List of lieutenant governors of the North-West Territories

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

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

See also

• Commissioners of Northwest Territories
• List of Northwest Territories premiers
• List of Northwest Territories general elections

Notes

1. Was unable to enter the North-West Territories, but returned to Ottawa, and campaigned against Manitoba becoming a province. He was listed as leader of the provisional North-West Territories government until Adams G. Archibald took over on May 10, 1870.
2. Appointed but never assumed office

References

1. "Former Lieutenant Governors of the Northwest Territories, 1876-1905". Legislative Assembly of Alberta.