cult to solve.
our democracy.
Parliaments and parties, like life, have no
instant remedies, but they have one common
aim. It is to get closer to you, to determine your
real will, and to endeavour to give it form and
thrust for action. That is the work you chose
them for, and it can be done in the end only
with your help. When you take an interest in
your community, when you form an opinion in
politics, and when you go to cast your vote, you
are part of government.
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Living Government
Governors General
of Canada since 1867
Assumed Offi
ce
1
The Viscount Monck, GCMG ...............................................................................................July 1, 1867
2 Lord Lisgar, GCMG ............................................................................................................. Feb. 2, 1869
3
The Earl of Duff erin, KP, GCMG, KCB ............................................................................ June 25, 1872
4 The Marquess of Lorne, KT, GCMG................................................................................ Nov. 25, 1878
5 The Marquess of Lansdowne, GCMG ............................................................................ Oct. 23, 1883
6 Lord Stanley of Preston, GCB .......................................................................................... June 11, 1888
7 The Earl of Aberdeen, KT, GCMG .................................................................................. Sept. 18, 1893
8 The Earl of Minto, GCMG ................................................................................................ Nov. 12, 1898
9 The Earl Grey, GCMG ....................................................................................................... Dec. 10, 1904
10 Field Marshal H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, KG ..................................................... Oct. 13, 1911
11 The Duke of Devonshire, KG, GCMG, GCVO ..................................................................Nov. 11, 1916
12 Gen. The Lord Byng of Vimy, GCB, GCMG, MVO ...........................................................Aug. 11, 1921
13 The Viscount Willingdon of Ratton, GCSI, GCIE, GBE .................................................Oct. 2, 1926
14 The Earl of Bessborough, GCMG .....................................................................................April 4, 1931
15 Lord Tweedsmuir of Elsfi eld, GCMG, GCVO, CH ........................................................... Nov. 2, 1935
16 Maj. Gen. The Earl of Athlone, KG, PC, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO ............................ June 21, 1940
17 Field Marshal The Rt. Hon. Viscount Alexander of Tunis,
KG, GCB, GCMG, CSI, DSO, MC, LLD, ADC .................................................................... April 12, 1946
18 The Rt. Hon. Vincent Massey, PC, CH ........................................................................... Feb. 28, 1952
19 Maj. Gen. The Rt. Hon. Georges Philias Vanier, PC, DSO, MC, CD ..........................Sept. 15, 1959
20 The Rt. Hon. Daniel Roland Michener, PC, CC ...........................................................April 17, 1967
Governors General of Canada since 1867
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How Canadians Govern Themselves
