Janet Austin

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The Honourable
Janet Austin
OBC
Austin in 2014
30th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
In office
April 24, 2018 – January 30, 2025
Monarchs
Governors General
Premier
Preceded byJudith Guichon
Succeeded byWendy Lisogar-Cocchia
Personal details
Born1956 or 1957 (age 69–70)[1]
Calgary, Alberta, Canada[2]
SpouseAshley Chester
Alma materUniversity of Calgary[3]
File:Prakash Javadekar meeting the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Ms. Janet Austin and explains the significant educational reforms currently underway in India, in Victoria, Canada.JPG
Austin meeting the Indian politician Prakash Javadekar in 2018

Janet Edna Merivale Austin OBC (born 1956 or 1957)[1] was the 30th lieutenant governor of British Columbia, having served from 2018 to 2025.[4] She was the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III in the province of British Columbia.

Austin was appointed by Governor General Julie Payette, on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.[5]

She is also a former nonprofit sector executive and public servant who spent 15 years as CEO of YWCA Metro Vancouver, as well serving on the boards of the Council for Early Child Development, the Women’s Health Research Institute and the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation.[3]

Honours

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File:Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg File:CAN Order of British Columbia ribbon.svg File:Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.png File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg File:UK King Charles III Coronation Medal BAR.svg

Ribbon Description Notes Refs.
File:CAN Order of British Columbia ribbon.svg Order of British Columbia [6]
File:Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.png Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal Canadian version [7]
File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal Canadian version [8]
File:UK King Charles III Coronation Medal BAR.svg King Charles III Coronation Medal Canadian version [9]
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa Royal Roads University [10]
Coat of arms of Janet Austin
File:Janet Austin Escutcheon.png
Crest
Issuant from a wreath of dwarf poinciana flowers proper, a demi-lion Or charged on its shoulder with three gouttes de poix and holding in its dexter paw a Latin cross erablé Gules;
Escutcheon
Azure on a chevron engrailed between three Latin crosses Or, three roses Gules barbed Vert seeded Or;
Motto
MENS CONSCIA RECTI (A Mind Conscious Of Rectitude) [11]

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