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List of Canadian Governors General

List of Governors-General of Canada since Confederation

Name	Term	British monarch
The Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon[?]	1867-69	Victoria
The Baron Lisgar of Lisgar and Bailieborough[?]	1869-72
The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava[?]	1872-78
Marquess of Lorne[?]	1878-83
The Marquess of Lansdowne[?]	1883-88
The Baron Stanley of Preston[?]	1888-93
The Earl of Aberdeen[?]	1893-98
The Earl of Minto[?]	1898-1904
The Earl of Minto[?]	1898-1904	Edward VII
Sir Albert Grey, Fourth Earl Grey	1904-11	Edward VII
Sir Albert Grey, Fourth Earl Grey	1904-11	George V
HRH The Duke of Connaught and Strathearn[?]	1911-16
Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire	1916-21
The Viscount Byng of Vimy[?]	1921-26
The Viscount Willingdon of Ratton[?]	1926-31
The Earl of Athlone[?]	1931-35
The Earl of Bessborough[?]	1935-40
		Edward VIII
		George VI
The Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield	1940-46
The Earl Alexander of Tunis	1946-52
Vincent Massey	1952-59	Elizabeth II
Georges Vanier	1959-67
Roland Michener[?]	1967-74
Jules Léger	1974-79
Edward Schreyer	1979-84
Jeanne Sauvé	1984-90
Ramon John Hnatyshyn	1990-95
Roméo LeBlanc	1995-99
Adrienne Clarkson	1999-

List of former governors-general - Government of Canada (http://www.gg.ca/governor_general/history/histgg_e.asp)

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