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Governor General of Canada

representative of the monarch of Canada

11 dated entries naming Governor General of Canada, drawn from 11 separate years between 1849 CE and 1969 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1849April 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.source
  • 1862September 11 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British general, 12th Governor General of Canada (d. 1935)source
  • 1875August 26 – John Buchan, Scottish-Canadian novelist, historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (d. 1940)source
  • 1898November 12 – The Earl of Minto takes office as the new Governor General of Canada.source

20th century

  • 1934March 16 – Ray Hnatyshyn, Canadian statesman, 24th Governor General of Canada (d. 2002)source
  • 1935June 6 – Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, British general, 12th Governor General of Canada (b. 1862)source
  • 1938May 6 – Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, British politician and Governor General of Canada (b. 1868)source
  • 1940February 11 – John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-born novelist, 15th Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)source
  • 1941August 12 – Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, British politician and colonial administrator, 22nd Viceroy of India, 13th Governor General of Canada (b. 1866)source
  • 1952February 26 – Vincent Massey is sworn in, becoming the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada.source
  • 1969June 16 – Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, British field marshal and 17th Governor General of Canada (b. 1891)source

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