{"id":79010,"date":"2026-06-08T08:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/79010\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T08:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:48:11","slug":"a-list-of-canadas-governors-general-since-confederation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/79010\/","title":{"rendered":"A list of Canada&#8217;s governors general since Confederation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">OTTAWA \u2014 Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour will be sworn in as Canada&#8217;s 31st governor general today. Here&#8217;s a list of all who have come before her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mary Simon: 2021-2026, Inuit leader<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Governor General Mary Simon poses for a portrait at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Thursday, May 7, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sean Kilpatrick\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"565\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cp_news_842\/402a3b0ed42186d7c6876598e4c16a93.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Governor General Mary Simon poses for a portrait at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Thursday, May 7, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sean Kilpatrick<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Julie Payette: 2017-2021<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">David Johnston: 2010-2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Micha\u00eblle Jean: 2005-2010<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Adrienne Clarkson: 1999-2005<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Former governors general David Johnston, left, Micha\u00eblle Jean, centre, and Adrienne Clarkson, right, sit in the Senate ahead of King Charles delivering the speech from the throne in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Chris Young\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cp_news_842\/5c755be0a46c86d757cbcf79e2ac1004.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Former governors general David Johnston, left, Micha\u00eblle Jean, centre, and Adrienne Clarkson, right, sit in the Senate ahead of King Charles delivering the speech from the throne in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Chris Young<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rom\u00e9o LeBlanc: 1995-1999<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ramon Hnatyshyn: 1990-1995<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jeanne Sauv\u00e9: 1984-1990<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Governor General Jeanne Sauv\u00e9 reads the government's speech from the throne in the Senate on Dec.12, 1988. (CP\/Fred Chartrand)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1114\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/cp_news_842\/dfec49a48f947b74dfea8d9978ef80c8.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Governor General Jeanne Sauv\u00e9 reads the government&#8217;s speech from the throne in the Senate on Dec.12, 1988. (CP\/Fred Chartrand)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Edward Schreyer: 1979-1984<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jules L\u00e9ger: 1974-1979<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Roland Michener: 1967-1974<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Georges Vanier: 1959-1967<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Vincent Massey: 1952-1959<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Note: Massey was the first Canadian-born governor general. All governors general since 1952 have been Canadian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Alexander: 1946-1952<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Athlone: 1940-1946<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Tweedsmuir: 1935-1940<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Bessborough: 1931-1935<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Willingdon: 1926-1931<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Byng: 1921-1926<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Duke of Devonshire: 1916-1921<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Duke of Connaught: 1911-1916<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Grey: 1904-1911<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Minto: 1898-1904<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Aberdeen: 1893-1898<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Stanley: 1888-1893<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Marquess of Lansdowne: 1883-1888<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Lorne: 1878-1883<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Dufferin: 1872-1878<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Lisgar: 1869-1872<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Lord Monck: 1867-1868<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 8, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 Former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour will be sworn in as Canada&#8217;s 31st governor general today.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79011,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31452,17,31453,31455,14811,6136,31454,3203,989],"class_list":["post-79010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-adrienne-clarkson","tag-canada","tag-david-johnston","tag-jeanne-sauve","tag-louise-arbour","tag-mary-simon","tag-michaelle-jean","tag-parliament-hill","tag-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79010"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79010\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}