Editing Governor General of Canada (section)

==Activities post-retirement==
Retired governors general usually either withdraw from public life or go on to hold other public offices. [[Edward Schreyer]], for instance, was appointed [[High Commission of Canada, Canberra|Canadian High Commissioner to Australia]] upon his departure from the viceregal role in 1984, and Michaëlle Jean became the [[UNESCO]] [[special envoy]] to Haiti and, later, the secretary-general of [[Organisation internationale de la Francophonie|La Francophonie]].<ref>{{Cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/micha%C3%ABlle-jean-begins-un-job-for-haiti-1.957610| title=Michaëlle Jean begins UN job for Haiti| date=8 November 2010| publisher=CBC| access-date=9 November 2010}}</ref> Schreyer also become the first former governor general to run for elected office in Canada when he unsuccessfully vied for a seat in the House of Commons as a [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] candidate. Prior to 1952, several former viceroys returned to political careers in the United Kingdom, sitting with party affiliations in the House of Lords and, in some cases, taking a position in the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|British Cabinet]].{{refn|In 1952, Earl Alexander of Tunis resigned as governor general of Canada to accept an appointment as [[Minister of Defence (UK)|Minister of Defence]] in the Cabinet of [[Winston Churchill]]. [[Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne]] and [[Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire]] both also served in the British Cabinet following their viceregal careers, and Lansdowne went on to serve as leader of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] in the House of Lords for over a decade.|group=n|name=Post}} The [[John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll|Marquess of Lorne]] was elected a [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|Member of Parliament]] in the United Kingdom in 1895, and remained so until he became the Duke of Argyll and took his seat in the House of Lords. Others were made governors in other countries or territories: [[Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck]] was appointed [[Lord Lieutenant of Dublin]], the [[John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair|Earl of Aberdeen]] was appointed [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]], and the [[Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava|Earl of Dufferin]], [[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne]], [[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto]], and the [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|Earl of Willingdon]] all subsequently served as [[Viceroy of India]].

An outgoing governor general may leave [[List of awards named after Governors General of Canada|an eponymous award]] as a legacy, such as the [[Stanley Cup]], the [[Clarkson Cup]], the [[Vanier Cup]], or the [[Grey Cup]]. They may found an institution, as Vanier did with the [[Vanier Institute of the Family]] and Clarkson with the Institute for Canadian Citizenship. Three former governors general have released memoirs: Lord Tweedsmuir (''Memory Hold-the-Door''), Massey (''What's Past is Prologue''), and Clarkson (''Heart Matters'').

As of 2021, former governors general are entitled to a lifetime pension of nearly $150,000 and also to claim an additional $206,000 in expenses each year.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bryden|first1=Joan|date=January 31, 2021|title=Payette's resignation shines light on expense account, pension for governors general|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7610439/julie-payette-pension-expense-account/}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Canadian institutions established by governors general
!Institution
!Founded by
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|[[Royal Society of Canada]]
|[[John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll|John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne]]
|-
|Canada's first anti-[[tuberculosis]] association
|[[Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto|The Earl of Minto]]
|-
|[[The Battlefields Park]]
|[[Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey|The Earl Grey]]
|-
|[[Canadian Cancer Society|King George V Silver Jubilee Cancer Fund for Canada]]<ref>{{citation |last=Macbeth |first=Robert A. |title=The Origin of the Canadian Cancer Society |department=Artifacts and Archives |journal=Canadian Bulletin of Medical History |date=2005 |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=155–173 |doi=10.3138/cbmh.22.1.155 |doi-access=free|pmid=15981358 }}</ref>
|[[Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough|The Earl of Bessborough]]
|-
|[[Vanier Institute of the Family]]
|[[Georges Vanier]]<ref>{{Harvnb|Hubbard|1977|p=}}{{Page needed|date=September 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Sauvé Foundation]]
|[[Jeanne Sauvé]]
|-
|Governor General Ramon John Hnatyshyn Education Fund
|rowspan=3|[[Ray Hnatyshyn]]<ref name=GGHnat>[https://www.gg.ca/en/governor-general/former-governors-general/ramon-john-hnatyshyn Governor General of Canada > Former Governors General > Ramon John Hnatyshyn.]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rjhf.com/html/founder-e.html|title=Our Founder|publisher=The Hnatyshyn Foundation|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201091500/http://www.rjhf.com/html/founder-e.html|archive-date=1 February 2013|access-date=3 February 2010}}</ref>
|-
|[[International Council for Canadian Studies]]
|-
|The Hnatyshyn Foundation
|-
|Institute for Canadian Citizenship
|[[Adrienne Clarkson]]
|-
|[[Michaëlle Jean Foundation]]
|[[Michaëlle Jean]]
|-
|[[Rideau Hall Foundation]]
|[[David Johnston (governor general)|David Johnston]]<ref>{{citation| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/people-s-governor-general-david-johnston-bids-farewell-at-ceremony/article_bdbc6d1d-7bbe-5c9e-b2c8-81cea137b588.html| author=The Canadian Press| title='People's Governor General' David Johnston bids farewell at ceremony| date=18 September 2017| newspaper=The Toronto Star| access-date=6 November 2023}}</ref>
|}

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