List of lieutenant governors of Manitoba facts for kids

The Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba is a very important person in the province! They are the King's or Queen's representative in Manitoba. Think of them as the monarch's eyes and ears, making sure everything runs smoothly according to Canada's rules.

This special job started when Manitoba joined Canada in 1870. Before that, there was a similar role for the Northwest Territories, which Manitoba was once a part of.

Who are the Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba?

Here's a list of the people who have held this important job since Manitoba became a province. They represent the King or Queen and work with the Premier, who leads the provincial government.

No.	Portrait	Name (Born–Died)	Time in Office		Monarch Reign	Premier of Manitoba Time in Office
			Started	Finished
1		Adams George Archibald (1814–1892)	May 20 1870	December 2 1872	Victoria (1837–1901)	Alfred Boyd (1870–1871)
						Marc-Amable Girard (1871–1872)
						Henry Joseph Clarke (1872–1874)
2		Alexander Morris (1826–1889)	December 2 1872	October 7 1877
						Marc-Amable Girard (1874)
						Robert Atkinson Davis (1874–1878)
3		Joseph-Édouard Cauchon (1816–1885)	October 8 1877	September 28 1882
						John Norquay (1878–1887)
4		James Cox Aikins (1823–1904)	September 29 1882	June 30 1888
						David Howard Harrison (1887–1888)
						Thomas Greenway (1888–1900)
5		John Christian Schultz (1840–1896)	July 1 1888	September 1 1895
6		James Colebrooke Patterson (1839–1929)	September 2 1895	October 9 1900
						Hugh John Macdonald (1900)
7		Sir Daniel Hunter McMillan (1846–1933)	October 10 1900	August 1 1911
						Sir Rodmond Roblin (1900–1915)
					Edward VII (1901–1910)
					George V (1910–1936)
8		Sir Douglas Cameron (1854–1921)	August 1 1911	August 3 1916
						Tobias Norris (1915–1922)
9		Sir James Albert Manning Aikins (1851–1929)	August 3 1916	October 9 1926
						John Bracken (1922–1943)
10		Theodore Arthur Burrows (1857–1929)	October 9 1926	January 18 1929
–		William Egerton Perdue (1850–1933) Administrator of the Government	January 18 1929	January 25 1929
11		James Duncan McGregor (1860–1935)	January 25 1929	December 1 1934
12		William Johnston Tupper (1862–1947)	December 1 1934	November 1 1940
					Edward VIII (1936)
					George VI (1936–1952)
13		Roland Fairbairn McWilliams (1874–1957)	November 1 1940	August 1 1953
						Stuart Garson (1943–1948)
						Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1948–1958)
					Elizabeth II (1952–2022)
14		John Stewart McDiarmid (1882–1965)	August 1 1953	January 15 1960
						Dufferin Roblin (1958–1967)
15		Errick Willis (1896–1967)	January 15 1960	November 1 1965
16		Richard Spink Bowles (1912–1988)	November 1 1965	September 2 1970
						Walter Weir (1967–1969)
						Edward Schreyer (1969–1977)
17		William John McKeag (1928–2007)	September 2 1970	March 15 1976
18		Francis Lawrence Jobin (1914–1995)	March 15 1976	October 23 1981
						Sterling Lyon (1977–1981)
19		Pearl McGonigal (born 1929)	October 23 1981	December 11 1986
						Howard Pawley (1981–1988)
20		George Johnson (1920–1995)	December 11 1986	March 5 1993
						Gary Filmon (1988–1999)
21		Yvon Dumont (born 1951)	March 5 1993	March 2 1999
22		Peter Liba (1940–2007)	March 2 1999	June 30 2004
						Gary Doer (1999–2009)
23		John Harvard (1938–2016)	June 30 2004	August 4 2009
24		Philip S. Lee (born 1944)	August 4 2009	June 19 2015
						Greg Selinger (2009–2016)
25		Janice Filmon (born 1943)	June 19 2015	October 24 2022
						Brian Pallister (2016–2021)
						Kelvin Goertzen (2021)
						Heather Stefanson (2021–2023)
					Charles III (since 2022)
26		Anita Neville (born 1942)	October 24 2022	Incumbent
						Wab Kinew (since 2023)

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