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  • Thomas Heath Haviland, Jr. (1822 - 1895)
    Thomas Heath Haviland (1822-1895), a lawyer, born in Charlottetown, was a representative on the island's expanded delegation to Quebec. He favored union and was one of three commissioners who worked ou...
  • George Desbrisay Deblois (1887 - 1958)
    Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via father Robert Fitzgerald Deblois by SmartCopy : Jun 8 2015, 20:14:09 UTC

The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island /lɛfˈtɛnənt/ is the viceregal representative in Prince Edward Island of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom. The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties.

Governor of St. John's Island, 1769 to 1786

Governor under King George III (1769 to 1786)

  • Walter Patterson (14 July 1769 to 4 November 1786)

Lieutenant Governor of St. John's Island, 1786 to 1799

Lieutenant Governor under King George III (1786 to 1799)

  • Edward Fanning (4 November 1786 to 1 February 1799)

Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island, 1799 to 1873

Lieutenant Governors under King George III (1799 to 1820)

  • Edward Fanning (1 February 1799 to 10 May 1804)
  • Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres (10 May 1804 to →)
    • William Townshend (Acting) (5 August 1812 to 24 July 1813)
  • cont.... (← to 24 July 1813)
  • Charles Douglass Smith (24 July 1813 to →)

Lieutenant Governors under King George IV (1820 to 1830)

  • cont.... (← to 19 April 1824)
  • John Ready (19 April 1824 to →)

Lieutenant Governors under King William IV (1830 to 1837

  • cont.... (← to 16 March 1831)
  • Sir Murray Maxwell (16 March 1831 to 26 July 1831)
  • Sir Aretas William Young (26 July 1831 to 1 December 1835)
  • George Wright (1 December 1835 to 30 August 1836)
  • Sir John Harvey (30 August 1836 to 31 March 1837)
  • Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy (31 March 1837 to →)

Lieutenant Governors under Queen Victoria (1837 to 1873)

  • cont.... (← to 2 November 1841)
  • George Wright (2 November 1841 to 13 November 1841)
  • Sir Henry Vere Huntley (13 November 1841 to 1 November 1847)
  • Sir Donald Campbell (9 December 1847 to 18 October 1850)
  • Ambrose Lane (18 October 1850 to 10 March 1851)
  • Sir Alexander Bannerman (10 March 1851 to 11 July 1854)
  • Sir Dominick Daly (11 July 1854 to 25 May 1859)
    • Charles Young (Administrator) (25 May 1859 to 8 June 1859)
  • George Dundas (8 June 1859 to 22 October 1868)
  • Sir Robert Hodgson (22 October 1868 to 6 October 1870)
  • Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson (6 October 1870 to 1 July 1873)

Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island, 1873 to present

Lieutenant Governors under Queen Victoria (1873 to 1901)

  • Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson (1 July 1873 to 4 July 1874)
  • Sir Robert Hodgson (4 July 1874 to 14 July 1879)
  • Thomas Heath Haviland (10 July 1879 to 18 July 1884)
  • Andrew Archibald Macdonald (18 July 1884 to 2 September 1889)
  • Jedediah Slason Carvell (2 September 1889 to 14 February 1894)
  • George William Howlan (21 February 1894 to 23 May 1899)
  • Peter Adolphus McIntyre (23 May 1899 to →)

Lieutenant Governors under King Edward VII (1901 to 1910)

  • cont.... (← to 3 October 1904)
  • Donald Alexander MacKinnon (3 October 1904 to →)

Lieutenant Governors under King George V (1910 to 1936)

  • cont.... (← to 1 June 1910)
  • Benjamin Rogers (1 June 1910 to 2 June 1915)
  • Augustine Colin Macdonald (2 June 1915 to 16 July 1919)
  • Murdock MacKinnon (2 September 1919 to 8 September 1924)
  • Frank Richard Heartz (8 September 1924 to 29 November 1930)
  • Sir Charles Dalton (29 November 1930 to 9 December 1933)
  • George DesBrisay deBlois (28 December 1933 to →)

Lieutenant Governors under King Edward VIII (1936)

  • cont.... (← to →)

Lieutenant Governors under King George VI (1936 to 1952)

  • cont.... (← to 1 October 1939)
  • Bradford William LePage (1 October 1939 to 30 May 1945)
  • Joseph Alphonsus Bernard (30 May 1945 to 4 October 1950)
  • Thomas William Lemuel Prowse (4 October 1950 to →)

Lieutenant Governors under Queen Elizabeth II (1952 to present)

  • cont.... (← to 31 March 1958)
  • Frederick Walter Hyndman (31 March 1958 to 1 August 1963)
  • Willibald Joseph MacDonald (1 August 1963 to 6 October 1969)
  • John George MacKay (6 October 1969 to 21 October 1974)
  • Gordon Lockhart Bennett (24 October 1974 to 14 January 1980)
  • Joseph Aubin Doiron (14 January 1980 to 1 August 1985)
  • Lloyd MacPhail (1 August 1985 to 16 August 1990)
  • Marion Loretta Reid (16 August 1990 to 30 August 1995)
  • Gilbert Ralph Clements (30 August 1995 to 28 May 2001)
  • Joseph Gérard Léonce Bernard (28 May 2001 to 31 July 2006)
  • Barbara Oliver Hagerman (31 July 2006 to 15 August 2011)
  • Harry Frank Lewis (15 August 2011 to present)