THE FIRST LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WITH A DISABILITY In 2007 the Honourable David C. Onley became the first person with a disability to become Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. Mr Onley had polio at age three and was paralyzed. He now lives with post-polio syndrome, which continues to affect his movement.

THE FIRST ABORIGINAL LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR In 2002 The Honourable James K. Bartleman, a member of the Mnjikaning First Nation, became the first Aboriginal Canadian to serve as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. In Canada, the first Aboriginal to become a Lieutenant Governor was the Honourable Ralph Steinhauer, who served in Alberta from 1974 to 1979.

THE FIRST BLACK LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR In 1985 The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander became the first member of a visible minority to represent The Queen in Canada.

THE FIRST FEMALE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR In 1974 The Honourable Pauline McGibbon became the first woman to be appointed to a vice-regal office in Canada.