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. For much of the time, the full title of the post was Governor of Nova Scotia and Placentia (Placentia, Newfoundland). Before the British occupation of Nova Scotia, the province was governed by French Governors of Acadia. From 1784 to 1829 Cape Breton Island was a separate colony with a vice regal post.

Governors of Nova Scotia, 1710–1786 # Image Name Governor from Governor untilGovernors under Anne (1710–1714): 1. Samuel Vetch 1710 1712 2. Francis Nicholson 1712 →Governors under George I (1714–1727): 2. Francis Nicholson (continued) ← 1715 3. Samuel Vetch (second appointment) 1715 → Thomas Caulfeild (acting governor) 1715 1717 3. Samuel Vetch (cont.) ← 1717 4. Richard Philipps 1717 → John Doucett (acting governor) 1717 1725 Lawrence Armstrong (acting governor) 1725 →Governors under George II (1727–1760): Lawrence Armstrong (continued) ← 1739 Alexander Cosby (acting governor) 1739 1740 Paul Mascarene (acting governor) 1740 1749 4. Richard Philipps (continued) ← 1749 5. Edward Cornwallis 1749 1752 6. Peregrine Hopson 1752 → Charles Lawrence (acting governor) 1753 1755 6. Peregrine Hopson (continued) ← 1755 7. Charles Lawrence (ordinary governor) 1756 1760 8. Lt. Gov. Jonathan Belcher (For Gov. Henry Ellis)Ellis was the official governor but never came to Nova Scotia, so Belcher functioned as the governor. 1760 →Governors under George III (1760–1786): 8. Lt. Gov. Jonathan Belcher (continued) (For Gov. Henry Ellis) ← 1763 9. Montague Wilmot 1763 1766 10. Lord William Campbell 1766 → Benjamin Green (acting governor) 1766 Michael Francklin (acting governor) 1766 10. Lord William Campbell (continued) ← → Michael Francklin (acting governor, second time) 1767 1768 10. Lord William Campbell (continued) ← → Benjamin Green (acting governor, second time) 1771 1772 Michael Francklin (acting governor, third time) 1772 10. Lord William Campbell (continued) → 1773 11. Francis Legge 1773 1776 12. Mariot Arbuthnot 1776 1778 13. Sir Richard Hughes, 2nd Baronet 1778 1781 14. Sir Andrew Snape Hamond 1781 1782 15. John Parr 1782 1783 16. Edmund Fanning 1783 1786

Lieutenant governors of Cape Breton Island, 1784–1820 # Image Name Governor from Governor untilGovernors under George III (1784–1820): 1. Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres 1784 1787 2. William Macarmick 1787 1815 3. David Mathews (acting) 1795 1798 4. James Ogilvie (acting) 1798 1799 5. John Murray (acting) 1799 1801 6. John Despard (acting) 1800 1807 7. Nicholas Nepean (acting) 1807 1812 8. Hugh Swayne (acting) 1813 1816 9. George Robert Ainslie 1815 1820

Lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia, 1786–1867 # Image Name Governor from Governor untilGovernors under George III (1786–1820): 15. John Parr 1786 1791 17. Richard Bulkeley 1791 1792 18. Sir John Wentworth 1792 1808 19. Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet 1808 → Alexander Croke (acting governor) 1811 19. Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet (continued) ← 1811 20. Sir John Coape Sherbrooke 1811 1816 21. George Stracey Smyth 1816 22. George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie 1816 →Governors under George IV (1820–1830): 22. Earl of Dalhousie (continued) ← 1820 23. Sir James Kempt 1820 → Thomas Nickleson Jeffery (acting governor) 1828 23. Sir James Kempt(continued) ← 1828 24. Sir Peregrine Maitland 1828 →Governors under William IV (1830–1837): 24. Sir Peregrine Maitland (continued) ← → Thomas Nickleson Jeffery (acting governor, second time) 1834 24. Sir Peregrine Maitland (continued) ← 1834 25. Sir Colin Campbell 1834 →Governors under Queen Victoria (1837–1867): 25. Sir Colin Campbell (continued) ← 1840 26. Lucius Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland 1840 → Sir Jeremiah Dickson (acting governor) 1846 26. Viscount Falkland (continued) ← 1846 27. Sir John Harvey 1846 → John Bazalgette (acting governor) 1851 27. Sir John Harvey (continued) ← 1852 28. Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant 1852 1858 29. George Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave 1858 1863 30. Charles Hastings Doyle 1863 1864 31. Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell 1864 1865 30. Charles Hastings Doyle (second time) 1865 32. Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet, of Kars 1865 1867

Lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia, 1867–present # Image Name Governor from Governor untilGovernors under Queen Victoria (1867–1901): 32. Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet (continued) 1867 1867 30. Charles Hastings Doyle (third time) 1867 1873 33. Joseph Howe 1873 34. Sir Adams George Archibald 1873 1883 35. Matthew Henry Richey 1883 1888 36. Archibald McLelan 1888 1890 Admin. Sir James McDonald 1890 37. Malachy Bowes Daly 1890 1900 38. Alfred Gilpin Jones 1900 →Governors under Edward VII (1901–1910): 38. Alfred Gilpin Jones (continued) ← 1906 Admin. Robert Linton Weatherbe 1906 39. Duncan Cameron Fraser 1906 →Governors under George V (1910–1936): 39. Duncan Cameron Fraser (continued) ← 1910 Admin. Sir Charles James Townshend 1910 40. James Drummond McGregor 1910 1915 41. David MacKeen 1915 1916 Admin. Wallace Nesbit Graham 1916 42. MacCallum Grant 1916 1925 43. James Robson Douglas 1925 44. James Cranswick Tory 1925 1930 45. Frank Stanfield 1930 1931 Admin. Sir Joseph Andrew Chisholm 1931 46. Walter Harold Covert 1931 →Governors under Edward VIII (1936): 46. Walter Harold Covert (continued) ← →Governors under George VI (1936–1952): 46. Walter Harold Covert (continued) ← 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 (1952–2022): 50. John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (continued) ← 1952 51. Alistair Fraser 1952 1958 52. Edward Chester Plow 1958 1963 53. Henry Poole MacKeen 1963 1968 54. Victor de Bedia Oland 1968 1973 55. Clarence Gosse 1973 1978 56. John Elvin Shaffner 1978 1984 57 Alan Abraham 1984 1989 58. Lloyd Crouse 1989 1994 59. James Kinley 1994 2000 60. Myra Freeman 2000 2006 61. Mayann Francis 2006 2012 62. John James Grant 2012 2017 63. Arthur Joseph LeBlanc 2017 →Governors under Charles III (2022–present): 63. Arthur Joseph LeBlanc (continued) ← 2024 64. Michael Savage 2024 Incumbent

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Office-holders of Canada Canadian incumbents by year

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