Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island

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Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
William Cleaver Francis Robinson
Websitewww.gov.pe.ca/olg

The lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island (

the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties.[1]

The present lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island is Antoinette Perry, who assumed the role on 20 October 2017.

Role and presence

Further information:
Lieutenant governor (Canada)

The lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island is vested with

Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.[4] The viceroy further presents numerous other provincial honours and decorations, as well as various awards that are named for and presented by the lieutenant governor. These honours are presented at official ceremonies, which count amongst hundreds of other engagements the lieutenant governor partakes in each year, either as host or guest of honour; the lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island undertook an average of 350 engagements in both 2006 and 2007.[5]

At these events, the lieutenant governor's presence is marked by the lieutenant governor's standard, consisting of a blue field bearing the escutcheon of the Arms of His Majesty in Right of Prince Edward Island surmounted by a crown and surrounded by ten gold maple leaves, symbolizing the ten provinces of Canada. Within Prince Edward Island, the lieutenant governor also follows only the sovereign in the province's order of precedence, preceding even other members of the Canadian Royal Family and the King's federal representative.

History

Further information: List of lieutenant governors of Prince Edward Island
Standard of the lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island from 1905 to 1981
Standard of the lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island from 1878 to 1905

The lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island came into being in 1786, when the government of

William Cleaver Francis Robinson, from 1 July 1873 to 4 July 1874, while the longest was Thomas William Lemuel Prowse
, from 4 October 1950 to 31 March 1958.

See also

References

  1. Victoria (29 March 1867). "Constitution Act, 1867". V.58. Westminster: Queen's Printer. Retrieved 15 January 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
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  2. ^ Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. "Patronage". Queen's Printer for Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  3. ^ Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. "Reference > Order of PEI". Queen's Printer for Prince Edward Island. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Canada Wide > About Us > The Order of St. John > The Order of St. John in Canada". St. John Ambulance Canada. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
  5. ^ Berezovsky, Eugene (2009). Staff of Canadian Monarchist News (ed.). $1.52 per Canadian: The Cost of Canada's Constitutional Monarchy (PDF) (4 ed.). Toronto: Monarchist League of Canada. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  6. Victoria (26 June 1873). "Prince Edward Island Terms of Union". Schedule. Westminster: Queen's Printer. Retrieved 16 June 2009. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help
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