The current Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia is The Honourable Steven L. Point, OBC.
The Lieutenant Governor is the representative of Her Majesty, the Queen of Canada. All legislation passed by the Legislative Assembly must receive Royal Assent and requires the signature of the Lieutenant Governor. Click for more information about the history and role of the Lieutenant Governor in British Columbia.
Recent Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia are:
2001 - 2007 Iona V. Campagnolo
1995 - 2001 Garde Basil Gardom
1988 - 1995 David See-Chai Lam
Click to read the biographies of the following former Lieutenant Governors:
1983 – 1988 Robert Gordon Rogers
1978 – 1983 Henry Pybus Bell-Irving (1913–2002)
1973 – 1978 Walter Steward Owen (1904–1981)
1968 – 1973 John Robert Nicholson (1901–1983)
1960 – 1968 George Randolph Pearkes (1888–1984)
1955 – 1960 Frank Mackenzie Ross (1897–1971)
1950 – 1955 Clarence Wallace (1894–1982)
1946 – 1950 Charles Arthur Banks (1885–1961)
1941 – 1946 William Culham Woodward (1885–1957)
1936 – 1941 Eric Werge Hamber (1880–1960)
1931 – 1936 John William Fordham Johnson (1866–1938)
1926 – 1931 Robert Randolph Bruce (1863–1942)
1920 – 1926 Walter Cameron Nichol (1866–1928)
1919 – 1920 Edward Gawler Prior (1853–1920)
1915 – 1919 Sir Francis Stillman Barnard (1856–1936)
1909 – 1914 Thomas Wilson Paterson
1906 – 1909 James Dunsmuir (1851–1920)
1900 – 1906 Sir Henry Gustave Joly De Lotbinière (1829–1908)
1897 – 1900 Thomas Robert McInnes (1840–1904)
1892 – 1897 Edgar Dewdney (1835–1916)
1887 – 1892 Hugh Nelson (1830–1903)
1881 – 1887 Clement Francis Cornwall (1836–1910)
1876 – 1881 Albert Norton Richard (1822–1897)
1871 – 1876 Sir Joseph William Trutch (1826–1904)
Governors of the United Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia
1869 – 1871 Sir Anthony Musgrave (1828–1888)
1866 – 1869 Frederick Seymour (1820–1869)
Governors of British Columbia
1866 – 1869 Sir James Douglas (1803–1877)
1864 – 1866 Frederick Seymour (1820–1869)
Governors of Vancouver Island
1864 – 1866 Sir Arthur Edward Kennedy (1810–1883)
1851 – 1864 Sir James Douglas (1803–1877)
1849 – 1851 Richard Blanshard (1817–1894)
Source: Office of the Lieutenant Governor