List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia explained

The following is a list of the governors and lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Nova Scotia came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1867, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of Nova Scotia in 1710. For much of the time, the full title of the post was Governor of Nova Scotia and Placentia (Placentia, Newfoundland). Before the British occupation of Nova Scotia, the province was governed by French Governors of Acadia. From 1784 to 1829 Cape Breton Island was a separate colony with a vice regal post.

Governors of Nova Scotia, 1710–1786

Image Name Governor from Governor until
Governors under Anne (1710–1714):
1.Samuel Vetch17101712
2.Francis Nicholson1712→
Governors under George I (1714–1727):
2.Francis Nicholson (continued)←1715
3.Samuel Vetch (second appointment)1715→
Thomas Caulfeild (acting governor)17151717
3.Samuel Vetch (cont.)←1717
4.Richard Philipps1717→
John Doucett (acting governor)17171725
Lawrence Armstrong (acting governor)1725→
Governors under George II (1727–1760):
Lawrence Armstrong (continued)←1739
Alexander Cosby (acting governor)17391740
Paul Mascarene (acting governor)17401749
4.Richard Philipps (continued)←1749
5.Edward Cornwallis17491752
6.Peregrine Hopson1752→
Charles Lawrence (acting governor)17531755
6.Peregrine Hopson (continued)←1755
7.Charles Lawrence (ordinary governor)17561760
8.Lt. Gov. Jonathan Belcher (For Gov. Henry Ellis)[1] 1760→
Governors under George III (1760–1786):
8.Lt. Gov. Jonathan Belcher (continued) (For Gov. Henry Ellis)←1763
9.Montague Wilmot17631766
10.Lord William Campbell1766→
Benjamin Green (acting governor)1766
Michael Francklin (acting governor)1766
10.Lord William Campbell (continued)←→
Michael Francklin (acting governor, second time)17671768
10.Lord William Campbell (continued)←→
Benjamin Green (acting governor, second time)17711772
Michael Francklin (acting governor, third time)1772
10.Lord William Campbell (continued)→1773
11.Francis Legge17731776
12.Mariot Arbuthnot17761778
13.17781781
14.Sir Andrew Snape Hamond17811782
15.John Parr17821783
16.Edmund Fanning17831786

Lieutenant governors of Cape Breton Island, 1784–1820

Image Name Governor from Governor until
Governors under George III (1784–1820):
1.Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres17841787
2.William Macarmick17871815
3.David Mathews (acting)17951798
4.James Ogilvie[2] (acting)17981799
5.John Murray (acting)17991801
6.John Despard (acting)18001807
7.Nicholas Nepean (acting)18071812
8.Hugh Swayne (acting)18131816
9.George Robert Ainslie18151820

Lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia, 1786–1867

Image Name Governor from Governor until
Governors under George III (1786–1820):
15.John Parr17861791
17.Richard Bulkeley17911792
18.Sir John Wentworth17921808
19.1808→
Alexander Croke (acting governor)1811
19.Sir George Prévost (continued)←1811
20.Sir John Coape Sherbrooke18111816
21.George Stracey Smyth1816
22.1816→
Governors under George IV (1820–1830):
22.The Earl of Dalhousie (continued)←1820
23.1820→
Thomas Nickleson Jeffery (acting governor)1828
23.Sir James Kempt (continued)←1828
24.1828→
Governors under William IV (1830–1837):
24.Sir Peregrine Maitland (continued)←→
Thomas Nickleson Jeffery (acting governor, second time)1834
24.Sir Peregrine Maitland (continued)←1834
25.1834→
Governors under Queen Victoria (1837–1867):
25.Sir Colin Campbell (continued)←1840
26.1840→
Sir Jeremiah Dickson (acting governor)1846
26.The Viscount Falkland (continued)←1846
27.1846→
John Bazalgette (acting governor)1851
27.Sir John Harvey (continued)←1852
28.18521858
29.The Earl of Mulgrave18581863
30.Charles Hastings Doyle18631864
31.18641865
30.Charles Hastings Doyle (second time)1865
32.18651867

Lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia, 1867–present

Image Name Governor from Governor until
Governors under Queen Victoria (1867–1901):
32.Sir William Fenwick Williams (continued)18671867
30.Charles Hastings Doyle (third time)18671873
33.1873
34.18731883
35.Matthew Henry Richey18831888
36.18881890
Admin.Sir James McDonald1890
37.Malachy Bowes Daly18901900
38.1900→
Governors under Edward VII (1901–1910):
38.Alfred Gilpin Jones (continued)←1906
Admin.Robert Linton Weatherbe1906
39.Duncan Cameron Fraser1906→
Governors under George V (1910–1936):
39.Duncan Cameron Fraser (continued)←1910
Admin.Sir Charles James Townshend1910
40.James Drummond McGregor19101915
41.David MacKeen19151916
Admin.Wallace Nesbit Graham1916
42.MacCallum Grant19161925
43.James Robson Douglas1925
44.James Cranswick Tory19251930
45.Frank Stanfield19301931
Admin.Sir Joseph Andrew Chisholm1931
46.Walter Harold Covert1931→
Governors under Edward VIII (1936):
46.Walter Harold Covert (continued)←→
Governors under George VI (1936–1952):
46.Walter Harold Covert (continued)←1937
47.Robert Irwin19371940
48.Frederick Francis Mathers19401942
49.Henry Ernest Kendall19421947
50.John Alexander Douglas McCurdy1947→
Governors under Elizabeth II (1952–2022):
50.John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (continued)←1952
51.Alistair Fraser19521958
52.19581963
53.19631968
54.19681973
55.19731978
56.John Elvin Shaffner19781984
5719841989
58.19891994
59.19942000
60.20002006
61.20062012
62.20122017
63.2017→
Governors under Charles III (2022–present):
63.Arthur Joseph LeBlanc (continued)←Incumbent

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Notes and References

  1. Ellis was the official governor but never came to Nova Scotia, so Belcher functioned as the governor.
  2. Morgan . R. J. . Ogilvie, James . 5 .

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