1993 - 31 January - CGG Honour Guard for the State funeral of HE Jeanne Mathilde Benoit Sauvé, CM, CMM, CD, Colonel of The Canadian Grenadier Guards and the first woman to become Governor General of Canada (1984-1990)

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Official Photo: 31 January 1993 - by Agence Quebec Presse

Official Photo: 31 January 1993 - by Agence Quebec Presse

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1993 - 31 January - CGG Honour Guard for the State funeral of HE Jeanne Mathilde Benoit Sauvé, CM, CMM, CD, Colonel of The Canadian Grenadier Guards and the first woman to become Governor General of Canada (1984-1990)

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1993 - 31 January - CGG Honour Guard commanded by Lieutenant M. A. Hayes-Rivet and RSM (Late Major) Brian Tracey, MMM, CD for the State funeral of HE Jeanne Mathilde Benoit Sauvé, CM, CMM, CD, Colonel of The Canadian Grenadier Guards and the first woman to become Governor General of Canada (1984-1990) in Montreal at La Cathedrale Marie-Reine-du-Monde. ABOUT THE CGG HONOURARY OFFICER HE Governor General Jeanne Mathilde Sauvé (1922 – 1993) was a Canadian politician, journalist and stateswoman who served as the 23rd Governor General of Canada and Colonel of The Canadian Grenadier Guards from 1984 to 1990. She was also the 29th speaker of the House of Commons from 1980 to 1984. HE Madame Sauvé was the first woman to hold either office, and is to date the only woman to serve as speaker of the House of Commons. Sauvé was born in Prud'homme, Saskatchewan, and educated in Ottawa and Paris, prior to working as a journalist for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). She was then elected to the House of Commons in 1972, whereafter she served as a minister of the Crown until 1980, when she became the Speaker. She was in 1984 appointed by Queen Elizabeth II as the 23rd governor general since Canadian Confederation, on the recommendation of Prime Minister of Canada Pierre Trudeau, to replace Edward Schreyer as vicereine, and she occupied the post until succeeded by Ray Hnatyshyn in 1990. She was the first woman to serve as Canada's governor general and, while her appointment as the Queen's representative was initially and generally welcomed, Sauvé caused some controversy during her time as vicereine, mostly due to increased security around the office, as well as an anti-monarchist attitude towards the position. On November 27, 1972, Sauvé was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.[1] She subsequently founded and worked with the Sauvé Foundation until her death, caused by Hodgkin's lymphoma, on January 26, 1993.

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Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

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January 14, 2026

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Lieutenant Michael Hayes-Rivet, retired.

Update Date

January 14, 2026