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The following is a list of Administrators of the Government, Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada who were acting governors appointed as the result of the death, resignation, prolonged absence of the sitting viceroy, or for any other reason:
- Governor General of Canada
Should a governor general die, resign, or leave the country...
- Michaëlle Jean
Michaëlle Jean. Michaëlle Jean PC CC CMM CD FRCPSC ( hon) (...
- Governor General of Canada
Charles Vincent Massey PC CH CC CD FRSC ( hon) [n 1] (February 20, 1887 – December 30, 1967) was a Canadian diplomat who served as Governor General of Canada, the 18th since Confederation. Massey was the first governor general of Canada who was born in Canada. Massey was born into an influential Toronto family and was educated in Ontario and ...
- 1907 - 1915
- Lionel Massey, Hart Parkin Vincent Massey II
Mary Jeannie May Simon CC CMM COM OQ CD (in Inuktitut syllabics: ᒥᐊᓕ ᓴᐃᒪᓐ; Inuktitut: Ningiukudluk; born August 21, 1947) is a Canadian civil servant, diplomat, and former broadcaster who has served as the 30th governor general of Canada since July 26, 2021.
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- Johnny May (brother)
- Kuujjuaq Federal Day School, Fort Carson High School
- Rideau Hall
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Biography. Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon was sworn in on July 26, 2021, as Canada’s first Indigenous governor general. She is the 30th governor general since Confederation. Mary Simon was born on August 20, 1947, in Kangiqsualujjuaq, Nunavik (Quebec), to Nancy May (Angnatuk-Askew), her Inuk mother, and Bob Mardon May, her ...
