List of Governors General of Canada
Governors General of Canada, 1867–present

List of Governors General of Canada

Section Title: Governors General of Canada, 1867–present
Table Section Text: None

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#	#	Name	Image	Governor from	Governor until	Prime Minister

Under Victoria (1867–1901)

↓	1	The Viscount Monck (continued)	1 July 1867	14 November 1868	Macdonald

45	2	The Lord Lisgar GCMG GCB PC (1807–1876)	-	2 February 1869	25 June 1872	Macdonald

46	3	The Earl of Dufferin KP GCB GCMG PC (1826–1902)	-	25 June 1872	25 November 1878	Macdonald Mackenzie Macdonald

47	4	The Marquess of Lorne KG KT GCMG GCVO PC (1845–1914)	-	25 November 1878	23 October 1883	Macdonald

48	5	The Marquess of Lansdowne KG GCMG PC (1845–1927)	-	23 October 1883	11 June 1888	Macdonald

49	6	The Lord Stanley of Preston KG GCB GCVO PC (1841–1908)	-	11 June 1888	18 September 1893	Macdonald Abbott Thompson

50	7	The Earl of Aberdeen KT GCMG GCVO PC (1847–1934)	-	18 September 1893	12 November 1898	Thompson Bowell Tupper Laurier

51	8	The Earl of Minto KG GCMG PC (1845–1914)	-	12 November 1898	→	Laurier

Under Edward VII (1901–1910)

↓	↓	The Earl of Minto (continued)	←	10 December 1904	Laurier

52	9	The Earl Grey GCMG GCVO PC (1851–1917)	-	10 December 1904	→	Laurier

Under George V (1910–1931)

↓	↓	The Earl Grey (continued)	←	13 October 1911	Laurier Borden

53	10	The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn KG KT KP GCB GCSI GCMG GCIE GCVO GBE TD PC ADC(P) (1850–1942)	-	13 October 1911	11 November 1916	Borden

54	11	The Duke of Devonshire KG GCMG GCVO PC JP (1868–1938)	-	11 November 1916	11 August 1921	Borden Meighen

55	12	The Lord Byng of Vimy GCB GCMG MVO (1862–1935)	-	11 August 1921	2 October 1926	Meighen King Meighen King

56	13	The Viscount Willingdon GCSI GCMG GCIE GBE PC (1866–1941)	-	2 October 1926	4 April 1931	King Bennett

57	14	The Earl of Bessborough GCMG PC (1880–1956)	-	4 April 1931	→	Bennett

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↓	↓	The Earl of Bessborough (continued)	←	2 November 1935	Bennett King

58	15	The Lord Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC (1875–1940)	-	2 November 1935	→	King

Under Edward VIII (1936)

↓	↓	The Lord Tweedsmuir (continued)	←	→	King

Under George VI (1936–1952)

↓	↓	The Lord Tweedsmuir (continued)	←	11 February 1940	King

59	16	The Earl of Athlone KG GCB GCMG GCVO DSO PC ADC(P) FRS (1874–1957)	-	21 June 1940	12 April 1946	King

60	17	The Viscount Alexander of Tunis KG GCB OM GCMG CSI DSO MC CD PC PC (1891–1969)	-	12 April 1946	→	King St. Laurent

Under Elizabeth II (1952–present)

↓	↓	The Viscount Alexander of Tunis (continued)	←	28 February 1952	St. Laurent

61	18	Vincent Massey PC CH CD FRSC(hon) (1887–1967)	-	28 February 1952	15 September 1959	St. Laurent Diefenbaker

62	19	Georges Vanier PC DSO MC* CD (1888–1967)	-	15 September 1959	5 March 1967	Diefenbaker Pearson

63	20	Roland Michener PC CC CMM CD QC FRHSC (1900–1991)	-	17 April 1967	14 January 1974	Pearson P. E. Trudeau

64	21	Jules Léger CC CMM CD (1913–1980)	14 January 1974	22 January 1979	P. E. Trudeau

65†	22	Edward Schreyer CC CMM CD (b. 1935)	-	22 January 1979	14 May 1984	P. E. Trudeau Clark P. E. Trudeau

66	23	Jeanne Sauvé PC CC CMM CD (1922–1993)	-	14 May 1984	29 January 1990	P. E. Trudeau Turner Mulroney

67	24	Ray Hnatyshyn PC CC CMM CD QC FRHSC(hon) (1934–2002)	29 January 1990	8 February 1995	Mulroney Campbell Chrétien

68	25	Roméo LeBlanc PC CC CMM CD (1928–2009)	8 February 1995	7 October 1999	Chrétien

69†	26	Adrienne Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD FRSC(hon) FRAIC(hon) FRCPSC(hon) (b. 1939)	-	7 October 1999	27 September 2005	Chrétien Martin

70†	27	Michaëlle Jean PC CC CMM COM CD FRCPSC(hon) (b. 1957)	-	27 September 2005	1 October 2010	Martin Harper

71†	28	David Johnston CC CMM COM CD FRSC(hon) FRCPSC(hon) (b. 1941)	-	1 October 2010	2 October 2017	Harper J. Trudeau

72	29	Julie Payette CC CMM COM OQ (b. 1963)	-	2 October 2017	Incumbent	J. Trudeau

† denotes living former Governors General

Sentence(s)

John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar served as the second Governor General of Canada (1869–72).

final_sentence: John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar served as the second Governor General of Canada (1869–72).