Frank Lewis (broadcaster)
H. Frank Lewis | |
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28th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island | |
In office August 15, 2011 – October 20, 2017 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor General | David Johnston Julie Payette |
Premier | Robert Ghiz Wade MacLauchlan |
Preceded by | Barbara Oliver Hagerman |
Succeeded by | Antoinette Perry |
Personal details | |
Born | 1939 (age 82–83) York, Prince Edward Island |
Spouse(s) | Dorothy |
Harry Frank Lewis, CM OPEI (born 1939) is a Canadian broadcaster and politician who served as the 28th lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island, as viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of Prince Edward Island. He held the position from August 15, 2011, until October 20, 2017, and was succeeded by Antoinette Perry who was appointed on September 14, 2017.[1][2]
Born in 1939[3] in York, Queens County, Prince Edward Island,[4][5] Lewis started working at CFCY-FM in Charlottetown in 1966 and retired in 2004 when he was a vice president and General Manager. Since his retirement, he worked as a senior advisor for Newcap Radio. He was appointed the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island on July 28, 2011, by Governor General of Canada David Lloyd Johnston on the Constitutional advice of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper.[6] He was sworn in by , the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, on August 15, 2011, at Province House. As Lieutenant Governor, Lewis is Chancellor of the Order of Prince Edward Island.[7]
In 2006 he was inducted into the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Antoinette Perry appointed lieutenant-governor of P.E.I." CBC News. 14 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Justin Trudeau names Antoinette Perry new P.E.I. lieutenant-governor". The Guardian. 14 September 2017. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Canadian Communications Foundation - Fondation des Communications Canadiennes". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
- ^ "H. Frank Lewis". Office of the Prime Minister.
- ^ "York, Prince Edward Island". Prince Edward Island.
- ^ a b "PM announces H. Frank Lewis as new Lieutenant Governor of PEI". Prime Minister of Canada. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012.
- ^ "New Lieutenant Governor to be sworn in August 15, 2011". Prince Edward Island.
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- Lieutenant Governors of Prince Edward Island
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