Alan Abraham Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Alan Rockwell Abraham
Office:27th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
Term Start:1 February 1984
Term End:20 February 1989
Governor General:Edward Schreyer
Jeanne Sauvé
Premier:John Buchanan
Predecessor:John Elvin Shaffner
Successor:Lloyd Crouse
Birth Name:Alan Rockwell Abraham
Birth Date:1 February 1931
Birth Place:Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death Place:Halifax, Nova Scotia

Alan Rockwell Abraham (1 February 1931 – 2 October 2020) was the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Career

Abraham, an engineering graduate from Saint Mary's University[1] was involved in federal politics and helped with the organization of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's tours of the Maritimes. In 1983, Governor General Edward Schreyer, on the advice of Prime Minister Trudeau, appointed Abraham Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Abraham was the second youngest appointee as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia since Confederation at the time of his appointment. He was then age 53; one of his predecessors, Hon. James Robson Douglas of Amherst, was 49 when he was appointed in 1925.[1] Abaraham died in 2020 at the age of 89.[2]

Awards and recognition




In 1996, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.[3] He received the Order of Nova Scotia when it was established in 2002.[1] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hon. Alan Rockwell Abraham - Doctor of Civil Law. Saint Mary's University. 3 June 2016.
  2. Web site: Alan Abraham Obituary - Halifax, NS.
  3. Web site: Order of Canada Citation. 21 September 2010.
  4. Web site: Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. History of Lieutenant Governors of the Province of Nova Scotia. 22 July 2014. 3 June 2016.