List of lieutenant governors of the North-West Territories

This is a list of historical lieutenant governors of the North-West Territories, Canada. The position of Lieutenant Governor lasted from the acquisition of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory in 1869 to the creation of Alberta and Saskatchewan in 1905.

Since the establishment of Saskatchewan and Alberta from the Territories' most populated regions, the territory had no lieutenant governor. Instead, a commissioner represents the federal government and acts as the {{lang|la|de facto}} representative of the King. Yukon was carved out of the North-West Territories in 1898 and has had its own commissioners since then.

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|+ Lieutenant governors of the North-West Territories

! Name

! From

! To

! Title

The Hon. Sir William McDougall

| September 28, 1869

| May 10, 1870{{notetag|Was unable to enter the North-West Territories, but returned to Ottawa, and campaigned against Manitoba becoming a province. He was listed as leader of the provisional North-West Territories government until Adams G. Archibald took over on May 10, 1870.}}

| Lieutenant Governor of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory{{cite web|title=Former Lieutenant Governors of the Northwest Territories, 1876-1905|work=Legislative Assembly of Alberta|url=http://www.assembly.ab.ca/lao/library/lt-gov/index.htm}}

The Hon. Sir Adams G. Archibald

| May 10, 1870

| December 2, 1872

| rowspan="3" | Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and the North-West Territories

The Hon. Sir Francis Godschall Johnson{{notetag|Appointed but never assumed office}}

| April 9, 1872

| December 2, 1872

The Hon. Alexander Morris

| December 2, 1872

| October 7, 1876

The Hon. David Laird

| October 7, 1876