Lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan
| Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan | |
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Emblem of the Lieutenant Governor
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| Viceroy | |
| Style | Her Honour the Honourable |
| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At the Governor General's pleasure |
| Formation | 1 September 1905 |
| First holder | Amédée E. Forget |
| Website | www.ltgov.sk.ca |
The Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan /lɛfˈtɛnənt/ is the viceregal representative in Saskatchewan of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom. The Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan 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. The present, and 21st, Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan is Vaughn Solomon Schofield, who has served in the role since 22 March 2012.
The Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan is vested with a number of governmental duties and is also expected to undertake various ceremonial roles. For instance, the lieutenant-governor acts as patron, honorary president, or an honorary member of certain Saskatchewan institutions, such as the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association, the Saskatchewan Craft Council, and the provincial poet laureate program. Further, Saskatchewan's lieutenant-governor acts, by law, as the visitor to both the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina, and under special circumstances may be called upon in this role, as happened in the University Crisis of 1919 at the University of Saskatchewan. The lieutenant-governor, him or herself a member and Chancellor of the order, will induct deserving individuals into the Saskatchewan Order of Merit and, upon installation, automatically becomes a Knight or Dame of Justice and the Vice-Prior in Saskatchewan of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem. The viceroy further presents other provincial honours and decorations, as well as various awards that are named for and presented by the lieutenant governor; these are generally created in partnership with another government or charitable organization and linked specifically to their cause. These honours are presented at official ceremonies, which count amongst hundreds of other engagements the lieutenant-governor partakes in each year, either as host or guest of honour; in 2006, the Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta undertook 250 engagements and 450 in 2007.
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