Governor General of Canada
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The Governor General of Canada is the person who represents Canada's King (or Queen). The King of Canada does not spend much time in Canada because he is also the King of several other countries.
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Governor General of Canada
Gouverneure générale du Canada | |
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Government of Canada | |
Style | His/Her Excellency The Right Honourable |
Abbreviation | GG |
Residence |
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Appointer | Monarch of Canada on the advice of the prime minister of Canada |
Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 1 July 1867 |
First holder | The Viscount Monck |
Deputy | Deputies of the Governor General of Canada
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Salary | CA$288,900 annually |
Website | www |
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The Governor General is technically chosen by the King and is allowed to use almost all of the King's powers. But most of the time neither the King nor the Governor General use their powers without advice from the Prime Minister of Canada.
- The King would normally always choose whoever the Prime Minister wants them to choose to become Governor General.
- The Governor General usually uses his/her powers for what the Prime Minister advices him/her to do.
Once in a while the Prime Minister may want something done that the Governor General is not allowed to do on her own. The Prime Minister must then go straight to the King, for example for the appointment of 4 or 8 extra Senators to Parliament.