The following is a list of the Governors and Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in Nova Scotia came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation in 1867, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of Nova Scotia in 1710.
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| # | Image | Name | Governor from | Governor until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governors under Anne (1710 – 1714): | ||||
| 1. | Samuel Vetch | 1710 | 1712 | |
| 2. | Francis Nicholson | 1712 | → | |
| Governors under George I (1714 – 1727): | ||||
| 2. | cont... | ← | 1715 | |
| 3. | Thomas Caulfeild | 1715 | 1717 | |
| 4. | Richard Philipps | 1717 | → | |
| John Doucett (acting Governor) | 1717 | 1725 | ||
| Lawrence Armstrong (acting Governor) | 1725 | → | ||
| Governors under George II (1727 – 1760): | ||||
| acting Governor cont... | ← | 1739 | ||
| Alexander Cosby (acting Governor) | 1739 | 1740 | ||
| Paul Mascarene (acting Governor) | 1740 | 1749 | ||
| 4. | cont... | ← | 1749 | |
| 5. | Edward Cornwallis | 1749 | 1752 | |
| 6. | Peregrine Hopson | 1752 | → | |
| Charles Lawrence (acting Governor) | 1753 | 1755 | ||
| 6. | cont... | ← | 1755 | |
| 7. | Charles Lawrence (ordinary governor) | 1756 | 1760 | |
| 8. | Jonathan Belcher | 1760 | → | |
| Governors under George III (1760 – 1786): | ||||
| 8. | cont... | ← | 1763 | |
| 9. | Montague Wilmot | 1763 | 1766 | |
| 10. | Lord William Campbell | 1766 | → | |
| Benjamin Green (acting Governor) | 1766 | |||
| Michael Francklin (acting Governor) | 1766 | |||
| 10. | cont... | ← | → | |
| Michael Francklin (acting Governor, second time) | 1767 | 1768 | ||
| 10. | cont... | ← | → | |
| Benjamin Green (acting Governor, second time) | 1771 | 1772 | ||
| Michael Francklin (acting Governor, second time) | 1772 | |||
| 10. | cont... | → | 1773 | |
| 11. | Francis Legge | 1773 | 1776 | |
| 12. | Mariot Arbuthnot | 1776 | 1778 | |
| 13. | Sir Richard Hughes Bt | 1778 | 1781 | |
| 14. | Sir Andrew Snape Hamond | 1781 | 1782 | |
| 15. | John Parr | 1782 | 1783 | |
| 16. | Edmund Fanning | 1783 | 1786 | |
| # | Image | Name | Governor from | Governor until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governors under George III (1786 – 1820): | ||||
| 15. | John Parr | 1786 | 1791 | |
| 17. | Richard Bulkeley | 1791 | 1792 | |
| 18. | Sir John Wentworth | 1792 | 1808 | |
| 19. | Sir George Prévost Bt | 1808 | → | |
| Alexander Croke (acting Governor) | 1811 | |||
| 19. | cont... | ← | 1811 | |
| 20. | Sir John Coape Sherbrooke | 1811 | 1816 | |
| 21. | George Stracey Smyth | 1816 | ||
| 22. | The Earl of Dalhousie GCB | 1816 | → | |
| Governors under George IV (1820 – 1830): | ||||
| 22. | cont... | ← | 1820 | |
| 23. | Sir James Kempt GCB | 1820 | → | |
| Thomas Nickleson Jeffery (acting Governor) | 1828 | |||
| 23. | cont... | ← | 1828 | |
| 24. | Sir Peregrine Maitland KCB | 1828 | → | |
| Governors under William IV (1830 – 1837): | ||||
| 24. | cont... | ← | → | |
| ' | Thomas Nickleson Jeffery (acting Governor, second time) | 1834 | ||
| 24. | cont... | ← | 1834 | |
| 25. | Sir Colin Campbell KCB | 1834 | → | |
| Governors under Queen Victoria (1837 – 1867): | ||||
| 25. | cont... | ← | 1840 | |
| 26. | The Viscount Falkland PC GCH | 1840 | → | |
| Sir Jeremiah Dickson (acting Governor) | 1846 | |||
| 26. | cont... | ← | 1846 | |
| 27. | Sir John Harvey KCH | 1846 | → | |
| John Bazalgette (acting Governor) | 1851 | |||
| 27. | cont... | ← | 1852 | |
| 28. | Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant GCMG KCB | 1852 | 1858 | |
| 29. | The Earl of Mulgrave | 1858 | 1863 | |
| 30. | Charles Hastings Doyle | 1863 | 1864 | |
| 31. | Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell CB | 1864 | 1865 | |
| 30. | Charles Hastings Doyle (second time) | 1865 | ||
| 32. | Sir William Fenwick Williams Bt | 1865 | 1867 | |
| # | Image | Name | Governor from | Governor until |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governors under Queen Victoria (1867 – 1901): | ||||
| 30. | Charles Hastings Doyle | 1867 | 1873 | |
| 33. | Joseph Howe PC | 1873 | ||
| 34. | Sir Adams George Archibald PC KCMG | 1873 | 1883 | |
| 35. | Matthew Henry Richey | 1883 | 1888 | |
| 36. | Archibald McLelan PC | 1888 | 1890 | |
| 37. | Malachy Bowes Daly | 1890 | 1900 | |
| 38. | Alfred Gilpin Jones PC | 1900 | → | |
| Governors under Edward VII (1901 – 1910): | ||||
| 38. | cont... | ← | 1906 | |
| 39. | Duncan Cameron Fraser | 1906 | → | |
| Governors under George V (1910 – 1936): | ||||
| 39. | cont... | ← | 1910 | |
| 40. | James Drummond McGregor | 1910 | 1915 | |
| 41. | David MacKeen | 1915 | 1916 | |
| 42. | MacCallum Grant | 1916 | 1925 | |
| 43. | James Robson Douglas | 1925 | ||
| 44. | James Cranswick Tory | 1925 | 1930 | |
| 45. | Frank Stanfield | 1930 | 1931 | |
| 46. | Walter Harold Covert | 1931 | → | |
| Governors under Edward VIII (1936): | ||||
| 46. | cont... | ← | → | |
| Governors under George VI (1936 – 1952): | ||||
| 46. | cont... | ← | 1937 | |
| 47. | Robert Irwin | 1937 | 1940 | |
| 48. | Frederick Francis Mathers | 1940 | 1942 | |
| 49. | Henry Ernest Kendall | 1942 | 1947 | |
| 50. | John Alexander Douglas McCurdy | 1947 | → | |
| Governors under Elizabeth II (1952 – present): | ||||
| 50. | cont... | ← | 1952 | |
| 51. | Alistair Fraser | 1952 | 1958 | |
| 52. | Edward Chester Plow CBE DSO CD | 1958 | 1963 | |
| 53. | Henry Poole MacKeen OC | 1963 | 1968 | |
| 54. | Victor de Bedia Oland OC CD ED | 1968 | 1973 | |
| 55. | Clarence Gosse OC | 1973 | 1978 | |
| 56. | John Elvin Shaffner | 1978 | 1984 | |
| 57.[† 1] | Alan Abraham CM ONS CD | 1984 | 1989 | |
| 58. | Lloyd Crouse PC ONS | 1989 | 1994 | |
| 59. | James Kinley ONS CD FCAE FEIC | 1994 | 2000 | |
| 60. | Myra Freeman CM ONS | 2000 | 2006 | |
| 61. | Mayann Francis ONS | 2006 | ||
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