The first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Games" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth Games">British Empire Games</a> are opened in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton,_Ontario" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hamilton, Ontario">Hamilton, Ontario</a>, by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada" id="mwAQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Governor General of Canada">Governor General of Canada</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Freeman-Thomas,_1st_Marquess_of_Willingdon" id="mwAQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon">Viscount Willingdon</a>.