monarch death_date nationality birth_date term_end death_place governor_general profession order term_start image name occupation caption predecessor birth_place office successor premier article_title
george vi 20 june 1945 canadian 21 july 1876 june 20 , 1945 regina , saskatchewan the earl of athlone politician 7th february 27 , 1945 lt gov thomas miller.jpg thomas miller newspaper editor thomas saskatchewan . miller during his time as lieutenant governor of archibald peter mcnab grand valley , ontario lieutenant governor of saskatchewan reginald john marsden parker tommy douglas thomas miller -lrb- saskatchewan -rrb-

thomas miller -lrb- saskatchewan -rrb-

thomas miller -lrb- july 21 , 1876 - june 20 , 1945 -rrb- was the shortest serving and seventh lieutenant governor of saskatchewan and was in office in 1945 for less than four months .
miller was born in grand valley , ontario .
while he was a boy , his family moved to regina , saskatchewan .
from 1892 to 1894 , miller apprenticed with the `` regina standard '' newspaper .
when the proprietors purchased the `` moose jaw times '' they put miller in charge of the printing press .
in 1896 , he became president and managing editor of the newspaper and remained involved with what became the `` times-herald '' newspaper for fifty years .
he was appointed lieutenant-governor in 1945 on the advice of federal prime minister william lyon mackenzie king and made his official residence at the hotel saskatchewan as the provincial government had closed government house the previous year .
miller presided over victory celebrations in the province following the end of world war ii .
he died of a heart attack on june 20 , 1945 .
