* Casimir Gzowski was the only Polish born person to hold the post
* Hilary Weston is the only Irish born person to hold the post
* Herbert Alexander Bruce was the first doctor to hold the post
* David Onley is the first person with a disability to hold the post

External links

* [http://www.lt.gov.on.ca/sections_english/history/history_intro.html Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario: History]


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