Antoinette Perry (lieutenant governor) explained

Honorific-Prefix:Her Honour the Honourable
Antoinette Perry
Honorific-Suffix:OPEI
Office:29th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
Term Start:October 20, 2017
Governor General:Julie Payette
Mary Simon
Premier:Wade MacLauchlan
Dennis King
Preceded:H. Frank Lewis
Birth Place:Tignish, Prince Edward Island
Profession:Schoolteacher, church organist
Alma Mater:Université de Moncton (1976)

Antoinette Perry, (born 1953 or 1954)[1] is a Canadian former schoolteacher and the 29th lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island since 2017, acting as the province's viceregal representative of King Charles III of Canada. She was appointed on September 14, 2017, by Governor General David Johnston on the constitutional advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,[2] [3] [4] and was sworn in on October 20, 2017, succeeding H. Frank Lewis.[5] Perry's swearing in ceremony took place in Tignish, Prince Edward Island, marking the first time a PEI lieutenant governor was sworn in outside of the province's capital, Charlottetown.[6]

Perry is an Acadian who taught as a schoolteacher for 32 years after attaining a bachelor's degree in music education at the Université de Moncton in 1976, and has also served as the church organist at St. Simon & St. Jude Church in Tignish.[7] Perry, who is single, is the first unmarried lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island.

Arms

Escutcheon:Azure a rank of organ pipes Or charged with a treble clef Gules.
Crest:A blue jay rising Proper wearing a coronet flory and holding in its beak a mullet Or issuant from a coronet erablé Gules.
Supporters:Two Doberman pinschers each gorged of oregano and summer savoury leaves standing on a verdant base set with lady’s slipper flowers and oak leaves bordered by sandstone cliffs beaches and the sea Proper.
Motto:One Day At A Time [8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antoinette Perry deviendra lieutenante-gouverneure de l'Î.-P.-É.. fr. Laforest. Jacinthe. Antoinette Perry will become the Lieutenant Governor of PEI. September 30, 2017. September 19, 2017. La Voix Acadienne. https://web.archive.org/web/20170930175057/http://www.lavoixacadienne.com/index.php/actualites/1930-antoinette-perry-deviendra-lieutenante-gouverneure-de-l-i-p-e. 2017-09-30. live.
  2. Web site: Antoinette Perry appointed lieutenant-governor of P.E.I.. September 14, 2017. September 14, 2017. CBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20170915065915/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/antoinette-perry-lieutenant-governor-1.4290447. 2017-09-15. live.
  3. Web site: Justin Trudeau names Antoinette Perry new P.E.I. lieutenant-governor. September 14, 2017. September 14, 2017. The Guardian. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914235924/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/2017/9/14/justin-trudeau-names-antoinette-perry-new-p-e-i--lieutenant-gove.html. September 14, 2017. dead.
  4. Web site: Acadian church organist named 42nd lieutenant-governor of Prince Edward Island. September 14, 2017. September 14, 2017. National Post.
  5. Web site: New lieutenant-governor to be sworn in outside Charlottetown. October 6, 2017. October 6, 2017. CBC News. Gill. Jordan. https://web.archive.org/web/20171007212316/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/new-lieutenant-governor-tignish-1.4343222. 2017-10-07. live.
  6. Web site: New P.E.I. lieutenant-governor will be sworn in Oct. 20 in Tignish. October 6, 2017. October 6, 2017. The Guardian. https://web.archive.org/web/20171006221212/http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/2017/10/6/new-p-e-i--lieutenant-governor-will-be-sworn-in-oct--20-in-tigni.html. October 6, 2017. dead.
  7. Web site: Prime Minister announces new Lieutenant Governor for Prince Edward Island. CNW Group. September 14, 2017. September 14, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170915071246/http://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/prime-minister-announces-new-lieutenant-governor-for-prince-edward-island-644502953.html. 2017-09-15. live.
  8. Web site: Antoinette PERRY . Register of Arms, Flags and Badges . 14 September 2023.