- Governors general
- Lieutenant governors
- Territorial commissioners
- See also
- References
This is a list of women who have served as vicereines in Canada. Canada is a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as the reigning Canadian monarch. As the Queen does not always reside in Canada, her daily responsibilities in the country are in the federal jurisdiction undertaken by the Governor General of Canada and by a lieutenant governor in each of the ten provincial jurisdictions. Collectively, these individuals are the Queen's official viceregal representatives; as women, they can be described as vicereines, the female variant of viceroy. This list also includes women who have served as commissioners, an office in each of Canada's three federal territories with similar function to provincial viceroys. Governors generalA total of four women have served, or are currently serving, as the Governor General of Canada. Name | Home province | Start of mandate | End of mandate | Notes |
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Jeanne|Sauvé}} | Saskatchewan | 14 May 1984 | 28 January 1990 | First female governor general in Canadian history; appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau; member of the Fransaskois community. | {{sortname|Adrienne|Clarkson}}}} | Ontario | 7 October 1999 | 27 September 2005}} | First visible minority and first Chinese Canadian to be appointed governor general by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien; first governor general without a military or political background. | Michaëlle|Jean}} | Quebec | 27 September 2005}} | 1 October 2010 | First Black Canadian woman to serve as a vicereine in Canada. Appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on advice of Prime Minister Paul Martin. | Julie|Payette}} | Quebec | 2 October 2017 | incumbent | First former astronaut to serve as a vicereine in Canada. Appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. |
Lieutenant governorsA total of twenty-four women have served, or are currently serving, as the lieutenant governor of a province. {{As of|2018|5|3}}, there are seven serving provincial vicereines in Canada. Name | Province | Start of mandate | End of mandate | Notes |
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Pauline|McGibbon}} | Ontario | 10 April 1974 | 15 September 1980}} | First vicereine in Canadian history; appointed Lieutenant Governor of Ontario by Governor General Jules Léger upon the advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. | Pearl|McGonigal}} | Manitoba | 23 October 1981 | 11 December 1986 | First female lieutenant governor in Manitoba. | Wilma Helen|Hunley}} | Alberta | 22 January 1985 | 11 March 1991 | First female lieutenant governor in Alberta. | Sylvia|Fedoruk}} | Saskatchewan | 7 September 1988 | 31 May 1994 | First female lieutenant governor in Saskatchewan. | Marion|Reid}} | Prince Edward Island}} | 16 August 1990 | 30 August 1995 | First female lieutenant governor in Prince Edward Island. | Margaret|McCain}} | New Brunswick | 21 June 1994 | 18 April 1997 | First female lieutenant governor in New Brunswick. | Lise|Thibault}} | Quebec | 30 January 1997 | 7 June 2007 | First female lieutenant governor in Quebec; first person with a physical disability to serve as a viceroy in Canada. | {{sortname|Marilyn Trenholme|Counsell}}}} | New Brunswick | 18 April 1997 | 26 August 2003 | Succeeded Margaret McCain as Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick; first woman to succeed another female vicereine in Canada. | Hilary|Weston}} | Ontario | 24 January 1997 | 7 March 2002 | Lois|Hole}} | Alberta | 11 February 2000 | 6 January 2005 | Died while in office at the age of 75. | Lynda|Haverstock}} | Saskatchewan | 21 February 2000 | 1 August 2006 | Myra|Freeman}} | Nova Scotia | 17 May 2000 | 7 September 2006 | First female lieutenant governor in Nova Scotia. | Iona|Campagnolo}} | British Columbia | 25 September 2001}} | 30 September 2007 | First female lieutenant governor in British Columbia. | Barbara Oliver|Hagerman}} | Prince Edward Island | 31 July 2006 | 15 August 2011 | Mayann|Francis}} | Nova Scotia | 7 September 2006 | 12 April 2012 | Second Black Canadian to serve as a vicereine in Canada, after Governor General Michaëlle Jean. | Judith|Guichon}} | British Columbia | 2 November 2012 | 24 April 2018 | Vaughn Solomon|Schofield}} | Saskatchewan | 22 March 2012 | 21 March 2018 | Elizabeth|Dowdeswell}} | Ontario | 23 September 2014 | incumbent | Jocelyne|Roy-Vienneau}} | New Brunswick | 23 October 2014 | incumbent | Lois|Mitchell}} | Alberta | 12 June 2015 | incumbent | Janice|Filmon}} | Manitoba | 19 June 2015 | incumbent | Wife of former Premier Gary Filmon. | Antoinette|Perry|dab=vicereine}} | Prince Edward Island | 20 October 2017 | incumbent | Janet|Austin}} | British Columbia | 24 April 2018 | incumbent | Judy|Foote}} | Newfoundland and Labrador | 3 May 2018 | incumbent | First female lieutenant governor in Newfoundland and Labrador. |
Territorial commissionersIn each of the three territories of Canada, a commissioner acts as the formal head of state. Unlike the Governor General or a lieutenant governor (who are officially representatives of the Canadian monarch) the commissioners are appointed by and represent the Government of Canada. However, while they are not formally viceroys, they perform in their respective territories the same duties as a provincial lieutenant governor. A total of eleven women have served, or are currently serving, as a commissioner; one woman, Helen Maksagak, has served terms as a commissioner in two territories. Name | Territory | Start of mandate | End of mandate | Notes |
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Ione|Christensen}} | Yukon | 20 January 1979 | 10 October 1979 [1] | First female territorial commissioner in Canadian history; resigned from position within one year to run for public office in the 1980 Canadian federal election. | {{sortname|Helen|Maksagak}} | Northwest Territories}} | 16 January 1995 | 26 March 1999 | First female Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. | Nunavut | 1 April 1999 | 1 April 2000 | First Commissioner of Nunavut following its creation on 1 April 1999. | Judy|Gingell}} | Yukon | 23 June 1995 | 1 October 2000 | Glenna|Hansen}} | Northwest Territories | 31 March 2000 | 29 April 2005 | {{sortname|Ann Meekitjuk|Hanson}}}} | Nunavut | 21 April 2005 | 10 April 2010 | Geraldine|Van Bibber}} | Yukon | 1 December 2005 | 17 December 2010}} | Nellie|Kusugak}} | Nunavut | 10 April 2010 (acting) | 10 May 2010 | Would become acting Commissioner (as Deputy Commissioner) in 2015 and finally service as full Commissioner. | Edna|Elias}} | Nunavut | 10 May 2010 | 11 May 2015 | Nellie|Kusugak}} | Nunavut | 11 May 2015 (acting); 23 June 2015 (official) | incumbent | Two-time acting Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner, 2010 and 2015. | Margaret|Thom}} | Northwest Territories | 18 September 2017}} | incumbent | Angélique|Bernard}} | Yukon | 12 March 2018 | incumbent |
See also- List of female premiers in Canada
- List of elected and appointed female heads of state
- List of Canadian monarchs
- List of Canadian women government ministers
References1. ^http://www2.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=5a7a63bc-1c7c-4516-9cc3-37210b02cd4d&Language=E&Section=ProvincialExperience
{{Women in Canadian politics}} 3 : Lists of female political office-holders in Canada|Canadian women viceroys|Lists of Canadian viceroys and governors |