Name Portrait Country Office Mandate start Mandate end Term length Dame Elmira Minita Gordon Belize Governor-General 21 September 1981 17 November 1993 12 years, 57 days Jeanne Sauvé Canada Governor General 14 May 1984 29 January 1990 5 years, 260 days Dame Nita Barrow Barbados Governor-General 6 June 1990 19 December 1995 5 years, 196 days Dame Catherine Tizard New Zealand Governor-General 13 December 1990 21 March 1996 5 years, 99 days Dame Pearlette Louisy Saint Lucia Governor-General 17 September 1997 31 December 2017 20 years, 105 days Adrienne Clarkson Canada Governor General 7 October 1999 27 September 2005 5 years, 324 days Dame Sian Elias New Zealand Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General) 22 March 2001 4 April 2001 13 days Dame Silvia Cartwright New Zealand Governor-General 4 April 2001 4 August 2006 5 years, 122 days Dame Ivy Dumont The Bahamas Governor-General 11 November 2001 30 November 2005 4 years, 19 days Monica Dacon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Acting Governor-General 3 June 2002 2 September 2002 91 days Michaëlle Jean Canada Governor General 27 September 2005 1 October 2010 5 years, 4 days Dame Sian Elias New Zealand Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General) 4 August 2006 23 August 2006 19 days Emmanuelle Mignon Andorra Representative of the French Co-Prince 6 June 2007 24 September 2008 1 year, 110 days Dame Louise Lake-Tack Antigua and Barbuda Governor-General 17 July 2007 13 August 2014 7 years, 27 days Dame Quentin Bryce Australia Governor-General 5 September 2008 28 March 2014 5 years, 204 days Dame Sian Elias New Zealand Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General) 23 August 2011 31 August 2011 8 days Sylvie Hubac Andorra Representative of the French Co-Prince 15 May 2012 5 January 2015 2 years, 235 days Sandra Mason Barbados Acting Governor-General 30 May 2012 1 June 2012 2 days Dame Cécile La Grenade Grenada Governor-General 7 May 2013 Incumbent 8 years, 18 days Dame Marguerite Pindling The Bahamas Governor-General 8 July 2014 28 June 2019 4 years, 355 days Dame Sian Elias New Zealand Administrator of the Government (Acting Governor-General) 31 August 2016 28 September 2016 28 days Dame Patsy Reddy New Zealand Governor-General 28 September 2016 Incumbent 4 years, 239 days Julie Payette Canada Governor General 2 October 2017 21 January 2021 3 years, 111 days Dame Sandra Mason Barbados Governor-General 8 January 2018 Incumbent 3 years, 137 days Dame Susan Dougan Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Governor-General 1 August 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 297 days Teniku Talesi Honolulu Tuvalu Acting Governor-General 22 August 2019 Incumbent 1 year, 276 days Froyla Tzalam Belize Governor-General (designate) TBA Dame Cindy Kiro New Zealand Governor-General (designate) October 2021