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Until this great work
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Colonial Government |
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New France Governors
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Sovereign |
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Samuel de Champlain |
1627-1635 |
Louis XIII |
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Charles de Montmagny |
1635-1648 |
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Louis XIV |
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Louis d'Ailleboust de Coulonge |
1648-1651 |
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Jean de Lauzon |
1651-1657 |
| Le
vicomte d'Argenson |
1658-1661 |
| Le
baron d'Avaugour |
1661-1663 |
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Augustin de Mésy |
1663-1665 |
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Daniel de Courcelle |
1665-1672 |
| Le
comte de Frontenac |
1672-1682 |
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Joseph-Antoine de LaBarre |
1682-1685 |
| Le
marquis de Denonville |
1685-1689 |
| Le
comte de Frontenac |
1689-1698 |
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Hector de Callière |
1698-1703 |
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Philippe de Vaudreuil |
1703-1725 |
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Louis XV |
| Le
marquis de Beauharnois |
1726-1747 |
| Le
comte de La Galissonnière |
1747-1749 |
| Le
marquis de La Jonquière |
1749-1752 |
| Le
Marquis Duquesne |
1752-1755 |
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Pierre Francois de Rigaud |
1755-1760 |
British
Govenors after the Severn Years War
| Name |
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Sovereign |
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Jeffrey Amherst |
1760–1763 |
George III |
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James Murray |
1764–1768 |
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Guy Carleton |
1768–1778 |
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Sir Frederick Haldimand |
1778–1786 |
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The Lord Dorchester |
1786–1796 |
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Robert Prescott |
1796–1807 |
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Sir James Henry Craig |
1807–1811 |
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Sir George Prevost |
1812–1815 |
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Sir John Coape Sherbrooke |
1816–1818 |
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The Duke of Richmond and Lennox |
1818–1819 |
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The Earl of Dalhousie |
1820–1828 |
George IV |
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Sir James Kempt |
1828–1830 |
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The Lord Aylmer |
1830–1835 |
William IV |
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The Earl of Gosford* |
1835–1837 |
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Victoria |
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Sir John Colborne* |
1837–1838
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Governors General of the
Province of Canada
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Sovereign |
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The Earl of Durham |
1838–1839 |
Victoria |
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The Lord Sydenham |
1839–1841 |
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Sir Charles Bagot |
1842–1843 |
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The Lord Metcalfe |
1843–1845 |
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The Earl Cathcart |
1846–1847 |
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The Earl of Elgin and Kincardine |
1847–1854 |
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Sir Edmund Walker Head |
1854–1861 |
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The Viscount Monck |
1861–1867 |
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