CANADA HISTORY-Politics-Provinces

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Each Province has a Lieutenant Governor who acts as the Crown’s representative in the Legislative structure. It is their job to act in much the same manner as the Governor General in the Federal Canadian Parliament. The open the legislature, ask a member of the house to form a government after an election, decide whether the dissolve, prorogue or ask another remember to form a cabinet. They perform mainly ceremonial functions but are still crucial during elections and the formation of a new government. .

British Columbia - Lieutenant Governor

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The Honourable Sir Joseph William Trutch

05 Jul 1871 - 27 Jun 1876

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The Honourable Albert Norton Richards

27 Jun 1876 - 21 Jun 1881

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The Honourable Clement Francis Cornwall

21 Jun 1881 - 08 Feb 1887

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The Honourable Hugh Nelson

08 Feb 1887 - 01 Nov 1892

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The Honourable Edgar Dewdney

01 Nov 1892 - 18 Nov 1897

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The Honourable Thomas Robert McInnes

18 Nov 1897 - 21 Jun 1900

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The Honourable Sir Henri Gustave Joly de LotbiniPre

21 Jun 1900 - 11 May 1906

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The Honourable James Dunsmuir

11 May 1906 - 03 Dec 1909

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The Honourable Thomas William Paterson

03 Dec 1909 - 05 Dec 1914

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The Honourable Sir Frank Stillmann Barnard

05 Dec 1914 - 09 Dec 1919

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The Honourable Edward Gawler Prior

09 Dec 1919 - 12 Dec 1920

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The Honourable Walter Cameron Nichol

24 Dec 1920 - 21 Jan 1926

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The Honourable Robert Randolph Bruce

21 Jan 1926 - 18 Jul 1931

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The Honourable John W. Fordham Johnson

18 Jul 1931 - 29 Apr 1936

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The Honourable Eric Werge Hamber

29 Apr 1936 - 29 Aug 1941

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The Honourable William Culham Woodward

29 Aug 1941 - 01 Oct 1946

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The Honourable Charles Arthur Banks

01 Oct 1946 - 02 Oct 1950

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The Honourable Clarence Wallace

02 Oct 1950 - 03 Oct 1955

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The Honourable Frank Mackenzie Ross

03 Oct 1955 - 13 Oct 1960

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The Honourable George Randolph Pearkes

13 Oct 1960 - 02 Jul 1968

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The Honourable John Robert Nicholson

02 Jul 1968 - 13 Feb 1973

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The Honourable Walter Stewart Owen

13 Feb 1973 - 18 May 1978

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Brigadier General The Honourable Henry Pybus Bell-Irving

18 May 1978 - 15 Jul 1983

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The Honourable Robert Gordon Rogers

15 Jul 1983 - 09 Sep 1988

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The Honourable David C. Lam

09 Sep 1988 - 21 Apr 1995

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The Honourable Garde Gardom

21 Apr 1995 - 25 Sep 2001

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The Honourable Iona Campagnolo

25 Sep 2001 - 01 Oct 2007

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The Honourable Steven Point

01 Oct 2007 - 02 Nov 2012

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The Honourable Judith Guichon

02 Nov 2012 - 24 Apr 2018

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The Honourable Janet Austin

24 Apr 2018 -



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