monarch death_date children nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place governor_general profession order term_start spouse name occupation predecessor birth_place party office successor premier article_title
elizabeth ii 20 june 1993 william , royce and sheila canadian 13 february 1917 september 7 , 1988 university of saskatchewan pasqua lake , saskatchewan edward schreyer jeanne sauvé politician 16th july 6 , 1983 joyce laing frederick william johnson lawyer , judge irwin mcintosh dudley , staffordshire , england liberal lieutenant-governor of saskatchewan sylvia fedoruk grant devine frederick johnson -lrb- politician -rrb-

frederick johnson -lrb- politician -rrb-

frederick william johnson , -lrb- february 13 , 1917 -- june 20 , 1993 -rrb- was a canadian lawyer , judge , and the 16th lieutenant-governor of saskatchewan .
born in dudley , staffordshire , england , the son of a clergyman , he emigrated to canada with his family settling in lipton , saskatchewan when he was eleven .
he taught school in grenfell before serving as an artillery officer during world war ii , achieving the rank of major .
after the war , he attended the university of saskatchewan and received a law degree in 1949 .
he practised law in regina and was appointed queen 's counsel in 1963 .
he ran as a liberal candidate in the 1960 provincial election , losing to allan blakeney .
in 1962 , he ran as a federal liberal for the electoral district of regina city , losing to progressive conservative kenneth hamill more .
he was appointed to the court of queen 's bench in 1965 and from 1977 to 1983 served as chief justice of that court .
from 1983 to 1988 he was the sixteenth lieutenant-governor of saskatchewan and was the first chancellor of the saskatchewan order of merit .
his wife joyce johnson was an eminent piano teacher .
in 1990 , he was made an officer of the order of canada `` for his dedication to the arts , education and the environment and for his contribution to saskatchewan 's history and heritage '' .
in 1991 was awarded the saskatchewan order of merit .
