Lieutenant-Governors of Northwest Territories

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This is a list of historical lieutenant-governors of Northwest Territories, Canada. The position of Lieutenant-Governor lasted from the acquisition of Rupert's Land and the Northwest Territories in 1869 to the creation of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905.

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Name From To Title
Hon. Sir William McDougall September 28, 1869 May 10, 18701 Lt.-Gov. of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory
Hon. Sir Adams G. Archibald May 10, 1870 December 2, 1872 Lt.-Gov. of Manitoba and the North-West Territories
Hon. Sir Francis Godschall Johnson April 9, 1872 ¹
Hon. Alexander Morris December 2, 1872 October 7, 1876
Hon. David Laird October 7, 1876 December 3, 1881 Lt.-Gov. of the North-West Territories
Hon. Edgar Dewdney December 3, 1881 July 1, 1888
Hon. Joseph Royal July 1, 1888 October 31, 1893
Hon. Charles H. Mackintosh October 31, 1893 May 30, 1898
Hon. Malcolm C. Cameron May 30, 1898 September 26, 1898
Hon. Amédée E. Forget October 4, 1898 September 1, 1905

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¹Was unable to enter the Northwest Territories, but returned to Ottawa, and campaigned against Manitoba becoming a province. He was listed as leader of the provisional Northwest Territories government until Adams G. Archibald took over on May 10, 1870.

Since the establishment of Saskatchewan and Alberta from the Territories' most populated regions, the Territories have had no lieutenant-governor. Instead, a commissioner represents the federal government and acts as the de facto representative of the Queen. Yukon was carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1898 and has had its own commissioners since then.

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