A GovernorGeneral , is a viceroy vice regal person of a monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial circonscription . Depending on the political arrangement of the territory, a GovernorGeneral ... dictionary.reference.com search?q governorgeneralGovernorGeneral definition on dictionary.com retrieved February 14, 2006 ref Current uses In modern usage, the term GovernorGeneral originated in those ... Dominion was therefore given the superior title of GovernorGeneral. New Zealand was granted Dominion ... was appointed the first GovernorGeneral of New Zealand. Another non federal state, Newfoundland ... of Governor throughout this time. Since the 1950s, the title GovernorGeneral has been given ... office of colonial governor was altered sometimes for the same incumbent to become GovernorGeneral ... of a Head of State. The only other nation which uses the GovernorGeneral designation is Iran ..., the provincial authority is headed by a GovernorGeneral ref name govgen cite web url http www2.irna.com ... , who is appointed by the Minister of the Interior. British colonialism and the GovernorGeneral ... for Commonwealth Governors General until recently. Until the 1920s, Governor Generals were British ... they were assigned. The GovernorGeneral could be instructed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies .... The GovernorGeneral was also the head of the armed forces in his or her territory and, because of the Governor ... one. Indeed, until the late 20th century, the GovernorGeneral s official attire was the court ... of the GovernorGeneral began to shift, reflecting the increased independence of the Dominion s which ... of Nations that the GovernorGeneral of a Dominion is the representative of the Crown, holding in all ... of a self governing dominion within the British Empire with a GovernorGeneral answerable to the sovereign ... country and is in no way influenced by the British government. The monarch appoints a GovernorGeneral ... General of Canada is appointed by the Queen of Canada on the advice of the Canadian Prime Minister. The Governor ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1936 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit began the tradition of GovernorGeneral s awards in Canada . They comprised only two categories, for fiction and non fiction, and were English language only. John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir Lord Tweedsmuir , then GovernorGeneral of Canada GovernorGeneral and himself the noted author of The Thirty Nine Steps , presented the awards. Winners Fiction Bertram Brooker , Think of the Earth Non fiction T. B. Robertson , collected newspaper articles Source http www.canadacouncil.ca NR rdonlyres CCA1B1A6 59E5 4748 BFEE B64313E92624 0 cumulativewinners20091.pdf Cumulative List of Winners of the GovernorGeneral s Literary Awards , .pdf , Canada Council. Web, Mar. 22, 2011. http www.canadacouncil.ca NR rdonlyres CCA1B1A6 59E5 4748 BFEE B64313E92624 0 cumulativewinners20091.pdf GovernorGeneral s Literary Awards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1936 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1936 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1941 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the fifth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Alan Sullivan , Three Came to Ville Marie . Poetry or Drama Anne Marriott , Calling Adventurers Non Fiction Emily Carr , Klee Wyck . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1941 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1941 ... more details
The GovernorGeneral of the Province of Canada was the vice regal post of pre Confederation Canada that existed from 1840 to Canadian Confederation in 1867. The post replaced the GovernorGeneral of New France and later List of Governors General of Canada Governors General of British North America from the Conquest to the union of the Canadas GovernorGeneral of British North America , which had replaced that of Commander in Chief of British North America . With Confederation and the dissolution of the Province of Canada , a new post was created, that of GovernorGeneral of Canada . See also List of Governors General of Canada Governors General of the Province of Canada, 1840 1867 List of Governors General of Canada Governors General of the Province of Canada, 1840 1867 DEFAULTSORT Canada, GovernorGeneral of the Province of Category Governors General of the Province of Canada Category Lists of Canadian viceroys and governors Canada Category Westminster system ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 In Canada , the 1945 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the ninth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Hugh MacLennan , Two Solitudes . Poetry or Drama Earle Birney , Now is Time . Non Fiction Evelyn M. Richardson , We Keep a Light . Non Fiction Ross Munro , Gauntlet to Overlord . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1945 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1945 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1945 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada, the 1948 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the twelfth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Hugh MacLennan , The Precipice . Poetry or Drama A.M. Klein , The Rocking Chair and Other Poems . Non Fiction Thomas H. Raddall , Halifax, Warden of the North . Non Fiction C.P. Stacey , The Canadian Army, 1939 1945 . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1948 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1948 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1948 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1950 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the fourteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Germaine Gu vremont , The Outlander . Poetry or Drama James Wreford Watson , Of Time and the Lover . Non Fiction Marjorie Wilkins Campbell , The Saskatchewan . Non Fiction W. L. Morton , The Progressive Party in Canada . Juvenile Donalda Dickie , The Great Adventure . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1950 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1950 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1950 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1951 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the fifteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Morley Callaghan , The Loved and the Lost . Poetry or Drama Charles Bruce , The Mulgrave Road . Non Fiction Josephine Phelan , The Ardent Exile . Non Fiction Frank MacKinnon , The Government of Prince Edward Island . Juvenile John F. Hayes, A Land Divided . