Janice Filmon

Her Honour the Honourable
Janice Filmon
CM OM
25th Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
Assumed office
June 19, 2015
Monarch Elizabeth II
Governor General David Johnston
Premier Greg Selinger
Brian Pallister
Preceded by Philip S. Lee
Personal details
Born Janice Clare Wainwright
c. 1943 (age 72–73)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Spouse(s) Gary Filmon (m. c. 1963)
Children four
Alma mater University of Manitoba
Occupation social worker, community activist

Janice Clare Filmon (née Wainwright; c. 1943), CM OM is the 25th and current Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba. Her appointment as Lieutenant Governor was made by Governor General of Canada David Lloyd Johnston on the Constitutional advice of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, effective June 19, 2015. She is the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of Manitoba.

Filmon was born around 1943.[1] A social worker, philanthropist and community activist, she was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2012 and the Order of Manitoba in 2007.[2] She is the chair of the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation and founder of the A Leadership Initiative in Voluntary Efforts (A.L.I.V.E.) volunteer program. She was born in Winnipeg and graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1964 with a Bachelor of Science degree in home economics. Her husband is Gary Filmon, a former premier of Manitoba; they have four children.[3][4][5]

Lieutenant Governor

On March 19, 2015, Filmon was appointed by Governor General of Canada David Johnston on the advice of Prime Minister Stephen Harper to be the next Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, replacing Philip S. Lee.[6][7] As the viceregal representative in Manitoba, she will be styled "Her Honour" while in office and will have the right to the style "the Honourable" for life.

References

Order of precedence
Preceded by
Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau
as Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick		 Canadian order of precedence
as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba 		Succeeded by
Judith Guichon
as Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
First Order of precedence in Manitoba
as Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba 		Succeeded by
Brian Pallister
as President of the Executive Council of Manitoba
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