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 | ||
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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]- ^ "Janet Austin appointed as B.C.'s new lieutenant governor". CBC News. March 20, 2018. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Office of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. "Lieutenant Governor > Former Lieutenant Governors". Queen's Printer for British Columbia. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009.
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