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Ontario government welcomes new lieutenant-governor

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Ontario’s new lieutenant-governor has been sworn in with an installation ceremony full of pomp and procedure and a pledge to help build an inclusive province.

Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont is the province’s 30th lieutenant-governor and the first francophone to hold the office.

Former lieutenant-governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell has ended her term, which began in 2014 and during which her office said she conducted about 6,000 engagements in all of Ontario’s 124 ridings.

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The ceremony today began with Dumont riding in a carriage to the Ontario legislature and a viceregal salute to the outgoing lieutenant-governor, before Dumont took the oath of office and an Oath of Allegiance to King Charles.

Dumont has held a long career in education, working as a special-education teacher, a school principal and an executive. She was also the first woman to lead the Conseil des ecoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario, a school board in eastern Ontario.

She says she hopes to have her office support democracy in Ontario.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 14, 2023.