List of Lieutenant Governors of Ontario
This is a list of Lieutenant Governors of the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Lieutenant Governors of Upper Canada
Upper Canada was created out of the western part of Quebec by the Constitutional Act of 1791.
| Name | Term |
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| John Graves Simcoe | 1791-1796 |
| Peter Russell | 1796-1799 |
| Peter Hunter | 1799-1805 |
| Alexander Grant | 1805-1806 |
| Francis Gore | 1806-1811 |
| Sir Isaac Brock | 1811-1812 |
| Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe | 1812-1813 |
| Francis de Rottenburg | 1813 |
| Sir Gordon Drummond | 1813-1814 |
| Sir George Murray | 1815 |
| Frederick Philip Robinson | 1815 |
| Francis Gore (2nd incumbency) | 1815-1817 |
| Samuel Smith | 1817-1818 |
| Sir Peregrine Maitland | 1818-1828 |
| Sir John Colborne | 1828-1836 |
| Sir Francis Bond Head | 1836-1838 |
| Sir George Arthur | 1838-1839 |
| Charles Poullet Thompson, Lord Sydenham | 1839-1841 |
Lord Sydenham was also Governor General of Canada, and united Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada. Upper Canada became Canada West.
Lieutenant Governors of Canada West
After Richard Downes Jackson, the Lieutenant Governors were also simultaneously Governors General.
| Name | Term |
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| John Clitherow | 1841 |
| Sir Richard Downes Jackson | 1841-1842 |
| Sir Charles Bagot | 1842-1843 |
| Charles Metcalfe, Baron Metcalfe of Fernhill | 1843-1845 |
| Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart | 1845-1847 |
| James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin | 1847-1854 |
| Sir Edmund Walker Head | 1854-1861 |
| Viscount Monck of Ballytrammon | 1861-1866 |
The Province of Canada was split into Ontario and Quebec after Canadian Confederation in 1867.
Lieutenant Governors of Ontario
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