List of lieutenant governors of British Columbia

The following is a list of the lieutenant governors of British Columbia. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in British Columbia came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1871, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of Vancouver Island in 1849, although without the same executive powers as governors had. There were also colonial lieutenant-governors whose job was that of deputy to the governor.

Lieutenant governors of British Columbia, 1871–present

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Monarch Reign	Premier Term of office
			Took office	Left office
1		Sir Joseph Trutch KCMG (1826–1904)	5 July 1871	27 June 1876	Victoria (1837–1901)	John Foster McCreight (1871–1872)
						Amor De Cosmos (1872–1874)
						George Anthony Walkem (1874–1876)
						Andrew Charles Elliott (1876–1878)
2		Albert Norton Richards QC (1821–1897)	27 June 1876	21 June 1881
						George Anthony Walkem (1878–1882)
3		Clement Francis Cornwall JP (1836–1910)	21 June 1881	8 February 1887
						Robert Beaven (1882–1883)
						William Smithe (1883–1887)
4		Hugh Nelson (1830–1893)	8 February 1887	1 November 1892
						Alexander Edmund Batson Davie (1887–1889)
						John Robson (1889–1892)
						Theodore Davie (1892–1895)
5		Edgar Dewdney PC (1835–1916)	1 November 1892	18 November 1897
						John Herbert Turner (1895–1898)
6		Thomas Robert McInnes (1840–1904)	18 November 1897	21 June 1900
						Charles Augustus Semlin (1898–1900)
						Joseph Martin (1900)
						James Dunsmuir (1900–1902)
7		Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière KCMG, PC (1829–1908)	21 June 1900	11 May 1906
					Edward VII (1901–1910)
						Edward Gawler Prior (1902–1903)
						Richard McBride (1903–1915)
8		James Dunsmuir (1851–1920)	11 May 1906	3 December 1909
9		Thomas Wilson Paterson (1850–1921)	3 December 1909	5 December 1914
					George V (1910–1936)
10		Sir Francis Stillman Barnard KCMG (1856–1934)	5 December 1914	9 December 1919
						William John Bowser (1915–1916)
						Harlan Carey Brewster (1916–1918)
						John Oliver (1918–1927)
11		Edward Gawler Prior PC (1853–1920)	9 December 1919	12 December 1920
–		James Alexander MacDonald (1858–1939) Administrator of the Government	12 December 1920	24 December 1920
12		Walter Cameron Nichol (1866–1928)	24 December 1920	21 January 1926
13		Robert Randolph Bruce (1861–1942)	21 January 1926	18 July 1931
						John Duncan MacLean (1927–1928)
						Simon Fraser Tolmie (1928–1933)
14		John William Fordham Johnson (1866–1938)	18 July 1931	1 May 1936
						Duff Pattullo (1933–1941)
					Edward VIII (1936)
15		Eric Hamber (1879–1960)	1 May 1936	29 August 1941
					George VI (1936–1952)
16		William Culham Woodward (1885–1957)	29 August 1941	1 October 1946
						John Hart (1941–1947)
17		Charles Arthur Banks CMG (1885–1961)	1 October 1946	1 October 1950
						Boss Johnson (1947–1952)
18		Clarence Wallace CBE (1893–1982)	1 October 1950	3 October 1955
					Elizabeth II (1952–2022)
						W. A. C. Bennett (1952–1972)
19		Frank Mackenzie Ross CMG, MC (1891–1971)	3 October 1955	12 October 1960
20		George Pearkes VC, CC, CB, DSO, MC, CD, PC (1888–1984)	12 October 1960	2 July 1968
21		John Robert Nicholson OBE, PC, QC (1901–1983)	2 July 1968	13 February 1973
						Dave Barrett (1972–1975)
22		Walter Stewart Owen OC, QC (1904–1981)	13 February 1973	18 May 1978
						Bill Bennett (1975–1986)
23		Henry Pybus Bell-Irving OC, DSO, OBE, OBC, ED, CD (1913–2002)	18 May 1978	15 July 1983
24		Robert Gordon Rogers (1919–2010)	15 July 1983	9 September 1988
						Bill Vander Zalm (1986–1991)
25		David Lam OC, CVO, OBC (1923–2010)	9 September 1988	21 April 1995
						Rita Johnston (1991)
						Mike Harcourt (1991–1996)
26		Garde Gardom OBC, QC (1924–2013)	21 April 1995	25 September 2001
						Glen Clark (1996–1999)
						Dan Miller (1999–2000)
						Ujjal Dosanjh (2000–2001)
						Gordon Campbell (2001–2011)
27		Iona Campagnolo OC, OBC, PC (1932–2024)	25 September 2001	30 September 2007
28		Steven Point OBC (born 1951)	30 September 2007	2 November 2012
						Christy Clark (2011–2017)
29		Judith Guichon OBC (born 1947)	2 November 2012	24 April 2018
						John Horgan (2017-2022)
30		Janet Austin[1] OBC (born 1956 or 1957)	24 April 2018	Incumbent
					Charles III (since 2022)	David Eby (since 2022)

See also

• Office-holders of Canada
• List of Canadian incumbents by year

References

External links

• Office of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia. "Lieutenant Governor > Former Lieutenant Governors". Queen's Printer for British Columbia. Archived from the original on July 26, 2009.

This page was last edited on 7 April 2024, at 11:32