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 representative of the King. Yukon was carved out of the North-West Territories in 1898 and has had its own commissioners since then.

+ Lieutenant governors of the North-West Territories Name From To Title Sir William McDougall September 28, 1869 May 10, 1870 Lieutenant Governor of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory Sir Adams George Archibald May 10, 1870 December 2, 1872 Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Sir Francis Godschall Johnson April 9, 1872 December 2, 1872 Alexander Morris December 2, 1872 October 7, 1876 David Laird October 7, 1876 December 3, 1881 Lieutenant Governor of the North-West TerritoriesEdgar Dewdney December 3, 1881 July 1, 1888Joseph Royal July 1, 1888 October 31, 1893 Charles Herbert Mackintosh October 31, 1893 May 30, 1898 Malcolm Colin Cameron May 30, 1898 September 26, 1898 Amédée E. Forget October 4, 1898 September 1, 1905

See also Commissioners of Northwest Territories List of Northwest Territories premiers List of Northwest Territories general elections

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