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George VI and Mackenzie King in London, May 1937. While in London, Mackenzie King brought up the monarch taking a royal tour of Canada.. Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir, in an effort to foster Canadian identity, conceived of a royal tour by the country's monarchs; the Dominion Archivist (i.e., official historian) Gustave Lanctot wrote that this "probably grew out of the knowledge that at his ...
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit the King's Plate in Toronto during the 1939 royal tour. The 1939 royal tour was a cross-Canada royal tour by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. Although there had been many invitations since 1858 for the reigning monarch to tour Canada, [108] George was the first to do so.
From Ottawa, George and Elizabeth were accompanied by Canadian prime minister Mackenzie King, [68] to present themselves in North America as King and Queen of Canada. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] Both Mackenzie King and the Canadian governor general, Lord Tweedsmuir , hoped that George's presence in Canada would demonstrate the principles of the Statute of ...
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth attending the King's Plate in Toronto during their 1939 royal tour. King George VI became in 1939 the first reigning monarch of Canada to tour the country, doing so with his wife, Queen Elizabeth. Only weeks later, the King, on the advice of his Canadian Prime Minister, declared war on Nazi Germany. [557]
However, some sources, instead, put this date at 1535, when the word Canada was first used to refer to the French colony of Canada, [21] which was founded in the name of King Francis I. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] Monarchical governance subsequently evolved under a continuous succession of French, British, and eventually uniquely Canadian sovereigns. [ 28 ]
The history of monarchy in Canada stretches from pre-colonial times through to the present day. The date monarchy was established in Canada varies; some sources say it was when the French colony of New France was founded in the name of King Francis I in 1534, [1] while others state it was in 1497, when John Cabot made landfall in what is thought to be modern day Newfoundland or Nova Scotia ...
The Prince of Wales (later King George V) Quebec: Quebec City: Tercentenary of Quebec City 1911 – 1916: The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia of Connaught: All provinces and territories: Served as viceregal family Prince Albert of Wales (later King George VI) Quebec: Montreal Ontario: Ottawa: To visit Prince Arthur and ...
George VI, King of Canada (left), with Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King (right), 1937. The intent behind the Letters Patent, 1947, was to re-draft the 1931 letters patent into a uniquely Canadian document empowering the governor general by way of "enabling legislation". [12]