{"slug": "governor-general-of-canada", "label": "Governor General of Canada", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q390776", "qid": "Q390776", "description": "representative of the monarch of Canada", "entries": 11, "years": 11, "span": [1849, 1969], "span_label": ["1849 CE", "1969 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 3}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "montreal", "label": "Montreal", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1849, "year_label": "1849 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, the Governor General of Canada, signs the Rebellion Losses Bill, outraging Montreal's English population and triggering the Montreal Riots.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362576929#April–June", "title": "1849", "revid": 1362576929, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1862, "year_label": "1862 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "September 11", "text": "September 11 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British general, 12th Governor General of Canada (d. 1935)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358615004#July–September", "title": "1862", "revid": 1358615004, "section": "Births › July–September"}}, {"year": 1875, "year_label": "1875 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 26", "text": "August 26 – John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian novelist, historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (d. 1940)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371928758#July–August", "title": "1875", "revid": 1371928758, "section": "Births › July–August"}}, {"year": 1898, "year_label": "1898 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – The Earl of Minto takes office as the new Governor General of Canada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367547011#November", "title": "1898", "revid": 1367547011, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1934, "year_label": "1934 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16 – Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian statesman, 24th Governor General of Canada (d. 2002)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372993239#March", "title": "1934", "revid": 1372993239, "section": "Births › March"}}, {"year": 1935, "year_label": "1935 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 6", "text": "June 6 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British general, 12th Governor General of Canada (b. 1862)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370722923#June", "title": "1935", "revid": 1370722923, "section": "Deaths › June"}}, {"year": 1938, "year_label": "1938 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 – Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, British politician and Governor General of Canada (b. 1868)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818751#May", "title": "1938", "revid": 1368818751, "section": "Deaths › May"}}, {"year": 1940, "year_label": "1940 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 11", "text": "February 11 – John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-born novelist, 15th Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818987#February", "title": "1940", "revid": 1368818987, "section": "Deaths › February"}}, {"year": 1941, "year_label": "1941 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 12", "text": "August 12 – Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, British politician and colonial administrator, 22nd Viceroy of India, 13th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372706275#August", "title": "1941", "revid": 1372706275, "section": "Deaths › August"}}, {"year": 1952, "year_label": "1952 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 26", "text": "February 26 – Vincent Massey is sworn in, becoming the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373187098#January–February", "title": "1952", "revid": 1373187098, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal and 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#June", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Deaths › June"}}]}