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Memorable Manitobans: Governors of the Red River Settlement

Term	Governor
August 1812 - June 1815	Miles Macdonnell (1769-1828)
June 1815 - June 1816	Robert Semple (1776-1816)
August 1815 - June 1822	Alexander Macdonnell (1774-1840)
June 1822 - June 1823	Andrew Bulger (1789-1858)
June 1823 - June 1825	Robert Parker Pelly (1790-1825)
June 1825 - June 1833	Donald McKenzie (1783-1851)
June 1833 - June 1839	Alexander Christie (1792-1874)
June 1839 - June 1844	Duncan Finlayson (c1795-1862)
June 1844 - June 1846	Alexander Christie (1792-1874)
June 1846 - June 1847	John Folliott Crofton (1801-1885)
June 1847 - June 1848	John T. Griffiths (?-?)
June 1848 - June 1855	William Bletterman Caldwell (c1798-1882)
June 1855 - September 1859	Francis Godschall Johnson (1817-1894)
September 1859 - July 1870	William MacTavish (1815-1870)

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016

Governors of Red River Settlement (1812-1870)

Judges of Manitoba (1870-present)

Legislative Assemblies of Manitoba (1870-present)

Legislative Council of Manitoba (1871-1876)

Lieutenant-Governors of Manitoba (1870-present)

Manitoba Centennial Medals (1970)

Manitoba Members of Parliament (1870-present)

Manitoba Recipients of the Order of Canada

Manitoba Recipients of the Order of Manitoba

Manitoba Senators (1870-present)

Mayors of Brandon (1882-present)

Mayors of Winnipeg (1874-present)

Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt

Manitoba Order of the Crocus

Police Chiefs of Winnipeg (1874-present)

Chiefs of Manitoba Provincial Police (1870-1932)

Premiers of Manitoba (1870-present)

Speakers of the Manitoba Legislature (1871-present)

Sources:

Winnipeg Tribune, 7 September 1895 [Manitoba History Scrapbook M1, Manitoba Legislative Library, page 125]

E. H. Oliver (editor), The Canadian North-West, Its Early Development and Legislative Records, 2 volumes. Publications of the Canadian Archives, No. 9, 1914.

Gallery revised: 26 August 2008

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