John Harvey (governor)
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Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey (April 23, 1778 – March 22, 1852) was a British Army officer and a Lieutenant Governor.
He was commissioned into the 80th Foot in 1794 and served in several different locations, including France, Egypt, and India. He came to Canada in 1813 and served as a lieutenant-colonel in the War of 1812, taking part in the British victory at the Battle of Stoney Creek in Ontario.
From 1836 to 1837, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. From 1837 to 1841, he was the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. From 1841 to 1846, he was the Civil Governor of Newfoundland. From 1846 to 1852, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
Harvey, York County, New Brunswick, founded in 1837 when he was Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick is named for him.
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- Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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| Preceded by George Wright |
Lieutenant-Governor of Prince Edward Island 1836-1837 |
Succeeded by Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy |
| Preceded by Major General Sir Archibald Campbell |
Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick 1837-1841 |
Succeeded by Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke |
| Preceded by Sir Henry Prescott |
Governor of Newfoundland 1841-1846 |
Succeeded by Sir John Le Marchant |
| Preceded by Sir Jeremiah Dickson |
Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia 1846-1852 |
Succeeded by John Bazalgette |
- Note: The year after Sir John Harvey had stepped down as governor of Newfoundland and when Sir John LeMarchant was appointed, the colony was administered by Robert Law a British army officer.
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