Lord Dufferin, the current Governor General, expressed early misgivings about a stonemason taking over government.

The current Governor is William Boyd McCleary ( since 2010 ).

The current Governor of the Bank of England is Sir Mervyn King, who took over on 30 June 2003 from Sir Edward George.

" There have also been other politicians who did not view the way that Doonesbury portrayed them very favorably, including former U. S. House Speaker Tip O ' Neill and former / current California Governor Jerry Brown.

The current Governor is Professor Marie Bashir, who has served since 1 March 2001 ; Labor Premier Bob Carr recommended her to replace former Justice Gordon Samuels.

When they are the longest serving State Governor, the Governor of New South Wales holds a dormant commission to act as the Administrator of the Commonwealth when the Governor-General of Australia is absent from Australia, a role held by the current Governor.

The current Governor is Rick Snyder, a member of the Republican Party.

John H. Lynch ( born November 25, 1952 ) is the 80th and current Governor of New Hampshire.

The current board consists of 43 members elected to five-year terms, 25 life members who vote until their 75th birthday, 3 elected officers ( President, Treasurer, and Secretary ), and 4 ex officio members ( the president of the alumni association, the Governor of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Secretary of Education, and the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ).

The current, and 22nd, Prime Minister of Canada is the Conservative Party's Stephen Harper, who was appointed on February 6, 2006, by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, following the general election that took place that year.

The current premier is Colin Barnett, who was sworn into office by Governor Ken Michael on 23 September 2008.

The current system, under the Seventeenth Amendment, allows Governors to appoint a replacement only if their state legislature has previously decided to allow the Governor to do so ; otherwise, the seat must remain vacant until the special election is held to fill the seat, as in the case of a vacancy in the House.

** Sean Parnell, American current Governor of Alaska ( as of 2011 )

In 1946, prior to the current ban on fusion being enacted in that state, Republican Governor of California Earl Warren ( a future Chief Justice of the United States ) managed to win the nominations of the Republican, Democratic, and Progressive Parties.

The current Governor of West Virginia is Earl Ray Tomblin ( D ), who previously served as Lieutenant Governor of West Virginia and replaced Manchin after his election to the Senate in November 2010.

She currently plays the lead role on USA Network's Political Animals as Elaine Barrish, a divorced former First Lady and Governor of Illinois, as well as the current Secretary of State.

A current list of directors is available from the Canadian Governor in Council here.

The current Governor is Lodewijk De Witte, he has been the Governor of Flemish Brabant since it was created in 1995 as a result of the splitting up of the Province of Brabant.

In October 2009, Dr. Delisle Worrell, who is slated to become the replacement Governor of Barbados ' Central Bank of Barbados and current Executive Director of the Centre for Money and Finance at the UWI Cave Hill Campus revealed that " the average Barbadian now earns between BDS $ 200 and BDS $ 499 per week ...."

Lagos, subsequent to the re-modernization project achieved by the current administration of Governor Raji Babatunde Fashola, is gradually becoming a major tourist destination, being one of the largest cities in Africa and in the world.

Having played at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground from 1882 to 1921, and having won four VFA premierships ( 1891 – 1894 ) and four VFL premierships ( 1897, 1901, 1911, ( 1912 ) whilst there, Essendon were looking for a new home, and were offered grounds at the current Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, at Victoria Park, at Arden St, North Melbourne, and the Essendon Cricket Ground.

In 1892, Victoria University moved from Cobourg to its current campus on Queen's Park Crescent, south of Bloor Street ( at Charles Street West ), in Toronto.

Victoria University housing service provide free advice and assistant services to current students.

In the eastern entrance to the Strait, the Race Rocks Archipelago is located in the high current zone half way between Port Angeles Washington State, and Victoria, BC.

Unable to return against the current, Orellana waited for Pizarro, finally sending back three men with a message, and started construction of a second brigantine, the Victoria.

Trains run from the current Carshalton to Victoria ( in around 25 minutes ), London Bridge and Thameslink stations including Blackfriars, Farringdon and Kings Cross St Pancras.

The current service is part of both the Huddersfield Line and the Caldervale Line, with services on the Huddersfield Line between Leeds and Manchester Victoria and services on the Caldervale Line between Leeds and Wakefield Westgate via Bradford, Halifax and Huddersfield.

The current infestation appears to have originated with the release of 24 wild rabbits by Thomas Austin on his property, Barwon Park, near Winchelsea, Victoria, in October 1859 for hunting purposes.

The current ruling house of Bernadotte similarly claims a Vasa mantle: Charles XIV was an adopted son of Charles XIII ; his son Oscar I married a Vasa descendant Josephine of Leuchtenberg ; their grandson Gustav V married Victoria of Baden who was a great-grandchild of Gustav IV Adolf of the house Holstein-Gottorp.

Its long line of famous alumni include eight former Prime Ministers ( including Churchill, Baldwin, Peel, and Palmerston ), numerous foreign statesmen, former and current members of both houses of the UK Parliament, two Kings and several other members of various royal families, 20 Victoria Cross and one George Cross holders, and a great many notable figures in both the arts and the sciences.

The remains of Alfonso XIII's wife, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, as well as those of his third son Juan, Count of Barcelona and daughter-in-law Maria de las Mercedes ( the father and mother of the current king, Juan Carlos I ), lie at a prepared place called a pudridero, or decaying chamber, awaiting interment in the Pantheon of the Kings.

The current ( as of 2012 ) AUJS National Chairperson is Daniel Nash ( Victoria ) and the Vice Chairperson is Joel Einstein ( New South Wales ).

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, the current monarch, descends from the Oxenstierna through his maternal grandmother, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, whose ancestor Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck was son of Countess Frederica of Dohna-Schlobitten, great-great-granddaughter of Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna, 1st Count of Korsholma and Vaasa, himself father of Bengt Gabrielsson the aforementioned and first cousin of Axel and Bengt Gustafssöner, as well as great-great-great-great-grandson of regent Bengt Jönsson the aforementioned.

Banbury remained without a cross for more than 250 years until the current Banbury Cross was erected in 1859 at the centre of the town to commemorate the marriage of Victoria, Princess Royal ( eldest child of Queen Victoria ) to Prince Frederick of Prussia.

In 1863, the then cottage hospital, Queen Victoria Hospital, was built on its current site in the 1930s.

On April 20, 1825, the town was elevated to the status of city, and was given its current name in honor of the first president of Mexico, Guadalupe Victoria.

The current museum was opened on October 21, 2000 by the Premier of Victoria of the time Steve Bracks.

On October 21, 1918 a change of stadium took place, passing to the so-called Queen Victoria Stadium (" Reina Victoria " Stadium ), in the current Paseo de la Palmera.

The Princess Victoria could make the Vancouver – Nanaimo voyage in 2 hours 19 minutes, which is not much slower than the current BC Ferries ' runs.

At its most expansive, the palace extended over much of the area currently bordered by Northumberland Avenue in the north ; to Downing Street and nearly to Derby Gate in the south ; and from roughly the elevations of the current buildings facing Horse Guards Road in the west, to the then banks of the river Thames in the east ( the construction of Victoria Embankment has since reclaimed more land from the Thames )— a total of about.

McKinnon's brothers include the twins John McKinnon, the current New Zealand Secretary of Defence and a former Ambassador to China, and Malcolm McKinnon, an editor and academic, and Ian McKinnon, Pro-Chancellor of Victoria University of Wellington and the current Deputy Mayor of Wellington City.