Editing Governor-general (section)

====Temporary replacement====
{{Main|Administrator of the government}}

Different realms have different constitutional arrangements governing who acts in place of the governor-general in the event of his or her death, resignation, or incapacity.

*In Australia, an [[Administrator (Australia)|''administrator of the Commonwealth'']] may be appointed to perform the necessary official functions, pending a decision by the sovereign, on the advice of the prime minister, about a permanent replacement as governor-general. The administrator has usually been the senior [[Governors of the Australian states|state governor]]. Each state governor normally holds what is known as a [[dormant commission]]. Cases have however occurred where a state governor has fallen out of favour with the federal government, causing the latter to revoke that governor's dormant commission. The most recent example was that of Sir [[Colin Hannah]], governor of Queensland, in 1975.
*In the Bahamas, Canada, Jamaica, and New Zealand, it is the [[Chief Justice|chief justice]].
*In Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu it is the [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]]
*Many have a specific office of ''deputy governor-general'', who act in their place—but often e.g. only for temporary incapacity.