Alan Abraham
{{Short description|Lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia from 1984 to 1989}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Alan Rockwell Abraham
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|ONS|CD|size=100%}}
| image =Alan Abraham.png
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| order =
| office = 27th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
| term_start = 1 February 1984
| term_end = 20 February 1989
| governor_general = Edward Schreyer
Jeanne Sauvé
| premier = John Buchanan
| predecessor = John Elvin Shaffner
| successor = Lloyd Crouse
| monarch = Elizabeth II
| birth_name = Alan Rockwell Abraham
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|2|1}}
| birth_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2020|10|02|1931|02|01}}
| death_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Alan Rockwell Abraham {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|ONS|CD}} (1 February 1931 – 2 October 2020) was the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
Career
Abraham, an engineering graduate from Saint Mary's University{{cite web|url=https://www.smu.ca/academics/archives/hon-alan-r-a.html|title=Hon. Alan Rockwell Abraham - Doctor of Civil Law|publisher=Saint Mary's University|access-date=3 June 2016}} was involved in federal politics and helped with the organization of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's tours of the Maritimes. In 1983, Governor General Edward Schreyer, on the advice of Prime Minister Trudeau, appointed Abraham Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Abraham was the second youngest appointee as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia since Confederation at the time of his appointment. He was then age 53; one of his predecessors, Hon. James Robson Douglas of Amherst, was 49 when he was appointed in 1925. Abraham died in 2020 at the age of 89.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/halifax-ns/alan-abraham-9386492|title = Alan Abraham Obituary - Halifax, NS}}
Awards and recognition
In 1996, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.{{cite web|url=http://archive.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=3649|title=Order of Canada Citation|access-date=21 September 2010}} He received the Order of Nova Scotia when it was established in 2002.{{cite web|publisher=Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia|title=History of Lieutenant Governors of the Province of Nova Scotia|date=22 July 2014|url=http://lt.gov.ns.ca/history|access-date=3 June 2016}}
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Category:Lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia
Category:Members of the Order of Canada
Category:Members of the Order of Nova Scotia
Category:Saint Mary's University (Halifax) alumni
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