monarch predecessor successor death_place governor_general birth_place profession office birth_date order term_start premier spouse article_title term_end name
elizabeth ii william ross macdonald john black aird toronto , ontario jules léger edward schreyer sarnia , ontario director , community organizer lieutenant governor of ontario 21 october 1910 22nd april 10 , 1974 bill davis donald mcgibbon pauline mills mcgibbon
 september 15 , 1980 pauline mills mcgibbon
pauline mills mcgibbon

pauline mills mcgibbon , -lrb- october 21 , 1910 -- december 14 , 2001 , served as the 22nd lieutenant governor of ontario from 1974 to 1980 .
in addition to being the first woman to occupy that position , she was also the first woman to serve as a viceregal representative in canadian history .
pauline mills studied at victoria college , university of toronto and later worked with community and national organizations such as the imperial order of the daughters of the empire , for which she served as national president .
a lifelong volunteer and supporter of the arts , mrs. mcgibbon also became president of the dominion drama festival in 1948 .
she was the first woman to lead such organizations as the canadian conference of the arts -lrb- 1972 -rrb- and the national arts centre -lrb- 1980 -rrb- .
in 1935 she married donald mcgibbon .
mrs. mcgibbon served as chancellor of the universities of toronto and guelph , chairman of the national arts centre in ottawa , honorary colonel of 25 -lrb- toronto -rrb- service battalion and was a director of massey hall and roy thomson hall .
she was appointed an officer of the order of canada in 1967 .
mrs. mcgibbon was installed as the first female lieutenant governor of ontario on january 17 , 1974 , and thus became the first female governor in canada .
-lrb- the first female governor in the commonwealth was dame hilda bynoe , governor of grenada 1968-1974 . -rrb-
she held the office until 1980 .
once described as `` ontario 's eve '' for all her ` first woman ' achievements , the honourable pauline mcgibbon dedicated her life to the betterment of her community , province and nation .
a particular focus of her mandate was the arts in ontario .
after leaving office , mrs. mcgibbon was promoted to be a companion of the order of canada in 1980 , and was appointed to the order of ontario in 1988 .
she died in toronto in 2001 , aged 91 .
she was buried in the family plot in the lakeview cemetery in sarnia , ontario .
