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elizabeth ii 06 august 1991 19 april 1900 roland michener signature.svg january 14 , 1974 toronto , ontario 160px lawyer , politician , diplomat 20th april 17 , 1967 norah michener governor 1972 -lrb- crop -rrb- . jpg general roland michener at alma college graduation ceremonies daniel roland michener georges vanier lacombe , nwt -lrb- now lacombe , alberta -rrb- governor general of canada more ... jules léger anglicanism lester b. pearson pierre trudeau roland michener

roland michener

daniel roland michener -lrb- april 19 , 1900 -- august 6 , 1991 -rrb- , commonly known as roland michener , was a canadian lawyer , politician , and diplomat who served as governor general of canada , the 20th since canadian confederation .
michener was born and educated in alberta , where , after serving briefly in the royal air force , he acquired a university degree .
he then attended the university of oxford as a rhodes scholar , playing hockey there and obtaining his two master 's degrees .
subsequently , michener returned to canada and worked as a lawyer before entering politics , first in the provincial sphere and later in the federal ; michener was elected to the house of commons in 1957 , where-after he served as speaker of the house until 1962 and then in diplomatic postings between 1964 and 1967 .
he was that year appointed as governor general by queen elizabeth ii , on the recommendation of prime minister of canada lester b. pearson , to replace georges vanier as viceroy , and he occupied the post until succeeded by jules léger in 1974 .
michener proved to be a populist governor general whose tenure is considered to be a key turning point in the history of his office .
on october 15 , 1962 , michener was sworn into the queen 's privy council for canada , giving him the accordant style of `` the honourable '' ; however , as a former governor general of canada , michener was entitled to be styled for life with the superior form of `` the right honourable '' .
he subsequently served on various corporate and charitable boards and sat as chancellor of queen 's university before he died on august 6 , 1991 .
