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5 unusual facts about Administrator of the Government


Alexander Croke

Sir Alexander Croke (July 22, 1758 – December 27, 1842) was a British judge, Colonial Administrator and author influential in Nova Scotia of the early nineteenth century.

Arthur Dunkel

Arthur Dunkel (August 26, 1932 - June 8, 2005) was a Swiss (Portuguese-born) administrator.

Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer

Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer, GCMG (11 December 1836 – 30 September 1914), the nephew of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer, was a British colonial administrator and diplomat.

John Thomas Dunlop

John Thomas Dunlop (July 5, 1914 – October 2, 2003) was a United States administrator and labor scholar.

Milo Butler

Sir Milo Butler, GCMG (August 11, 1906 – January 22, 1979) was a Bahamian administrator.


5th Parliament of Upper Canada

This parliament was dissolved 1 May 1812 by the Administrator of the Government Isaac Brock who had been frustrated in his efforts to pass legislation preparing the colony for war with the United States.

Barbara Oliver Hagerman

Her duties as Lieutenant Governor were briefly performed by John A. McQuaid from 12–13 March 2008 as the Administrator of Prince Edward Island).

Sewell Ministry, 1856

Robert Wynyard, the administrator filling in after Grey's departure and before the arrival of the next Governor, Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, formed an Executive Council led by James FitzGerald (the Fitzgerald Ministry).

Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet

Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet KCH, CB (22 February 1779 – 4 March 1838) was a British colonial administrator.

Thibaudeau Rinfret

Rinfret was acting Governor General (or Administrator of the Government) in 1952 after the departure of Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis and until Vincent Massey could officially take his vice-regal post; during this time he proclaimed Elizabeth II as Queen of Canada, following the death of King George VI.


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