Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

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The lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia is vested with a number of governmental duties and is also expected to undertake various ceremonial roles. For instance, the lieutenant governor acts as patron, honorary president, or an honorary member of certain Nova Scotia institutions, such as the Multicultural Association of Nova Scotia, the Nova Scotia Salmon Association, and the Royal Canadian Legion (Nova Scotia–Nunavut Command).{{cite web| url=http://lt.gov.ns.ca/en/roles-and-responsibilities.aspx#patronage| last=Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia| title=The Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia > Role and Responsibilities > Patronage| publisher=Queen's Printer for Nova Scotia| access-date=11 July 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602094353/http://lt.gov.ns.ca/en/roles-and-responsibilities.aspx#patronage#patronage| archive-date=2009-06-02| url-status=dead}} Also, the viceroy, him or herself a member and Chancellor of the order,{{Cite journal| last=Elizabeth II| author-link=Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom| publication-date=12 March 2007| title=Order of Nova Scotia Act| series=6| publication-place=Halifax| publisher=Queen's Printer for Nova Scotia| url=http://www.canlii.org/eliisa/highlight.do?text=order+of+nova+scotia&language=en&searchTitle=Search+all+CanLII+Databases&path=/en/ns/laws/stat/sns-2001-c-9/latest/sns-2001-c-9.html| access-date=21 June 2009}} will induct deserving individuals into the Order of Nova Scotia and, upon installation, automatically becomes a Knight or Dame of Justice and the Vice-Prior in Nova Scotia of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.{{cite web| url=http://www.sja.ca/Canada/AboutUs/TheOrder/Pages/TheOrderofStJohninCanada.aspx| title=Canada Wide > About Us > The Order of St. John > The Order of St. John in Canada| publisher=St. John Ambulance Canada| access-date=2 June 2009}} The viceroy further presents numerous other provincial honours and decorations, as well as various awards that are named for and presented by the lieutenant governor; these are generally created in partnership with another government or charitable organization and linked specifically to their cause.{{cite web| url=http://lt.gov.ns.ca/en/awards.aspx| last=Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia| title=The Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia > Lieutenant Governor's Awards| publisher=Queen's Printer for Nova Scotia| access-date=11 July 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422131915/http://lt.gov.ns.ca/en/awards.aspx| archive-date=22 April 2009}} These honours are presented at official ceremonies, which count amongst hundreds of other engagements the lieutenant governor partakes in each year, either as host or guest of honour; the lieutenant governor in 2006 undertook 289 engagements and 384 in 2007.{{Cite book|first=Eugene |last=Berezovsky |editor-last=Staff of Canadian Monarchist News |title=$1.52 per Canadian: The Cost of Canada's Constitutional Monarchy |year=2009 |edition=4 |page=3 |place=Toronto |publisher=Monarchist League of Canada |url=http://www.monarchist.ca/new/docs/cc2009.pdf |access-date=15 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707114038/http://www.monarchist.ca/new/docs/cc2009.pdf |archive-date= 7 July 2009 }}

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At these events, the lieutenant governor's presence is marked by the lieutenant governor's standard, consisting of a blue field bearing the escutcheon of the Coat of arms of Nova Scotia surmounted by a crown and surrounded by ten gold maple leaves, symbolizing the ten provinces of Canada. Prior to 2024, the lieutenant governor used a flag consisting of the Royal Union Flag defaced with the escutcheon of the arms surrounded by a circle of 18 green maple leaves. This was the last of the Canadian governors' flags to retain the original design set out by Queen Victoria in 1869, though for a period in the 1950s, the lieutenant governor used a flag bearing simply the arms of the province.{{cite web| url=http://flagspot.net/flags/ca-ns.html#lg| last=Nelson| first=Phil| title=Flags of the World > Nova Scotia > Flag of the Lieutenant-Governor| date=13 December 2008| access-date=11 July 2009}} Within Nova Scotia, the lieutenant governor also follows only the sovereign in the province's order of precedence, preceding even other members of the Canadian Royal Family and the King's federal representative.

The aides-de-camp who serve the lieutenant governor wear on their uniforms a badge consisting of the Royal Union Flag in shield form defaced by the arms of Nova Scotia within a wreath of maple leaves, all surmounted by St Edward's Crown. The Canadian Heraldic Authority designed the badge, with the authorization on 20 May 2011 of Governor General David Johnston, as well as of Queen Elizabeth II for the use of the royal crown.{{cite web|url=http://lt.gov.ns.ca/government-house/adc-badge/ |last=Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia |title=Government House > Badge of the Honorary Aides-de-Camp |publisher=Queen's Printer for Nova Scotia |access-date=1 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020081842/http://lt.gov.ns.ca/government-house/adc-badge/ |archive-date=20 October 2012 }}

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The office of lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia came into being in 1786, when the government of William Pitt adopted the idea that Nova Scotia, along with New Brunswick, Quebec, and Prince Edward Island, should have as their respective governors a single individual. The earlier post of governor of Nova Scotia thus came to be occupied by the overreaching authority of the governor-in-chief, who was represented in the colony by a lieutenant. The modern incarnation of the office was established in 1867, upon Nova Scotia's entry into Confederation.{{Harvnb| Victoria| 1867| loc=V.63}} Since that date, 30 lieutenant governors have served the province among whom were notable firsts, such as Myra Freeman, the first female lieutenant governor of the province, and Mayann Francis, the first lieutenant governor of Black Nova Scotian ancestry. The shortest mandate by a Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia was Joseph Howe, for three weeks in July 1873, and the longest was Malachy Bowes Daly, from 1890 to 1900.

• Monarchy in Nova Scotia
• Government of Nova Scotia
• List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia

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