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29th lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island
Antoinette Perry , OPEI (born 1953 or 1954)[1] is a Canadian former schoolteacher and the 29th lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island since 2017, acting as the province's viceregal representative of King Charles III of Canada . She was appointed on September 14, 2017, by Governor General David Johnston on the constitutional advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ,[2] [3] [4] and was sworn in on October 20, 2017, succeeding H. Frank Lewis .[5] Perry's swearing in ceremony took place in Tignish, Prince Edward Island , marking the first time a PEI lieutenant governor was sworn in outside of the province's capital, Charlottetown .[6]
Perry is an Acadian who taught as a schoolteacher for 32 years after attaining a bachelor's degree in music education at the Université de Moncton in 1976, and has also served as the church organist at St. Simon & St. Jude Church in Tignish.[4] [7] Perry, who is single, is the first unmarried lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island.[1]
Coat of arms of Antoinette Perry
Crest
A blue jay rising proper wearing a coronet flory and holding in its beak a mullet Or issuant from a coronet erablé Gules.
Escutcheon
Azure a rank of organ pipes Or charged with a treble clef Gules.
Supporters
Two Doberman pinschers each gorged of oregano and summer savoury leaves standing on a verdant base set with lady’s slipper flowers and oak leaves bordered by sandstone cliffs, beaches and the sea Proper.
Motto
One Day At A Time [8]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Laforest, Jacinthe (September 19, 2017). "Antoinette Perry deviendra lieutenante-gouverneure de l'Î.-P.-É" [Antoinette Perry will become the Lieutenant Governor of PEI]. La Voix Acadienne (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved September 30, 2017 .
^ "Antoinette Perry appointed lieutenant-governor of P.E.I." CBC News. September 14, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved September 14, 2017 .
^ "Justin Trudeau names Antoinette Perry new P.E.I. lieutenant-governor" . The Guardian . September 14, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017 .
^ a b "Acadian church organist named 42nd lieutenant-governor of Prince Edward Island" . National Post. September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017 .
^ Gill, Jordan (October 6, 2017). "New lieutenant-governor to be sworn in outside Charlottetown" . CBC News. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved October 6, 2017 .
^ "New P.E.I. lieutenant-governor will be sworn in Oct. 20 in Tignish" . The Guardian . October 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017 .
^ "Prime Minister announces new Lieutenant Governor for Prince Edward Island" . CNW Group. September 14, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved September 14, 2017 .
^ "Antoinette PERRY" . Register of Arms, Flags and Badges. Retrieved 20 October 2020 .
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