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	Governor General of Canada information - Search.com
		The Governor General of Canada (French: Gouverneure générale du Canada or Gouverneur général du Canada) is the representative of the Canadian monarch.
		The Governor General summons, prorogues, and dissolves Parliament.
		Governor General of the Province of Canada or Governor in Chief of the Province of Canada
	www.search.com /reference/Governor-General_of_Canada (3950 words)

	Canada - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Governor General of Canada, who exercises the prerogatives of the head of state (the monarch), the Prime Minister, who is the head of government, and the Leader of the Official Opposition have official residences in Ottawa.
		Canada's head of state is the monarch, currently Elizabeth II and commonly referred to as the Queen of Canada.
		Canada is known for its vast forests and mountain ranges (including the Rocky Mountains) and the animals that reside within them, such as moose, caribou, beavers, polar bears, grizzly bears, and the common loon.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/c/a/n/Canada.html (5490 words)

	Canada - Conservapedia
		It is important to distinguish between 'O Canada', the national anthem, and 'God Save The Queen', which is the Royal anthem, played as a salute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as Queen of Canada.
		The Governor General is the official representative of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.
		The Governor General is, in the absence of the Queen, Canada's Head of State, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces.
	www.conservapedia.com /Canada (2373 words)

	George W. Bush - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		As one of the most popular governors in the nation, Bush was seen in the media and the Republican Party as a strong potential contender for the U.S. presidential election in 2000.
		His appointment of former Senator John Ashcroft as Attorney General was intensely criticized by Democrats because of Ashcroft's opposition of abortion and support for social and religious conservative causes concerning gay rights and capital punishment.
		However, as governor of Texas, Bush had signed a law which gave hospitals the authority to take terminally ill patients off of life support against the wishes of their spouse or parents, if the doctors deemed it medically appropriate.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_W._Bush (8172 words)

	Field Officers of the Canadian Fencibles, War of 1812
		As for Peter's career, he advanced first to the rank of major general in 1808 then in 1813, the 56 year-old Scot was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general; a rank he held into the 1820s.
		The absence of the regiment's colonel was typical for the majority of the regiments serving in Canada at the opening of the War of 1812.
		In the 1790s Shank, through his influence with Lieutenant Governor Simcoe and as the commanding officer of the new Queen's Rangers, was granted land in and around York and became quite wealthy.
	www3.sympatico.ca /dis.general/fd_offr.htm (2713 words)

	The Canada Page
		As Canada moves forth, and the government grows, new areas have emerged to be governed.
		Federally the Monarchy is represented by the Governor General and provincially the Monarchy is represented by the Lieutenant Governor.
		Because he or she is not elected (instead appointed by the Prime Minister) it would be an undemocratic interference for the GG or the LG to interfere.
	www.thecanadapage.org /Government.htm (2123 words)

	American Revolutionary War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Lieutenant General Thomas Gage, already the commander-in-chief of British troops in North America, was also appointed governor of Massachusetts and was instructed by King George's government to enforce royal authority in the troublesome colony.
		General Washington, with a smaller army of about 20,000 men, unwittingly violated a cardinal rule of warfare, and divided his troops about equally between Long Island and Manhattan, thus allowing Howe to engage only one half of the American army at a time.
		Led by General Burgoyne, the intention was to seize the Lake Champlain and Hudson River corridor, effectively isolating New England from the rest of the American colonies.
	american-revolutionary-war.ask.dyndns.dk (5139 words)

	THE CANADIAN CROWN
		All executive power is theoretically reposed in the Queen, who is represented in Canada by the Governor General of Canada, the lieutenant governors of the provinces, and the territorial commissioners.
		Persons swearing allegiance to Canada, such as immigrants, soldiers, and parliamentarians, swear allegiance to Her Majesty as Queen of Canada and as the legal embodiment of Canadian sovereignty.
		The Commissioners of Canada's northern territories of Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories are appointed by the federal Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs and are not formal representatives of the Crown.
	www.orgsites.com /sc/my-canada/_pgg1.php3 (1394 words)

	Governor General (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Governors from the Conquest to the union of the Canadas
		Lower Canada was created out of the eastern part of Quebec by the Constitutional Act of 1791.
		Lord Sydenham was also Governor General of Canada, and united Upper Canada and Lower Canada into the Province of Canada.
	www.canadahistory.com /sections/politics/governorgeneral/governorgeneral.htm (235 words)

	Canada: Constitutional Acts 1867 with reforms through 1999
		The Part which formerly constituted the Province of upper Canada shall constitute the Province of Ontario; and the Part which formerly constituted the Province of Lower Canada shall constitute the Province of Quebec.
		In the Case of Quebec each of the Twenty-four Senators representing that Province shall be appointed for One of the Twenty-four Electoral Divisions of Lower Canada specified in Schedule A. to Chapter One of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada.
		Such Works as, although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of two or more of the Provinces.
	pdba.georgetown.edu /Constitutions/Canada/canada1867-1999.html (6201 words)

	Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		She is also Head of the Commonwealth, Supreme Governor of the Church of England, Commander-in-Chief of the UK Armed Forces and Lord of Mann
		There was some suggestion that the princesses be sent to Canada, but their mother the Queen refused to consider this, saying, "The children could not possibly go without me, I wouldnt leave without the King, and the King won't leave under any circumstances".
		In October She toured Canada and visited Washington, DC In January 1952 Elizabeth and Philip set out for a tour of Australia and New Zealand.
	elizabeth-ii-of-the-united-kingdom.iqnaut.net (4345 words)

	Vermont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Young was commissioned as a Lieutenant and returned to Canada, where he recruited other escaped rebels to participate in the October 19, 1864 raid on St. Albans, Vermont, a quiet town 15 miles from the Canadian border.
		Vermonters independently elect a state Governor and Lieutenant Governor every two years (as opposed to every four years, which is the most common term length for a governor of a U.S. state).
		The Vermont's state legislature is the Vermont General Assembly, a bicameral body composed of the Vermont House of Representatives (the lower house) and the Vermont Senate (the upper house).
	vermont.iqnaut.net (4221 words)

	CanadaInfo: Provinces and Territories: Quebec: Former Lieutenant Governors
		ieutenant Governors are appointed by the Governor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Canada and the Federal Cabinet.
		The appointment is for a period of not less than five years and the salary is paid by the federal government.
		From 1791 - 1841, Lower Canada had Lieutenant Governors, from 1841 - 1867, Canada East had Governors General, and from 1867 until the present, the Province of Quebec has had Lieutenant Governors once again.
	www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/provinces&territories/QC_lieutenant_gov.html (125 words)

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