Governor-General of Barbados

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head of state office vice-regal office

The Governor-General of Barbados was the monarch’s representative and de facto head of state in Barbados prior to the country becoming a republic in 2021.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Governor-General of Barbados canonical 15
Governor of Barbados 4
Governor-General of Barbados as head of state 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state office ⓘ
vice-regal office ⓘ
abolished 2021-11-30 ⓘ
appointedBy monarch of Barbados ⓘ
appointedOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Barbados ⓘ
category Governor-General of Barbados self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Governors-General of Barbados
constitutingInstrument Constitution of Barbados ⓘ
country Barbados ⓘ
duty appointing the Prime Minister ⓘ
dissolving Parliament on advice of the Prime Minister ⓘ
giving royal assent to legislation ⓘ
firstHolder John Montague Stow ⓘ
firstHolderStartDate 1966-11-30 ⓘ
flag Standard of the Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
inception 1966-11-30 ⓘ
inceptionEvent independence of Barbados ⓘ
jurisdiction Barbados ⓘ
lastHolder Dame Sandra Mason ⓘ
lastHolderBecame President of Barbados ⓘ
lastHolderEndDate 2021-11-30 ⓘ
memberOf Commonwealth realms ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Nations realm heads of state
monarchsRepresented Charles III, King of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Charles III (nominally, prior to republic transition date being set)

Elizabeth II ⓘ
nativeName Governor-General of Barbados self-link ⓘ
officeHoldersIncluded Arleigh Winston Scott ⓘ
Dame Sandra Mason ⓘ
Deighton Lisle Ward ⓘ
Sir Clifford Husbands ⓘ
Sir Elliott Belgrave ⓘ
Sir Hugh Worrell Springer ⓘ
surface form: Sir Hugh Springer

Sir Nita Barrow ⓘ
officeLocation Bridgetown ⓘ
politicalSystemContext constitutional monarchy ⓘ
predecessorOffice Governor-General of Barbados self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Governor of Barbados
replacedBy President of Barbados ⓘ
represents monarch of Barbados ⓘ
residence Government House, Barbados ⓘ
role de facto head of state of Barbados ⓘ
scopeOfAuthority ceremonial powers ⓘ
reserve powers ⓘ
seat Bridgetown ⓘ
statusAfter2021 abolished office ⓘ
style Her Excellency ⓘ
His Excellency ⓘ
successorInstitutionType republican presidency ⓘ
termLength at Her Majesty’s pleasure ⓘ
usedIn Barbadian constitutional practice ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Parliament of Barbados → previousAppointingAuthorityUpperHouse → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Senate of Barbados → previouslyMembersAppointedBy → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
National Hero of Barbados → formerConferredBy → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Crown of Barbados → officeHolderTitle → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Queen of Barbados → representedBy → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Queen of Barbados → executivePowerExercisedBy → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Monarch of Barbados → representedBy → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Monarch of Barbados → appoints → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
State House, Barbados → previouslyServedAsOfficialResidenceOf → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Cabinet of Barbados (in a ceremonial capacity) → predecessorHeadOfStateRepresentative → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Dame Sandra Mason → positionHeld → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Dame Sandra Mason → replacedOffice → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor-General of Barbados as head of state
Governor-General of Barbados → predecessorOffice → Governor-General of Barbados self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor of Barbados
Governor-General of Barbados → nativeName → Governor-General of Barbados self-link ⓘ
Governor-General of Barbados → category → Governor-General of Barbados self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governors-General of Barbados
Act of Parliament of Barbados → headOfStateAssentRequired → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Sir Hugh Worrell Springer → positionHeld → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Legislative Council of Barbados → appointedBy → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor of Barbados
Premier of Barbados → appointedBy → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor of Barbados
Premier of Barbados → appointedBy → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
Premier of Barbados → subordinateTo → Governor-General of Barbados ⓘ
this entity surface form: Governor of Barbados