Editing Adrienne Clarkson (section)

===As governor general-designate===
It was on September 8, 1999, announced from the [[Office of the Prime Minister (Canada)|Office of the Prime Minister of Canada]] that [[Monarchy of Canada|Queen]] [[Elizabeth II]] had approved [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Jean Chrétien]]'s choice of Clarkson to succeed [[Roméo LeBlanc]] as the Queen's representative.<ref>{{cite press release| title=Appointment of New Governor General| publisher=Office of the Prime Minister| date=September 8, 1999| url=http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/prime_minister-ef/jean_chretien/2003-12-08/stagingpm_3a8080/default.asp@language=e&page=newsroom&sub=newsreleases&doc=news_re199909081053_e.htm| access-date=February 27, 2009}}</ref><ref name=CMNInstall>{{cite journal|title=Clarkson Installed as Governor General| journal=Canadian Monarchist News| publisher=Monarchist League of Canada| location=Toronto| volume=Autumn 1999| url=http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/1999/installed.htm| access-date=March 2, 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708023432/http://www.monarchist.ca/cmn/1999/installed.htm| archive-date=July 8, 2009 }}</ref> 
The commission appointing Clarkson was issued on September 28 under the [[royal sign-manual]] and [[Great Seal of Canada]].<ref>{{Citation| title=Proclamation |date=October 7, 1999|url=http://publications.gc.ca/gazette/archives/p1/1999/1999-10-07-x/pdf/g1-133x3.pdf| periodical=Canada Gazette| volume=133| issue=3| location=Ottawa| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=January 1, 2017}}</ref> At the time of the announcement of her appointment, it was revealed that, with Clarkson being accompanied to [[Rideau Hall]] by her longtime partner, [[John Ralston Saul]], the official appointment would be bringing an unofficial pair to the viceregal post,<ref name=Janigan /><ref name=Star /> in that the governor general would not be the only person actively exploring Canadian theory and culture.