In Australia, the first female Governor-General is Quentin Bryce, who was appointed on 5 September 2008.
The first Canadian-born Governor General was Vincent Massey.
1962
Jeanne Sauvé was the first female Governor General of Canada, serving from 1984-1990.
The first female Governor General of Canada was the Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé.
Edmund Andros
New Zealand's first female Governor-general.
The first woman to serve as Governor General was the Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, the 23rd Governor General of Canada.
The Right Honourable Jeanne Sauvé, P.C., C.C., C.M.M., C.D., the 23rd Governor General of Canada, was the first female to serve as Canada's governor general.
The first female governor was Joan Finney, from 1991 to 1995. She was the first female candidate in the US to defeat an incumbent male governor in a state general election.
William Howard Taft
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).