List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia
Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia, 1867–present

List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia

Section Title: Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia, 1867–present
Table Section Text: None

#	Image	Name	Governor from	Governor until

Governors under Queen Victoria (1867–1901):

32.	-	Sir William Fenwick Williams Bt	1867	1867

30.	-	Charles Hastings Doyle (third time)	1867	1873

33.	-	Joseph Howe PC	1873

34.	-	Sir Adams George Archibald PC KCMG	1873	1883

35.	-	Matthew Henry Richey	1883	1888

36.	-	Archibald McLelan PC	1888	1890

37.	-	Malachy Bowes Daly	1890	1900

38.	-	Alfred Gilpin Jones PC	1900	→

Governors under Edward VII (1901–1910):

38.	-	Alfred Gilpin Jones PC (continued)	←	1906

39.	-	Duncan Cameron Fraser	1906	→

Governors under George V (1910–1936):

39.	-	Duncan Cameron Fraser (continued)	←	1910

40.	-	James Drummond McGregor	1910	1915

41.	-	David MacKeen	1915	1916

42.	-	MacCallum Grant	1916	1925

43.	-	James Robson Douglas	1925

44.	-	James Cranswick Tory	1925	1930

45.	-	Frank Stanfield	1930	1931

46.	-	Walter Harold Covert	1931	→

Governors under Edward VIII (1936):

46.	-	Walter Harold Covert (continued)	←	→

Governors under George VI (1936–1952):

46.	-	Walter Harold Covert (continued)	←	1937

47.	-	Robert Irwin	1937	1940

48.	-	Frederick Francis Mathers	1940	1942

49.	-	Henry Ernest Kendall	1942	1947

50.	-	John Alexander Douglas McCurdy	1947	→

Governors under Elizabeth II (1952– present):

50.	-	John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (continued)	←	1952

51.	-	Alistair Fraser	1952	1958

52.	-	Edward Chester Plow CBE DSO CD	1958	1963

53.	-	Henry Poole MacKeen OC	1963	1968

54.	-	Victor de Bedia Oland OC CD ED	1968	1973

55.	-	Clarence Gosse OC	1973	1978

56.	-	John Elvin Shaffner	1978	1984

57.	-	Alan Abraham CM ONS CD	1984	1989

58.	-	Lloyd Crouse PC ONS	1989	1994

59.	-	James Kinley ONS CD FCAE FEIC	1994	2000

60.	-	Myra Freeman CM ONS	2000	2006

61.	-	Mayann Francis ONS	2006	2012

62.	-	John James Grant CMM ONS CD	2012	2017

63.	-	Arthur Joseph LeBlanc QC	2017	Incumbent

Colour denotes living former lieutenant governors

Sentence(s)

John Elvin Shaffner served as the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1978 to 1984.

final_sentence: John Elvin Shaffner served as the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1978 to 1984.