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Encyclopedia > Governor-General of Australia. Governor-General of Australia. The Governor-General is the Representative of the Crown in the Commonwealth of Australia. He or she represents the Queen of Australia and, though not a head of state himself or herself, fulfils many of the functions possessed by heads of state. 1 Selection, Appointment and Role.
The Governor General of Canada represents the Queen. Most of the Queen's executive functions are exercised by the Governor General, on the advice of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.By convention, only privy counsellors who are ministers--and are therefore responsible to the elected House of Commons--may advise the Governor General.he exercise of these functions on the advice of the Privy Council is referred to as the Governor General-in-Council. The Governor General is also (as the Queen's representative) one of the three constituent parts of the Parliament of Canada (alongside the Senate and the House of Commons).