Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

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constitutional office provincial public office vice-regal representative

The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario is the Crown’s representative in the province, performing constitutional, ceremonial, and community duties on behalf of the Canadian monarch.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Lieutenant Governor of Ontario canonical	20
King’s representative in Ontario	1
Lieutenant Governor in Council of Ontario	1
Standard of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional office ⓘ provincial public office ⓘ vice-regal representative ⓘ
appointedBy	Governor General of Canada ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
associatedWith	Government of Ontario ⓘ Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
assumedOffice	2014-09-23 ⓘ
ceremonialRole	Chancellor of the Order of Ontario ⓘ Patron of various provincial organizations ⓘ representing the Crown at official events in Ontario ⓘ
communityRole	promoting civic engagement in Ontario ⓘ recognizing outstanding achievement through awards ⓘ
constitutionalRole	appointing members of the Executive Council of Ontario ⓘ appointing the Premier of Ontario ⓘ dissolving the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ ensuring Ontario always has a government ⓘ granting Royal Assent to provincial legislation ⓘ proroguing the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ reading the Speech from the Throne ⓘ summoning the Legislative Assembly of Ontario ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
createdBy	Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
dateEstablished	1867-07-01 ⓘ
firstHolder	Henry William Stisted ⓘ
flag	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
jurisdiction	Ontario ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ French ⓘ
memberOf	Executive Council of Ontario ⓘ Order of Canada ⓘ surface form: Order of Canada (ex officio) Order of Ontario ⓘ surface form: Order of Ontario (ex officio Chancellor)
officeHeldBy	Elizabeth Dowdeswell ⓘ
officeType	subnational monarchy office ⓘ
partOf	Commonwealth realms ⓘ surface form: Canadian constitutional monarchy
positionHeld	Lieutenant Governor of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ
precedence	ranks immediately after the Governor General in Ontario ⓘ
reportsTo	Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ surface form: monarch of Canada (constitutionally)
represents	Crown in Right of Ontario ⓘ Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ surface form: monarch of Canada
residence	Government House, Ontario ⓘ Ontario Heritage Trust–owned vice-regal residence in Toronto ⓘ
seat	Toronto ⓘ
style	Her Honour the Honourable ⓘ
symbol	Crown in right of Canada ⓘ surface form: Crown of Canada
termLength	customary term of about five years ⓘ serves at pleasure of the Governor General ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ontario → headOfStateRepresentativeTitle → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Order of Ontario → establishedBy → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant Governor in Council of Ontario

Order of Ontario → conferredBy → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Order of Ontario → chancellor → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Premier of Ontario → appointedBy → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Premier of Ontario → isDifferentFrom → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Elizabeth Dowdeswell

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario → flag → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Government of Ontario → representativeOfHeadOfState → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Government House, Ontario → usedBy → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Government House, Ontario → occupantTitle → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Crown in Right of Ontario → exercisesPowersThrough → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Ontario general election → canBeCalledBy → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario → appointedBy → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Executive Council of Ontario → advises → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Executive Council of Ontario → appointedBy → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Ontario Legislative Building → occupant → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Edith Dumont → officeHeld → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Edith Dumont → role → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

this entity surface form: King’s representative in Ontario

Elizabeth Dowdeswell → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia → equivalentOffice → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Henry William Stisted → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ

Lincoln Alexander → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of Ontario ⓘ