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governor-in-chief

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n. — Hist.

the representative of the monarch in executive control in one of the provinces of British North America; in modern use, the representative appointed on the advice of the Canadian government to act on behalf of the Queen (or King) of Canada.

See: governor general

Quotations

1823

His Excellency the Governor in Chief, the Earl of Dalhousie . . . arrived at Halifax on the 3d inst. from Quebec.

1839

Yesterday morning, his Excellency the Governor-in-Chief and suite left this city on his way to the Upper Province.

2n.

the principal officer of the Hudson's Bay Company in Canada.

See: governor(def. 2)

Quotations

1962

The business in Canada was to be carried on by a governor-in-chief with a council of chief factors. Some of the shares were distributed among the chief factors, the chief traders, and retiring partners.