[Australia] In Australia, a Lieutenant-Governor is a standing appointment for a deputy Governor of a State, who acts in place of the Governor if the Governor is unable, unavailable or unwilling to act. Constitutionally, Australian State Lieutenant-Governors, Administrators and Chief Justices of State Supreme Courts are normally separate off...
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A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor or Vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction, but is often the deputy or lieutenant to or ranking under a governor — a `second-in-command`. In many Commonwealth of Nations states, a lieutenant governor is the representative of the monarch and acts as th.....
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[Canada] In Canada, a lieutenant governor (t; French [masculine]: lieutenant-gouverneur, or [feminine]: lieutenant-gouverneure) is the viceregal representative in a provincial jurisdiction of the {Canadian monarch, current| and head of state, }, who resides predominantly in {Canadian monarch, current|genderp=*} oldest realm, the United King...
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[United States] In the United States, 43 of the 50 states have an office of lieutenant governor including two states in which the elected Speaker of the state Senate (Senator) serves in such a capacity. In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when he or she is a...
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(from the article `United States`) Most states have a lieutenant governor, who is often elected independently of the governor and is sometimes not a member of the governor`s party. ...
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n] - an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the US
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noun an elected official serving as deputy to the governor of a state of the United States
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