Her Majesty the Queen of Canada appoints the Governor General (on the advice of the prime minister).
April 16, 1705
It is proposed by the legislature, passed, and then signed or not signed by the Governor
He became Govoner-Genral in 1805
The first female governor was Joan Finney, from 1991 to 1995. She was the first female candidate in the US to defeat an incumbent male governor in a state general election.
How is the governor general
Which governor-general? The governor-general of Canada is in a different position than the governor-general of Australia.
The Governor General (or "Governor-General", in some realms of the Commonwealth) represents Her Majesty the Queen. The Governor General appoints the person best able to command a majority of voices in the Lower House to act as prime minister. The Governor General also summons, prorogues and dissolves Parliament, and reads the throne speech at the opening of each session of the legislature. The Governor General also grants royal assent to bills (as the Queen's representative) before they can become law.
The Governor General is David Lloyd Johnston.
General the Most Honourable The Marquess Cornwallis was the second Governor of the Presidency of Fort William, of Bengal. The position would later become the two offices of the Governor-General of India, and the Governor-General of Pakistan. (It should be noted that Sir John Macpherson, 1st Baronet, was acting Governor before The Marquess Cornwallis.)
The Governor General of Jamaica is addressed directly as 'Your Excellency' and indirectly as 'His Excellency the Governor General'
As per the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada, Canada does not use a hyphen for "Governor General".