Antoinette Perry (politician)
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Her Honour the Honourable Antoinette Perry OPEI |
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| 29th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island | |
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Assumed office October 20, 2017 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General | Julie Payette |
| Premier | Wade MacLauchlan |
| Preceded by | H. Frank Lewis |
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| Born | 1953 or 1954 (age 63–64) Tignish, Prince Edward Island |
| Alma mater | Université de Moncton (1976) |
| Profession | Schoolteacher, church organist |
Antoinette Perry, OPEI (born 1953 or 1954) is a Canadian politician, former schoolteacher, and the current Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, acting as the province's viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada. She was appointed the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island on on September 14, 2017 by Governor General of Canada David Lloyd Johnston on the Constitutional advice of Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau and was sworn in on October 20, 2017, succeeding H. Frank Lewis. Perry's swearing in ceremony took place in Tignish, Prince Edward Island, marking the first time a PEI lieutenant governor was sworn in outside of the province's capital, Charlottetown.
Perry is an Acadian who taught as a schoolteacher for 32 years after attaining a Bachelor's degree in music education at the Université de Moncton in 1976, and has also served as the church organist at St. Simon & St. Jude Church in Tignish, Prince Edward Island. Perry, who is single, is the first unmarried lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island.
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