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Léonce Bernard, Canadian politician, 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (born 1943)
Léonce Bernard
Joseph Gérard Léonce Bernard, was an Acadian-Canadian politician, who was the 26th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, the third Island Acadian to hold this position.
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
The lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island is the representative in Prince Edward Island of the monarch, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada. The lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island is appointed in the same manner as the other provincial viceroys in Canada and is similarly tasked with carrying out most of the monarch's constitutional and ceremonial duties.