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List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario
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This is a list of lieutenant governors (pronounced "lef-tenant") of the Canadian province of Ontario, before and after Confederation in 1867. The Lieutenant-Governor is the Ontarian vice-regal representative of the Canadian Monarch.
- Further information: Monarchy in Ontario
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Upper Canada was created out of the western part of Quebec by the Constitutional Act of 1791.
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| John Graves Simcoe | 1791-1796 |
| Peter Russell (administrator) | 1796-1799 |
| Peter Hunter | 1799-1805 |
| Alexander Grant (administrator) | 1805-1806 |
| Francis Gore | 1806-1811 |
| Sir Isaac Brock* | 1811-1812 |
| Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe* | 1812-1813 |
| Francis de Rottenburg* | 1813 |
| Sir Gordon Drummond* | 1813-1814 |
| Sir Sir George Murray (provisional) | 1815 |
| Frederick Philip Robinson (provisional) | 1815 |
| Francis Gore (2nd incumbency) | 1815-1817 |
| Samuel Smith (administrator) | 1817-1818 |
| Sir Peregrine Maitland | 1818-1828 |
| Sir John Colborne | 1828-1836 |
| Sir Francis Bond Head | 1836-1838 |
| Sir George Arthur | 1838-1839 |
| Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham** | 1839-1841 |
(*) Military administrators during the War of 1812
(**)Lord Sydenham was also Governor General of Canada when Upper Canada and Lower Canada united into the Province of Canada. Upper Canada became Canada West and Lower Canada became Canada East.
After Richard Downes Jackson, the Lieutenant-Governors were also simultaneously Governors General.
The Province of Canada was split into Ontario and Quebec after Canadian Confederation in 1867.
- Donald Alexander Macdonald was the first Canadian born Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
- Gordon Drummond was the first Canadian born Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
- James Bartleman was the first aboriginal to hold the post
- Pauline Mills McGibbon was the first woman to hold the post
- Lincoln Alexander was the first black Canadian to hold the post
- Francis de Rottenburg was the only Swiss born person to hold the post
- Casimir Gzowski was the only Polish born person to hold the post
- Hilary Weston is the only Irish born person to hold the post
- Herbert Alexander Bruce was the first doctor to hold the post
- David Onley is the first person with a disability to hold the post
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| Lieutenant Governor | David Onley • Former Lieutenant Governors |  |
| Premier | Dalton McGuinty • List of premiers • List of premiers by time in office | |
| Opposition Leader | Bob Runciman (interim leader) • Former Opposition Leaders | |
| Speaker of the Assembly | Michael A. Brown • Former Speakers | |
| Legislature | Current assembly • Former legislatures • Cabinet | |
| Political parties | Liberals • Progressive Conservatives • New Democrats • List of political parties by time in office | |
| Elections | Ontario general election, 2007 • Past elections • Ontario electoral districts | |
| Current issues | Equalization payments • Ontario general election, 2007 | |
| Other Canadian politics | Federal • BC • AB • SK • MB • ON • QC • NB • NS • PEI • NL • YU • NT • NU | |
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| Federal | Governor General |
| Provincial lieutenant-governors |
Alberta • British Columbia • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland and Labrador • Nova Scotia • Ontario • Prince Edward Island • Quebec • Saskatchewan |
| Historical governors | Governors of New France (1627-1760) • Governors of Acadia • Northwest Territories (1869-1905) • Governors of Vancouver Island and British Columbia (1843-1871) |