The following is a list of the Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Ontario. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Ontario

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario is the viceregal representative in Ontario of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United...

 came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation

Canadian Confederation

Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed on July 1, 1867. On that day, three British colonies were formed into four Canadian provinces...

 in 1867, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of Upper Canada in 1791, which itself branched out of the governorship of the Province of Quebec. From 1841 to 1867, the Governors General of the Province of Canada simultaneously acted as the direct governor of Canada West (what is present day Ontario), only occasionally appointing a lieutenant to act in their stead.

Lieutenant Governors of Upper Canada, 1791-1841

#	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under George III George III of the United Kingdom George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...  (1791 1820):
1.	John Graves Simcoe John Graves Simcoe John Graves Simcoe was a British army officer and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791–1796. Then frontier, this was modern-day southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior...	1791	1796
	Peter Russell Peter Russell (politician) Peter Russell was a gambler, government official, politician and judge in Upper Canada.-Early life:...  (Administrator Administrator of the Government An Administrator in the constitutional practice of some countries in the Commonwealth is a person who fulfils a role similar to that of a Governor or a Governor-General... )	1796	1799
2.	Peter Hunter Peter Hunter Lieutenant-General Peter Hunter was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He was eldest son to John Hunter laird of Knapp and Euphemia Jack of Longforgan, Perthshire, Scotland....	1799	1805
	Alexander Grant (Administrator)	1805	1806
3.	Francis Gore Francis Gore Francis Gore, was a British officer and British colonial administrator.Gore was commissioned into the 44th Foot in 1787, but transferred to the 54th Foot in 1794 and the 17th Light Dragoons in 1795. He retired with the rank of major and then became Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada from 1806 to...	1806	→
	Sir Isaac Brock Isaac Brock Major-General Sir Isaac Brock KB was a British Army officer and administrator. Brock was assigned to Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he commanded his regiment in Upper Canada successfully for many years...   (acting Governor)	1811	1812
	Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe Roger Hale Sheaffe General Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, 1st Baronet was an American-born General in the British Army in the first part of the 19th century.-Early career:...  (acting Governor)	1812	1813
	Le baron de Rottenburg Francis de Rottenburg Major-General Francis de Rottenburg, baron de Rottenburg was raised in what is now Gdańsk in Poland to a Swiss family and became a British military officer and colonial administrator. He spent almost a decade in the French army which came to an end with the French Revolution...  (acting Governor)	1813
	Sir Gordon Drummond Gordon Drummond Sir Gordon Drummond, GCB was the first Canadian-born officer to command the military and the civil government of Canada...  (acting Governor)	1813	1814
	Sir George Murray  (acting Governor)	1815
	Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson Frederick Philipse Robinson Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson, GCB was a Virginian soldier, born in the Highlands, near New York, in September, 1763, who fought for Britain during the American War of Independence....   (acting Governor)	1815
3.	cont...	←	1817
	Samuel Smith (Administrator)	1817	1818
4.	Sir Peregrine Maitland Peregrine Maitland Sir Peregrine Maitland, KCB, GCB was a British soldier and colonial administrator who played first-class cricket from 1798 to 1808....	1818	→
Governors under George IV George IV of the United Kingdom George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later...  (1820 1830):
4.	cont...	←	1828
5.	Sir John Colborne John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton Field Marshal John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, GCB, GCMG, GCH, PC was a British field marshal and colonial governor.-Early service:...	1828	→
Governors under William IV William IV of the United Kingdom William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...  (1830 1837):
5.	cont...	←	1836
6.	Sir Francis Bond Head Francis Bond Head Sir Francis Bond Head, 1st Baronet KCH PC , known as "Galloping Head", was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada during the rebellion of 1837.-Biography:...	1836	→
Governors under Queen Victoria (1837 1841):
6.	cont...	←	1838
7.	Sir George Arthur	1838	1839
8.	The Lord Sydenham Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham PC was a British politician and the first Governor of the united Province of Canada.-Background:...	1839	1841

