The ceremony was held undercover for the first time and officially opened by Canada's Governor General Michaelle Jean.
Following his arrival the duke was presented with the insignia of a Companion of the Order of Canada and Commander of the Order of Military Merit by the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston.
But some First Nations leaders boycotted that meeting because it did not include the Queen's representative in Canada, the governor general - they argue the nations signed treaties with the Crown, not the Canadian government.
But the governor-general affair has highlighted Mr Howard's flawed judgment as much as Mr Hollingworth's.
The outgoing governor-general, Adrienne Clarkson, had arrived as a child immigrant from wartime Hong Kong.
Yet on Monday the three leaders wrote to the governor-general offering to form a Liberal-NDP coalition government.
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In practice, the prime minister chooses the governor-general without consulting even his cabinet, let alone the public.
Mr Windschuttle also blasts Sir William Deane, a former High Court judge who served a term as governor-general.
Mr Harper was expected to ask the governor-general either to suspend Parliament or to call a fresh election.
There is no mechanism for dismissing a governor-general, other than the prime minister asking the queen to do so.
The change has also been endorsed by a number of celebrities, including an Olympian, a former governor-general and a supermodel.
Under the constitution, it is the governor-general's prerogative to invite a party leader to form a government, with or without an election.
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The Queen's cousin and former Viceroy and Governor-General of India was killed in a bomb blast on his boat off County Sligo.
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Yet the impasse over the governor-general has exposed the dangers of stubborn resistance to the constitutional evolution that many Australians would support.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement in the capital, Ottawa, after asking Governor-General David Johnston, Queen Elizabeth's II representative in Canada, to dissolve parliament.
The commander of the Iraqi army's 5th Corps and the governor-general are expected to surrender to U.S. special operations troops in the Mosul area, U.S. military sources told CNN on Thursday.
After visiting the governor-general's residence in Ottawa, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters that voters had a choice between his party forming a stable majority government in uncertain times, or a what he called a "reckless" opposition coalition.
Officials argue, somewhat disingenuously, that this is not a constitutional measure since the governor-general, who as the representative of Queen Elizabeth in Canada acts as the head of state, will still technically appoint those whom the prime minister says have been elected.
The agreement left intact the British monarch as the head of state, giving the queen's representative, known as the governor-general, the right to appoint a prime minister in the event of a hung parliament, and to dismiss one that had lost the confidence of lawmakers.
James Woolsey, former National Counterintelligence Executive Michelle Van Cleave, former Attorney General and Governor of Pennsylvania Richard Thornburgh, former Solicitor General and former Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Robert Bork, former Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense Vincent E.
The state Republican Party is now searching for candidates for the three statewide offices of governor, attorney general and comptroller in 2014.
Indeed, the current Bank of England governor thinks the general mood in financial markets suggests that monetary policy here and around the world is having, if anything, too much effect on asset prices.
He has appealed, sought dismissals but the charges continue because Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (now governor) and the current Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman, decided to press forward.
The Lieutenant-Governor, His Excellency General Sir John McColl, will also become a Commander of the Order of St John.
The Florida State Board of Administration, which manages the state's pension funds, is overseen by three elected politicians: the governor, the attorney general and the state treasurer.
Cuccinelli, the fiery attorney general running for governor this year, is no garden variety conservative.
Stafford served as Attorney General, Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Vermont.
It may have to do with a 2008 agreement that former New York Attorney General and current Governor Andrew Cuomo made with the three ratings agencies.
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In 1988 Bush won the Republican nomination for President and, with Senator Dan Quayle of Indiana as his running mate, he defeated Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis in the general election.
Before his election as governor, Spitzer as attorney general sparred with the New York Stock Exchange, and board member Langone, over the pay package of former Big Board Chairman Dick Grasso.
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