List of lieutenant governors of British Columbia

The following is a list of the lieutenant governors of British Columbia. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in British Columbia came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1871, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of Vancouver Island in 1849, although without the same executive powers as governors had. There were also colonial lieutenant-governors whose job was that of deputy to the governor.

Lieutenant governors of British Columbia, 1871–present edit

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Monarch
Reign
Premier
Term of office
Took office Left office
1   Sir Joseph Trutch
KCMG
(1826–1904)
5 July
1871
27 June
1876
Victoria
(1837–1901)
John Foster McCreight
(1871–1872)
Amor De Cosmos
(1872–1874)
George Anthony Walkem
(1874–1876)
Andrew Charles Elliott
(1876–1878)
2   Albert Norton Richards
QC
(1821–1897)
27 June
1876
21 June
1881
George Anthony Walkem
(1878–1882)
3   Clement Francis Cornwall
JP
(1836–1910)
21 June
1881
8 February
1887
Robert Beaven
(1882–1883)
William Smithe
(1883–1887)
4   Hugh Nelson
(1830–1893)
8 February
1887
1 November
1892
Alexander Edmund Batson Davie
(1887–1889)
John Robson
(1889–1892)
Theodore Davie
(1892–1895)
5   Edgar Dewdney
PC
(1835–1916)
1 November
1892
18 November
1897
John Herbert Turner
(1895–1898)
6   Thomas Robert McInnes
(1840–1904)
18 November
1897
21 June
1900
Charles Augustus Semlin
(1898–1900)
Joseph Martin
(1900)
James Dunsmuir
(1900–1902)
7   Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière
KCMG, PC
(1829–1908)
21 June
1900
11 May
1906
Edward VII
(1901–1910)
Edward Gawler Prior
(1902–1903)
Richard McBride
(1903–1915)
8   James Dunsmuir
(1851–1920)
11 May
1906
3 December
1909
9   Thomas Wilson Paterson
(1850–1921)
3 December
1909
5 December
1914
George V
(1910–1936)
10   Sir Francis Stillman Barnard
KCMG
(1856–1934)
5 December
1914
9 December
1919
William John Bowser
(1915–1916)
Harlan Carey Brewster
(1916–1918)
John Oliver
(1918–1927)
11   Edward Gawler Prior
PC
(1853–1920)
9 December
1919
12 December
1920
  James Alexander MacDonald
(1858–1939)
Administrator of the Government
12 December
1920
24 December
1920
12   Walter Cameron Nichol
(1866–1928)
24 December
1920
21 January
1926
13   Robert Randolph Bruce
(1861–1942)
21 January
1926
18 July
1931
John Duncan MacLean
(1927–1928)
Simon Fraser Tolmie
(1928–1933)
14   John William Fordham Johnson
(1866–1938)
18 July
1931
1 May
1936
Duff Pattullo
(1933–1941)
Edward VIII
(1936)
15   Eric Hamber
(1879–1960)
1 May
1936
29 August
1941
George VI
(1936–1952)
16   William Culham Woodward
(1885–1957)
29 August
1941
1 October
1946
John Hart
(1941–1947)
17   Charles Arthur Banks
CMG
(1885–1961)
1 October
1946
1 October
1950
Boss Johnson
(1947–1952)
18   Clarence Wallace
CBE
(1893–1982)
1 October
1950
3 October
1955
Elizabeth II
(1952–2022)
W. A. C. Bennett
(1952–1972)
19   Frank Mackenzie Ross
CMG, MC
(1891–1971)
3 October
1955
12 October
1960
20   George Pearkes
VC, CC, CB, DSO, MC, CD, PC
(1888–1984)
12 October
1960
2 July
1968
21   John Robert Nicholson
OBE, PC, QC
(1901–1983)
2 July
1968
13 February
1973
Dave Barrett
(1972–1975)
22 Walter Stewart Owen
OC, QC
(1904–1981)
13 February
1973
18 May
1978
Bill Bennett
(1975–1986)
23 Henry Pybus Bell-Irving
OC, DSO, OBE, OBC, ED, CD
(1913–2002)
18 May
1978
15 July
1983
24 Robert Gordon Rogers
(1919–2010)
15 July
1983
9 September
1988
Bill Vander Zalm
(1986–1991)
25 David Lam
OC, CVO, OBC
(1923–2010)
9 September
1988
21 April
1995
Rita Johnston
(1991)
Mike Harcourt
(1991–1996)
26 Garde Gardom
OBC, QC
(1924–2013)
21 April
1995
25 September
2001
Glen Clark
(1996–1999)
Dan Miller
(1999–2000)
Ujjal Dosanjh
(2000–2001)
Gordon Campbell
(2001–2011)
27   Iona Campagnolo
OC, OBC, PC
(1932–2024)
25 September
2001
30 September
2007
28   Steven Point
OBC
(born 1951)
30 September
2007
2 November
2012
Christy Clark
(2011–2017)
29   Judith Guichon
OBC
(born 1947)
2 November
2012
24 April
2018
John Horgan
(2017-2022)
30   Janet Austin[1]
OBC
(born 1956 or 1957)
24 April
2018
Incumbent
Charles III
(since 2022)
David Eby
(since 2022)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Janet Austin appointed as B.C.'s new lieutenant governor". CBC News. March 20, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

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