Robert Gordon Rogers
The Honourable Robert Gordon Rogers OC, OBC |
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24th Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia | |
In office 15 July 1983 – 9 September 1988 |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor General | Edward Schreyer Jeanne Sauvé |
Premier | Bill Bennett Bill Vander Zalm |
Preceded by | Henry Pybus Bell-Irving |
Succeeded by | David Lam |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec |
August 19, 1919
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Victoria, British Columbia |
Nationality | Canadian |
Robert Gordon Rogers, OC OBC (August 19, 1919 – May 21, 2010), commonly known as Bob Rogers, was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia from 1983 to 1988.[1]
Born in Montreal, he was a graduate of the University of Toronto Schools, the University of Toronto, and the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston.[1] During the Second World War, he served with the 1st Hussars of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps, landing on Juno Beach on D-Day in 1944.[2]
From 1991 to 1996, he served as Chancellor of the University of Victoria.[1]
In 1989, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[3] In 1990, he was awarded the Order of British Columbia.[4]
Rogers died on May 21, 2010.[5]
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Preceded by
Lance Finch, Chief Justice of British Columbia
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Order of precedence in British Columbia as of 2008[update] |
Succeeded by David Lam |
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