Vice-Regal Appointment
In 1992, Forde was only the second woman to be appointed to the position of governor of an Australian state and the first to take on the role in Queensland.
Forde remarried a retired detective superintendent from New South Wales Police, Angus McDonald. McDonald served as Vice-Regal Consort and was the first male spouse of a Governor in Australia. Forde retired as Governor in 1997.
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