Lieutenant Governors of Canada West, 1841-1867

#	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under Queen Victoria (1840 1867):
9.	John Clitherow John Clitherow Major-General John Clitherow was an army officer, politician and was briefly Lieutenant Governor of Canada West and Canada East ....  (Lieutenant Governor to The Lord Sydenham)	1841
10.	Sir Richard Downes Jackson Richard Downes Jackson Sir Richard Downes Jackson KCB was Administrator of Canada West and Canada East until the arrival of Sir Charles Bagot who took the position of Governor General of the Province of Canada.- External links :*...  (Lieutenant Governor to The Lord Sydenham)	1841	1842

Lieutenant Governors of Ontario, 1867-present

#	Name	Governor from	Governor until
Governors under Queen Victoria (1867 1901):
11.	Henry William Stisted Henry William Stisted Lieut.-General Sir Henry William Stisted, KCB , served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Ontario after Confederation, from 1867 to 1868....	1867	1868
12.	William Pearce Howland	1868	1873
13.	John Willoughby Crawford John Willoughby Crawford John Willoughby Crawford QC served as the third Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada from 1873 to 1875.Born in 1817 in Manorhamilton, County Leitrim, Ireland, the son of George Crawford, John Crawford came to Canada as a child when his family settled in Brockville, Ontario. He married Helen...	1873	1875
14.	Donald Alexander Macdonald Donald Alexander Macdonald Donald Alexander Macdonald, PC was a Canadian politician.Born in 1817 in St. Raphael's, Ontario, Donald Alexander Macdonald studied at St Raphael's College under the first Catholic Bishop of Ontario, Alexander Macdonell...	1875	1880
15.	John Beverley Robinson John Beverley Robinson John Beverley Robinson was elected mayor of Toronto in 1856. He was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario between the years 1880–1887....	1880	1887
16.	Sir Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell (Canadian politician) Sir Alexander Campbell, PC, KCMG, QC was an English-born, Canadian statesman and politician, and a father of Canadian Confederation....	1887	1892
17.	George Airey Kirkpatrick George Airey Kirkpatrick Sir George Airey Kirkpatrick, was a politician from Ontario, Canada.Born in 1841 in Kingston, Ontario, the son of Thomas Kirkpatrick, George Kirkpatrick was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.-Career:...	1892	1896
	Sir Kazimierz Stanislaus Gzowski Casimir Gzowski Sir Kazimierz Stanislaus Gzowski, KCMG , was an engineer who served as acting Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1896 to 1897....   (Administrator)	1896	1897
18.	Sir Oliver Mowat Oliver Mowat Sir Oliver Mowat, was a Canadian politician, and the third Premier of Ontario from 1872 to 1896, making him the longest serving premier of that province and the 3rd longest in all of Canadian history...	1897	→
Governors under Edward VII Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...  (1901 1910):
18.	cont...	←	1903
19.	Sir William Mortimer Clark William Mortimer Clark Sir William Mortimer Clark , KCMG, KC was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in 1836 in Aberdeen, Scotland, William Clark was educated at Marischal College and the University of Edinburgh. He came to Canada in 1859 and was called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1861...	1903	1908
20.	Sir John Morison Gibson John Morison Gibson Sir John Morison Gibson, KCMG, KC was a Canadian politician and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Ontario....	1908	→
Governors under George V George V of the United Kingdom George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....  (1910 1936):
20.	cont...	←	1914
21.	Sir John Strathearn Hendrie John Strathearn Hendrie Sir John Strathearn Hendrie, KCMG, CVO was the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1914 to 1919.John Hendrie was born in 1857 in Hamilton, Ontario and was educated at Upper Canada College. He became a railway contractor and promoted the Hamilton Bridge Works. In 1885 he married Lena Henderson...	1914	1919
22.	Lionel Herbert Clarke Lionel Herbert Clarke Lionel Herbert Clarke was a Guelph born businessman and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada. In 1911 he was appointed the first chairman of the Toronto Harbour Commission...	1919	1921
