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Lieutenant-Governors of Saskatchewan
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The following is a list of the Lieutenant Governors of Saskatchewan. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Saskatchewan
came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation
in 1905, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of the Northwest Territories in 1869.
Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
The Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan is the viceregal representative in Saskatchewan 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...
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 1905, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of the Northwest Territories in 1869.
Lieutenant Governors of Saskatchewan, 1905-present
# | Name | Governor from | Governor until | |
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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... (1905 1910): |
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1. | Amédée Emmanuel Forget Amédée E. Forget Amédée Emmanuel Marie Forget was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and politician. He was the last Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories and the first Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Saskatchewan.... |
1 September 1905 | → | |
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): |
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1. | cont... | ← | 14 October 1910 | |
2. | George William Brown George W. Brown George William Brown was a Canadian politician and the second Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1910 to 1915.... |
14 October 1910 | 18 October 1915 | |
3. | Sir Richard Stuart Lake Richard Stuart Lake Richard Stuart Lake was a long serving territorial provincial and federal level politician from Saskatchewan, Canada.-Territorial politics:... |
18 October 1915 | 18 February 1921 | |
4. | Henry William Newlands Henry William Newlands Henry William Newlands was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and served as Saskatchewan's fourth Lieutenant Governor.Born in March 1862 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Newlands was called to the Nova Scotia Bar in 1883, after which he would go on to have an important role in the domain of law... |
18 February 1921 | 31 March 1931 | |
5. | Hugh Edwin Munroe Hugh Edwin Munroe Hugh Edwin Munroe, M.D., was the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan during the Great Depression.He was born in Glengarry County, Ontario and educated at McGill University where he earned his medical degree before undertaking post-graduate studies at the University of Edinburgh.Munroe... |
31 March 1931 | → | |
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): |
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5. | cont... | ← | 10 September 1936 | |
6. | Archibald Peter McNab Archibald Peter McNab Archibald Peter "Archie" McNab was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1936 until 1945. He was the last lieutenant governor of the province to live in Government House.... |
10 September 1936 | → | |
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): |
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6. | cont... | ← | 27 February 1945 | |
7. | Thomas Miller Thomas Miller (Saskatchewan) Thomas Miller was the shortest serving and seventh Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan and was in office in 1945 for less than four months.... |
27 February 1945 | 20 June 1945 | |
8. | Reginald John Marsden Parker Reginald John Marsden Parker Reginald John Marsden Parker, was the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1945 until his death in 1948.... |
22 June 1945 | 23 March 1948 | |
9. | John Michael Uhrich John Michael Uhrich John Michael Uhrich, M.D., , was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1948 until 1951.Uhrich was born in Formosa, Ontario and received his schooling in Walkerton and was briefly a schoolteacher before earning his medical degree at Northwestern University in Chicago.During his summer... |
23 March 1948 | 15 June 1951 | |
10. | William John Patterson William John Patterson William John Patterson was a Liberal Premier of Saskatchewan, Canada. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in the 1921 election. He succeeded James G. Gardiner to become the province's first Saskatchewan-born premier in 1935.Patterson's leadership was considered to be... |
15 June 1951 | → | |
Governors under Elizabeth II (1952 present): | ||||
10. | cont... | ← | 3 February 1958 | |
11. | Frank Lindsay Bastedo Frank Lindsay Bastedo Frank Lindsay Bastedo was the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan. He is notable for being one of the few Canadian vice-regal representatives to refuse to give royal assent to a legislative bill.... |
3 February 1958 | 1 March 1963 | |
12. | Robert Leith Hanbidge Robert Hanbidge Robert Leith Hanbidge was a Canadian lawyer, municipal, provincial and federal politician, and the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.-Early life:... |
1 March 1963 | 2 February 1970 | |
13. | Stephen Worobetz Stephen Worobetz Stephen Worobetz, OC, MC, SOM, FRCS was a Canadian physician and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.... |
2 February 1970 | 29 February 1976 | |
14. | George Porteous George Porteous George Porteous, CM, MBE was the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, Canada from 1976 to 1978.-Early life:George Porteous was born in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland on 7 April, 1903. His family emigrated to Canada in 1910 and he attended secondary school in Saskatoon, going on to the... |
3 March 1976 | 7 February 1978 | |
15. | Cameron Irwin McIntosh Irwin McIntosh Cameron Irwin McIntosh was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan from 1978 to 1983.-Honorific eponyms:Awards Saskatchewan: C. Irwin McIntosh Journalism Prize Saskatchewan: Cameron McIntosh Memorial Cup-References:... |
22 February 1978 | 6 July 1983 | |
16. | Frederick William Johnson | 6 July 1983 | 7 September 1988 | |
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Dr. Sylvia Olga Fedoruk Sylvia Fedoruk Sylvia Olga Fedoruk, OC, SOM is a Canadian scientist, curler and the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.Born in Canora, Saskatchewan, of Ukrainian immigrants, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics at the University of Saskatchewan, in 1949, and a M.A... |
7 September 1988 | 31 May 1994 | |
18. | John E. N. Wiebe Jack Wiebe John E. N. "Jack" Wiebe, was a Canadian farmer and politician. He served as a provincial politician, the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan and also as a Senator.... |
31 May 1994 | 21 February 2000 | |
19. | Dr. Lynda Maureen Haverstock Lynda Haverstock - External links :***... |
21 February 2000 | 1 August 2006 | |
20. | Dr. Gordon L. Barnhart Gordon Barnhart -See also:*Monarchy in Saskatchewan*Government House - External Links :* -Sources:* by Sarah Macdonald, The Leader-Post, July 31, 2006, retrieved August 1, 2006,* retrieved December 18, 2006,***-References:... |
1 August 2006 | present | |