Commanders-in-chief of The Canadian Forces
Year | Sovereign | Year | Represented by Governor General |
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Commanders-in-Chief of the Canadian Land and Naval Militia | |||
1867 – 1901 | Queen Victoria | ||
1901 – 1910 | King Edward VII | 1904 – 1910 | The Earl Grey |
Commanders-in-Chief of the Canadian Militia and Naval Forces | |||
1910 – 1919 | King George V | 1910 – 1911 | The Earl Grey |
1911 – 1916 | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | ||
1916 – 1919 | The Duke of Devonshire | ||
Commanders-in-Chief of the Canadian Militia and Naval and Air Forces | |||
1919 – 1936 | King George V | 1919 – 1921 | The Duke of Devonshire |
1921 – 1926 | The Viscount Byng of Vimy | ||
1926 – 1931 | The Marquess of Willingdon | ||
1931 – 1935 | The Earl of Bessborough | ||
1935 – 1936 | The Lord Tweedsmuir | ||
1936 | King Edward VIII | 1936 | |
1936 – 1952 | King George VI | 1936 – 1940 | |
1940 – 1946 | The Earl of Athlone | ||
1946 – 1952 | The Earl Alexander of Tunis | ||
1952 – 1968 | Queen Elizabeth II | 1952 | |
1952 – 1959 | Vincent Massey | ||
1959 – 1967 | Georges Vanier | ||
1967 – 1968 | Roland Michener | ||
Commanders-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces | |||
1968 – present | Queen Elizabeth II | 1968 – 1974 | Roland Michener |
1974 – 1979 | Jules Léger | ||
1979 – 1984 | Edward Schreyer | ||
1984 – 1990 | Jeanne Sauvé | ||
1990 – 1995 | Ramon John Hnatyshyn | ||
1995 – 1999 | Roméo LeBlanc | ||
1999 – 2005 | Adrienne Clarkson | ||
2005 – 2010 | Michaëlle Jean | ||
2010 – | David Lloyd Johnston |
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