Rideau Hall
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Rideau Hall is the official residence of the governor general of Canada, the representative of the monarch of Canada. Located in Ottawa, the capital of the country, on a 36-hectare estate at 1 Sussex
Main façade of Government House
Costume ball at Rideau Hall, hosted by Governor General Lord Dufferin at Rideau Hall, 1876
A May Day garden party at Rideau Hall, 1898
Princess Patricia of Connaught and Major Worthington at Rideau Hall's skating rink, 1914
Governor General of Canada
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The governor general of Canada is the federal representative of the Canadian monarch, currently King Charles III. The monarch of Canada is also sovereign and head of state of 14 other Commonwealth rea
Rideau Hall
…Rideau Hall (officially Government House) is the official residence of the governor general of Canada, the representative of the monarch of Canada. Located in Ottawa, the capital of the country, on a 36-hectare (88-acre) estate at 1 Sussex Drive, the…
Louise Arbour during her first official visit to the Citadelle de Québec
(Left to right) The wife of Thomas Crerar, King George VI, Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, Queen Elizabeth, and Governor General the Lord Tweedsmuir at the Château Laurier hotel in Ottawa, 1939. Mackenzie King was the only leader of the opposition to be involved in the appointment of a governor general, in 1935 deciding with then-prime minister Richard Bennett to choose Tweedsmuir.
Vincent Massey (left), the first Canadian-born viceroy since Confederation
Michaëlle Jean swearing the oaths of office as administered by puisne justice Michel Bastarache, September 27, 2005