List of Acadian governors

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The following is a list of the names of the Governors representing the Crown of France in Acadia.

For a list of Viceroys representing the British Crown after 1710, see the article Viceroys of Nova Scotia.

Name Term
Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Monts 1603-1608
Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just 1606-1615
Charles de Biencourt de Saint-Just 1615-1623
Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour 1631-1642
Isaac de Razilly 1632-1635
Charles de Menou d'Aulnay 1638? - 1650?
Charles de Saint-Étienne de la Tour (again) 1653-1657
Emmanuel Le Borgne 1657-1667 [1]
William Crowne 1662-1667
Thomas Temple 1657-1670
Alexandre Le Borgne de Belle-Isle 1667-1670 [2]
Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine 1670-1673
Jacques de Chambly 1673-1677
Jurriaen Aernoutsz1 1674
John Rhoades1 1674-1675
Cornelius Van Steenwyk1 1676
Pierre de Joybert de Soulanges 1677-1678
Michel Le Neuf de la Vallière de Beaubassin 1678-1684
François-Marie Perrot 1684-1687
Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval 1687-1690
Joseph Robineau de Villebon 1691-1700 [3]
Sébastien de Villieu 1700-1701
Jacques-François Monbeton Brouillan de St. André 1701-1705
Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure 1705-1706 [4]
Daniel d'Auger, sieur de Subercase 1706-1710

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1During the governorship of Jacques de Chambly, Acadia was briefly captured by Jurriaen Aernoutsz, a privateer from Curaçao, who declared Acadia a territory of The Netherlands. Aernoutsz subsequently returned to Curaçao, appointing John Rhoades to administer the territory in his absence. However, Rhoades lost control of the territory within a few months, and control of the region reverted to France. The Dutch West India Company later appointed Cornelius Van Steenwyk as Dutch governor of "New Holland", although this was largely a paper designation as the Dutch did not actually have control of the territory.

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