serviceyears monarch branch death_date birth_date signature term_end death_place imagesize profession battles order term_start spouse image rank name caption predecessor birth_place awards office successor religion primeminister article_title
1914 -- 1945 elizabeth ii canadian army 05 march 1967 23 april 1888 georges p vanier signature.svg 5 march 1967 ottawa , ontario 160px officer , diplomat world war i world war ii 19th 15 september 1959 pauline vanier vanier.jpg major general georges-philéas vanier vanier the canadian expeditionary force , 1918 . as an officer in the 22nd battalion of vincent massey montreal , quebec see below ... governor general of canada roland michener roman catholicism john diefenbaker lester b. pearson georges vanier

georges vanier

major-general georges-philéas vanier -lrb- 23 april 1888 -- 5 march 1967 -rrb- was a canadian soldier and diplomat who served as governor general of canada , the 19th since canadian confederation .
vanier was born and educated in quebec and , after earning a university degree in law , served in the canadian army during the first world war ; on the european battlefields he lost a limb , but was commended for his actions with a number of decorations from the king .
subsequently , vanier returned to canada and remained in the military until the early 1930s , when he was posted to diplomatic missions in europe .
with the outbreak of the second world war , vanier once again became active in the military , commanding troops on the home front , until the cessation of hostilities in 1945 , whereupon he returned to diplomatic circles .
he was in 1959 appointed as governor general by queen elizabeth ii , on the recommendation of prime minister of canada john diefenbaker , to replace vincent massey as viceroy , and he occupied the post until his death in 1967 .
vanier proved to be a popular governor general , with his war record earning respect from the majority of canadians ; though , as a quebecer , he was met with hostility by quebec separatists .