23.	Henry Cockshutt Henry Cockshutt Henry Cockshutt was the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada.Born in Brantford, Ontario, a son of Ignatius Cockshutt and Elizabeth Foster, he started in the family business, Cockshutt Plow Company, in 1884, becoming treasurer in 1888, secretary-treasurer in 1891, and President in 1911...	1921	1927
24.	William Donald Ross William Donald Ross The William Donald Ross , was a financier, banker and the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.Born in 1869 in Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia, William Donald Ross went to work for the Bank of Nova Scotia emptying wastebaskets at the age of 14. The family farm had failed and Ross left school in order to help...	1927	1931
	Sir William Mulock William Mulock Sir William Mulock, PC, KCMG, MP, QC, LL.D was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, educator, farmer, politician, judge, and philanthropist....   (Administrator)	1931	1932
25.	Herbert Alexander Bruce Herbert Alexander Bruce Herbert Alexander Bruce , served as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1932 to 1937....	1932	→
Governors under Edward VIII Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay...  (1936):
25.	cont...	←	→
Governors under George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...  (1936 1952):
25.	cont...	→	1937
26.	Albert Edward Matthews Albert Edward Matthews Albert Edward Matthews was the 16th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.Matthews was born in Lindsay, Ontario. He worked as an investment broker in Toronto and rose to the position of director. Matthews served as Ontario's 16th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1937 to 1946...	1937	1946
27.	Frank Ray Lawson Ray Lawson Frank Ray Lawson, OBE , was the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1946 to 1952.Born in London, Ontario, he was the son of Francis Edgar Lawson, a former newspaper reporter, and Lorena Hodgins, a former teacher...	1946	→
Governors under Elizabeth II (1952 present):
27.	cont...	←	1952
28.	Louis Orville Breithaupt Louis Orville Breithaupt Louis Orville Breithaupt served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1952 to 1957.Born in Berlin , Ontario, the son of Louis Jacob Breithaupt and Emma Alvarine Devitt, he was educated at the University of Toronto. He became head of his family's leather business, Breithaupt...	1952	1957
29.	John Keiller MacKay John Keiller MacKay Lieutenant Colonel John Keiller MacKay, PC, OC DSO, KStJ, VD, QC , served as the 19th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1957 to 1963.-Education:...	1957	1963
30.	William Earl Rowe William Earl Rowe William Earl Rowe, PC , was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1963 to 1968. He also had four children, one of which died during labour....	1963	1968
31.	William Ross Macdonald William Ross Macdonald William Ross Macdonald, PC, OC, CD, QC , served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1968 to 1974, and as Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons from 1949 to 1953.- Early life :...	1968	1974
32.	Pauline Mills McGibbon Pauline Mills McGibbon The Hon. Pauline Mills McGibbon, CC, O.Ont , served as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1974 to 1980...	1974	1980
33.	John Black Aird John Black Aird John Black Aird, was the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada, from 1980 to 1985.Born in Toronto, Ontario, the grandson of Canadian financier Sir John Aird, John Black Aird was educated at Upper Canada College, Trinity College and Osgoode Hall Law School. He was a Brother at the Toronto...	1980	1985
34.	Lincoln MacCauley Alexander Lincoln Alexander -External links:* * *...	1985	1991
35.	Henry Newton Rowell Jackman	1991	1997
36.	Hillary M. Weston Hilary Weston Hilary M. Weston , CM, O.Ont was the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, serving from 1997 to 2002. During her five year tenure, Mrs...	1997	2002
37.	James Karl Bartleman	2002	2007
38.	David Charles Onley David Onley David Charles Onley, OOnt is the 28th and current Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Canada.Onley was a television journalist prior to his viceregal appointment. He worked primarily for Citytv as a science and technology reporter, and for the 24-hour news station CablePulse 24 as a news anchor and...	2007

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