Adrienne Clarkson
Politician
1939 –
Who is Adrienne Clarkson?
Adrienne Louise Clarkson PC CC CMM COM CD FRSC FRAIC FRCPSC is a Canadian journalist and stateswoman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 26th since Canadian Confederation.
Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941 as a refugee from Hong Kong and was raised in Ottawa, Ontario. After receiving a number of university degrees, Clarkson worked as a producer and broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and a journalist for various magazines. Her first diplomatic posting came in the early 1980s, when she promoted Ontario culture in France and other European countries. She was in 1999 appointed as governor general by Queen Elizabeth II, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Jean Chrétien, to replace Roméo LeBlanc as viceroy, and she occupied the post until succeeded by Michaëlle Jean in 2005. While Clarkson's appointment as the Canadian vicereine was generally welcomed at first, she caused some controversy during her time serving as the Queen's representative, mostly due to costs incurred in the operation of her office, as well as a somewhat anti-monarchist attitude toward the position.
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- Born
- Feb 10, 1939
Hong Kong - Also known as
- Adrienne Louise Poy
- Governor General Adrienne Clarkson
- Adrienne Poy
- Adrienne Louise Clarkson
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- John Ralston Saul
(1999/07/31 - ) - Stephen Clarkson
(1963 - 1975)
- John Ralston Saul
- Children
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Ethnicity
- Chinese Canadian
- Hong Kong people
- Nationality
- Canada
- China
- Profession
- Education
- Lisgar Collegiate Institute
( - 1956) - Bachelor of Arts, University of Toronto
( - 1960) - Master's Degree, University of Toronto
English Literature - University of Paris IV: Paris-Sorbonne
- University of Trinity College
- Lisgar Collegiate Institute
- Lived in
- Ottawa
- Toronto
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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