Gordon Barnhart
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The Honourable Gordon Barnhart CM SOM |
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| 20th Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan | |
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In office August 1, 2006 – March 22, 2012 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governor General |
Michaëlle Jean David Johnston |
| Premier |
Lorne Calvert Brad Wall |
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| Succeeded by | Vaughn Solomon Schofield |
| 12th Clerk of the Senate and Clerk of the Parliaments | |
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In office 1989–1994 |
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| Preceded by | Charles A. Lussier |
| Succeeded by | Paul Bélisle |
| Personal details | |
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January 22, 1945 Saltcoats, Saskatchewan |
| Spouse(s) | Naomi Barnhart |
| Profession | Civil servant |
Gordon Leslie Barnhart, CM SOM (born January 22, 1945) is a former Clerk of the Canadian Senate and the Saskatchewan Legislature, as well as former Secretary of the University of Saskatchewan. He was the 20th Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan from 2006 until 2012. He was the acting President of the University of Saskatchewan as from May 21, 2014 until October 24, 2015.
Barnhart was born in Saltcoats, Saskatchewan. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in history in 1967 and in 1968, he took a job teaching grades 10 and 11 history at North Battleford Collegiate Institute (now North Battleford Comprehensive High School). In 1968, after only four months of teaching, he was appointed Clerk of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, the youngest to take on such a position across the Commonwealth. During his tenure, he worked on his Master of Arts at the University of Regina, completing it in 1977.
In 1989, Governor General Jeanne Sauvé, on the advice of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, appointed Barnhart to Clerk of the Senate, and thereby Clerk of the Parliaments. After five years, which included contributing to the failed Charlottetown Accord, he resigned from his position in the Senate. He returned to the University of Saskatchewan, where he completed his Doctorate in 1998.
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