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1951 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1951 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1951 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1956 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the twentieth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Adele Wiseman , The Sacrifice . Poetry or Drama Robert A.D. Ford , A Window on the North . Non Fiction Pierre Berton , The Mysterious North . Non Fiction Joseph Lister Rutledge , Century of Conflict . Juvenile Farley Mowat , Lost in the Barrens . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1956 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1956 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1956 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1957 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the twenty first such awards in Canada . The awards in this period an honour for the authors but had no monetary prize. Winners Fiction Gabrielle Roy , Street of Riches . Poetry or Drama Jay Macpherson , The Boatman . Non Fiction Bruce Hutchison , Canada Tomorrow s Giant . Non Fiction Thomas H. Raddall , The Path of Destiny . Juvenile Kerry Wood author Kerry Wood , The Great Chief . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1957 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1957 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1957 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1958 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the twenty second such awards. The awards in this period were an honour for the authors but had no monetary prize. Winners Fiction Colin McDougall , Execution novel Execution . Poetry or Drama James Reaney , A Suit of Nettles . Non Fiction Pierre Berton , Klondike . Non Fiction Joyce Hemlow , The History of Fanny Burney . Juvenile Edith L. Sharp , Nkwala . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1958 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1958 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1958 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Each winner of the 1963 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit was selected by a panel of judges administered by the Canada Council Canada Council for the Arts . Winners English Language Fiction Hugh Garner , Hugh Garner s Best Stories . Non fiction J.M.S. Careless , Brown of the Globe . French Language Poetry or Drama Gatien Lapointe , Ode au Saint Laurent . Non Fiction Gustave Lanctot , Histoire du Canada . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1963 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1963 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1963 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1946 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the tenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Winifred Bambrick , Continental Revue . Poetry or Drama Robert Finch poet Robert Finch , Poems . Non Fiction Frederick Philip Grove , In Search of Myself . Non Fiction A.R.M. Lower , Colony to Nation . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1946 in Canada Governor Generals Awards, 1946 Category 1946 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1946 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada the 1943 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the seventh such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Thomas H. Raddall , The Pied Piper of Dipper Creek . Poetry or Drama A.J.M. Smith , News of the Phoenix . Non Fiction John D. Robins , The Incomplete Anglers . Non Fiction E.K. Brown , On Canadian Poetry . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1943 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1943 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1944 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the eighth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Gwethalyn Graham , Earth and High Heaven . Poetry or Drama Dorothy Livesay , Day and Night . Non Fiction Dorothy Duncan , Partner in Three Worlds . Non Fiction Edgar McInnes , The War Fourth Year . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1944 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1944 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1947 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the eleventh such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Gabrielle Roy , The Tin Flute . Poetry or Drama Dorothy Livesay , Poems for People . Non Fiction William Sclater writer William Sclater , Haida . Non Fiction R. MacGregor Dawson , The Government of Canada . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1947 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1947 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada the 1942 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the sixth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction G. Herbert Sallans , Little Man . Poetry or Drama Earle Birney , David and Other Poems . Non Fiction Bruce Hutchison , The Unknown Country . Non Fiction Edgar McInnes , The Unguarded Frontier . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1942 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1942 ... more details
The GovernorGeneral s Awards are a collection of List of awards presented by the GovernorGeneral of Canada awards presented by the GovernorGeneral of Canada , marking distinction in a number of academic ... Lord Tweedsmuir , a prolific author of fiction and non fiction who created the GovernorGeneral s Literary ... endeavour they personally found important. Only Adrienne Clarkson created two GovernorGeneral Awards mdash the GovernorGeneral s Award in Visual and Media Arts and the GovernorGeneral s Medal in Architecture ... . GovernorGeneral s Literary Awards for lists of winners in each category of the GovernorGeneral s Literary Awards, and lists of nominees by year GovernorGeneral s Award for English language fiction Since their creation in 1937, the GovernorGeneral s Literary Awards have become one of Canada ... GovernorGeneral s Literary Awards winning book from fairs and second hand shops for the governorgeneral s study. As of 2004 there remained only two titles unrepresented. GovernorGeneral s Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case The GovernorGeneral s Awards in Commemoration of the Edwards ... last Status of Women Canada title The GovernorGeneral s Awards in Commemoration of the Persons ... man to win the award when he was presented it in 2008. ref name AwardRecipients GovernorGeneral s Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement The GovernorGeneral s Performing Arts Awards ... broadcasting. They were initiated in 1992 by then GovernorGeneral Ray Hnatyshyn , and winners ... www.ggpaa.ca en awards.html title The Awards publisher GovernorGeneral s Performing Arts Awards Foundation ... Films url http www.ggpaa.ca en nfb short films.html publisher GovernorGeneral s Performing Arts Awards Foundation accessdate 9 November 2011 ref GovernorGeneral s Awards in Visual and Media Arts The GovernorGeneral s Awards in Visual Visual Arts and New media Media Arts were first presented in 2000 ... and media arts professionals selects the winners. GovernorGeneral s Medals in Architecture The Governor ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1937 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the second such awards, and the first to include a category for poetry and drama. No monetary prize was yet given the awards were simply recognition of the authors. Winners Fiction Laura G. Salverson , The Dark Weaver Poetry or drama E. J. Pratt , The Fable of the Goats Non fiction Stephen Leacock , My Discovery of the West Source http www.canadacouncil.ca NR rdonlyres CCA1B1A6 59E5 4748 BFEE B64313E92624 0 cumulativewinners20091.pdf Cumulative List of Winners of the GovernorGeneral s Literary Awards , .pdf , Canada Council. Web, Mar. 22, 2011. http www.canadacouncil.ca NR rdonlyres CCA1B1A6 59E5 4748 BFEE B64313E92624 0 cumulativewinners20091.pdf GovernorGeneral s Literary Awards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1937 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1937 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1938 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the third such awards. No monetary prize was yet given the awards were simply recognition of the authors. Winners Fiction Gwethalyn Graham , Swiss Sonata Poetry or drama Kenneth Leslie , By Stubborn Stars Non fiction John Murray Gibbon , Canadian Mosaic Source http www.canadacouncil.ca NR rdonlyres CCA1B1A6 59E5 4748 BFEE B64313E92624 0 cumulativewinners20091.pdf Cumulative List of Winners of the GovernorGeneral s Literary Awards , .pdf , Canada Council. Web, Mar. 22, 2011. http www.canadacouncil.ca NR rdonlyres CCA1B1A6 59E5 4748 BFEE B64313E92624 0 cumulativewinners20091.pdf GovernorGeneral s Literary Awards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1938 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1938 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The 1940 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the fifth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Ringuet , Thirty Acres . Poetry or Drama E. J. Pratt , Br beuf and His Brethren . Non Fiction J.F.C. Wright , Slava Bohu . Source http www.canadacouncil.ca NR rdonlyres CCA1B1A6 59E5 4748 BFEE B64313E92624 0 cumulativewinners20091.pdf Cumulative List of Winners of the GovernorGeneral s Literary Awards , .pdf , Canada Council. Web, Mar. 22, 2011. http www.canadacouncil.ca NR rdonlyres CCA1B1A6 59E5 4748 BFEE B64313E92624 0 cumulativewinners20091.pdf Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1940 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1940 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1949 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the thirteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors. These were the first awards to give a prize for children s literature . Winners Fiction Philip Child , Mr. Ames Against Time . Poetry or Drama James Reaney , The Red Heart . Non Fiction Hugh MacLennan , Cross country . Non Fiction R. MacGregor Dawson , Democratic Government in Canada . Juvenile R.S. Lambert , Franklin of the Arctic . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1949 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1949 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1949 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1952 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the sixteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize and were just an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction David Walker author David Walker , The Pillar . Poetry or Drama E.J. Pratt , Towards the Last Spike . Non Fiction Bruce Hutchison , The Incredible Canadian . Non Fiction Donald G. Creighton , John A. Macdonald, The Young Politician . Juvenile Marie McPhedran , Cargoes on the Great Lakes . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category 1952 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards, 1952 Category 1952 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards, 1952 Category GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1952 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1953 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the seventeenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction David Walker author David Walker , Digby . Poetry or Drama Douglas LePan , The Net and the Sword . Non Fiction N.J. Berrill , Sex and the Nature of Things . Non Fiction J.M.S. Careless , Canada, A Story of Challenge . Juvenile John F. Hayes, Rebels Ride at Night . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1953 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1953 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1953 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In Canada , the 1954 GovernorGeneral s Award s for Literary Merit were the eighteenth such awards. The awards in this period had no monetary prize but were an honour for the authors. Winners Fiction Igor Gouzenko , The Fall of a Titan . Poetry or Drama P.K. Page , The Metal and the Flower . Non Fiction Hugh MacLennan , Thirty and Three . Non Fiction A.R.M. Lower , This Most Famous Stream . Juvenile Marjorie Wilkins Campbell , The Nor westers . Other GovernorGeneral s Awards GovernorGeneralsAwards Category GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1954 awards GovernorGeneral s Awards Category 1954 in Canada GovernorGeneral s Awards eo Premiitoj de la Guberniestro enerala 1954 fr Prix du Gouverneur g n ral 1954 ... more details
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