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The first Canadian-born Governor General was Vincent Massey.
Yes, but this requirement goes back only to the 1960s when the first Canadian-born Governor General was appointed or when the first francophone one was (General Georges Vanier).
The first woman to serve as Governor General was the Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, the 23rd Governor General of Canada.
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In Australia, the first female Governor-General is Quentin Bryce, who was appointed on 5 September 2008.
Edmund Andros
Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé PC CC CMM CD was Canada's first Governor General. She was appointed January 28, 1984 and took office May 14, 1984
first female governor general of Canada
she was a first Canadian governor General.... and She's a famous journalist now.
William Howard Taft
Raymond Massey
The US first appointed governor generals in the year of 1898, after the conclusion of the Spanish-American War. The first American governor-general, William Howard Taft, began his term in 1901. he would continue until the establishment of the Commonwealth of the Philippines in 1935.