Letters Patent constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada

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The Letters Patent constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada is a key constitutional instrument that defines the powers, duties, and authority of the Crown’s representative in Canada.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian constitutional document ⓘ
constitutional instrument ⓘ
letters patent ⓘ
administratorAlsoMayBe senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada ⓘ
administratorUsually Chief Justice of Canada ⓘ
appliesTo all holders of the office of Governor General of Canada after 1947 ⓘ
archivedBy Library and Archives Canada ⓘ
clarifiesRelationshipWith Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
Privy Council for Canada ⓘ
Sovereign of Canada ⓘ
linked to: King of Canada
complements Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
constitutionalSignificance central to defining the modern role of the Governor General of Canada ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
currentSovereignToWhomAddressed reigning monarch of Canada ⓘ
dateSigned 1947-09-08 ⓘ
definesOffice Governor General of Canada ⓘ
definesRoleAs representative of the Crown in Canada ⓘ
effectiveDate 1947-10-01 ⓘ
governsOffice Governor General of Canada ⓘ
grantsPower appointing judges of superior courts ⓘ
appointing other federal ministers ⓘ
appointing senators ⓘ
appointing the Prime Minister of Canada ⓘ
command-in-chief of the Canadian armed forces ⓘ
exercise of most of the powers and authorities of the Crown in Canada ⓘ
giving Royal Assent to legislation ⓘ
issuing proclamations ⓘ
summoning, proroguing and dissolving Parliament ⓘ
issuedBy Crown in right of the United Kingdom (1947) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasisFor exercise of most vice-regal powers in Canada ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
monarchAtIssuance George VI ⓘ
providesFor administration of the Government of Canada in the name of the Sovereign ⓘ
appointment of an Administrator of the Government of Canada ⓘ
succession in case of vacancy in the office of Governor General ⓘ
publishedIn Canada Gazette ⓘ
relatedDocument Royal Instructions to the Governor General of Canada (historical) ⓘ
replaces Letters Patent, 1931, Constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada ⓘ
earlier imperial letters patent relating to the Governor General of Canada ⓘ
signedBy King George VI ⓘ
linked to: George VI
subjectTo Constitution Act, 1867 ⓘ
Constitution Act, 1982 ⓘ
royal prerogative ⓘ
typeOfPowerDelegation broad delegation of royal prerogative to the Governor General ⓘ

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Government of the Dominion of Canada → constitutionalDocument → Letters Patent constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada ⓘ
Canadian Heraldic Authority → foundingInstrument → Letters Patent Constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada (1988) ⓘ
linked to: Letters Patent constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada
Letters Patent, 1947, Constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada → replaces → Letters Patent, 1931, Constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada ⓘ
linked to: Letters Patent constituting the Office of Governor General of Canada