Her Honour the Honourable
Antoinette Perry
OPEI
29th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
Assumed office
October 20, 2017
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Governors GeneralJulie Payette
Mary Simon
PremierWade MacLauchlan
Dennis King
Preceded byH. Frank Lewis
Personal details
Born1953 or 1954 (age 69–70)
Tignish, Prince Edward Island[citation needed]
Alma materUniversité de Moncton (1976)
ProfessionSchoolteacher, church organist

Antoinette Perry, OPEI (born 1953 or 1954)[1] is a Canadian former schoolteacher and the 29th lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island since 2017, acting as the province's viceregal representative of King Charles III of Canada. She was appointed on September 14, 2017, by Governor General David Johnston on the constitutional advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau,[2][3][4] and was sworn in on October 20, 2017, succeeding H. Frank Lewis.[5] Perry's swearing in ceremony took place in Tignish, Prince Edward Island, marking the first time a PEI lieutenant governor was sworn in outside of the province's capital, Charlottetown.[6]

Perry is an Acadian who taught as a schoolteacher for 32 years after attaining a bachelor's degree in music education at the Université de Moncton in 1976, and has also served as the church organist at St. Simon & St. Jude Church in Tignish.[4][7] Perry, who is single, is the first unmarried lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island.[1]

Arms

Coat of arms of Antoinette Perry
Crest
A blue jay rising Proper wearing a coronet flory and holding in its beak a mullet Or issuant from a coronet erablé Gules.
Escutcheon
Azure a rank of organ pipes Or charged with a treble clef Gules.
Supporters
Two Doberman pinschers each gorged of oregano and summer savoury leaves standing on a verdant base set with lady’s slipper flowers and oak leaves bordered by sandstone cliffs beaches and the sea Proper.
Motto
One Day At A Time [8]

References

  1. ^ a b Laforest, Jacinthe (September 19, 2017). "Antoinette Perry deviendra lieutenante-gouverneure de l'Î.-P.-É" [Antoinette Perry will become the Lieutenant Governor of PEI]. La Voix Acadienne (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-09-30. Retrieved September 30, 2017.
  2. ^ "Antoinette Perry appointed lieutenant-governor of P.E.I." CBC News. September 14, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  3. ^ "Justin Trudeau names Antoinette Perry new P.E.I. lieutenant-governor". The Guardian. September 14, 2017. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Acadian church organist named 42nd lieutenant-governor of Prince Edward Island". National Post. September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  5. ^ Gill, Jordan (October 6, 2017). "New lieutenant-governor to be sworn in outside Charlottetown". CBC News. Archived from the original on 2017-10-07. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  6. ^ "New P.E.I. lieutenant-governor will be sworn in Oct. 20 in Tignish". The Guardian. October 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  7. ^ "Prime Minister announces new Lieutenant Governor for Prince Edward Island". CNW Group. September 14, 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-15. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  8. ^ "Antoinette PERRY". Register of Arms, Flags and Badges. Retrieved 14 September 2023.


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