Salmabegum Lakhani is the 19th lieutenant governor of Alberta. Her appointment as lieutenant governor became effective upon the swearing of the oath of allegiance and oath of office on August 26, 2020.
Lakhani in 2020
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
The lieutenant governor of Alberta is the representative in Alberta of the monarch. The lieutenant governor is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties.
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
The swearing-in ceremony of Donald Ethell as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, 11 May 2010
Alberta's first Lieutenant Governor, George H. V. Bulyea (left), at Government House with the Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal (centre) and Alexander Cameron Rutherford (right), 7 September 1909
In the past Government House was the residence of lieutenant governor.