Michaelle Jean, (Governor General since 2005).
David Johnston, former president of the University Of Waterloo
Provinces have Lieutenant Governors, not Governors General.
The kings and queens of England have appointed the governors general in Canada since the 1860s.
Freeman Clowery has written: 'Medals of governors general of Canada' -- subject(s): Medals, Governors general
A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India.
11.1 federal (the Governor General) and 10 provincial (the Lieutenant Governors).
Her Majesty the Queen of Canada is represented at the federal level by the Governor General, and at the provincial level by the Lieutenant Governors of each of the ten provinces.
There have been twenty Governors-General in New Zealand. Prior to that, there were just Governors. For a list of former Governors-General, see the link below.
Important sports trophies are named for four of Canada's Governors General: Lord Stanley, Earl Grey, Georges Vanier and Adrienne Clarkson.
The United States of America does not have governors general.
Lieutenant governors represent Her Majesty the Queen of Canada.(Note that at the outset of Confederation, Lieutenant Governors represent the Government of Canada through the Governor General. Constitutional developments have led to the evolution of the role of the Lieutenant Governor to be an outright representative of the Sovereign, not beholden to the advice of the federal viceroy or vicereign, or his or her federal ministers.)
The past three lieutenant governors of Canada were John Crosbie, Steven Point, and Pierre Duchesne.
The plural term is governors general.