surveyor general

{{Short description|Official responsible for government surveying}}

A surveyor general is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post.

The following surveyor general positions exist, or have existed historically:

• Surveyors general in Australia:
• Surveyor General of New South Wales
• Surveyor General of South Australia
• Surveyor General of Queensland
• Surveyor General of Tasmania
• Surveyor General of the Northern Territory
• Surveyor General of Victoria
• Surveyor General of Western Australia
• Surveyors general in Canada:
• Arpenteur général du Québec - prior to 1840s as Surveyor General of Lower Canada
• Surveyor General of Upper Canada - 1791 to 1829 as Surveyor General of Upper Canada and the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Province of Canada) 1827 to 1867 - now under Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario) as the Office of the Surveyor General
• Surveyor General of Nova Scotia
• Surveyors general in British North America
• Surveyor General of the Colony of Vancouver Island
• Joseph Despard Pemberton
• Surveyor General of New Brunswick
• Robert Power (surveyor)
• Surveyor General of Cornwall, UK
• Surveyor General of Hong Kong
• Surveyor General of India
• Surveyor General of Ireland
• Surveyor General of Malaysia
• Surveyor General of New Netherland
• Surveyor-General of New Zealand
• The Surveyor General of Pakistan
• Surveyor General of Sri Lanka (formerly Surveyor General of Ceylon)
• Surveyors general in the United States and its colonial predecessors:
• Surveyor General of the United States
• Surveyor General of Arizona
• Surveyor General of North Carolina
• Surveyor General of the Province of North Carolina
• Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory (today's north-central U.S.)
• Surveyor General of the Eastern District{{cite book |last1=DeLancey |first1=Edward Floyd |title=Origin and History of Manors in the Province of New York and in the County of Westchester |date=1886 |page=153 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bl4EAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA153 |accessdate=29 October 2019 |language=en}}
• Surveyor General of Spanish Louisiana