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Governor of the Bank of Canada

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The Governor of the Bank of Canada is chief executive officer and the chairman of the board of directors of the Bank of Canada; the incumbent governor is Stephen S. Poloz, who assumed the office on June 3, 2013. Poloz was formerly the head of Export Development Canada. The Governor and Deputy Governor shall be appointed by the directors with the approval of the Governor in Council. [See Bank of Canada Act 1985, Section 6 (1) http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/b-2/FullText.html]

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Roles and responsibilities

  • Hold the bank's capital (one hundred thousand shares) on behalf of Her Majesty in right of Canada.
  • The governor and deputy governor sign each series of Canadian banknotes.
  • The Governor is ex-officio the Alternate voter on the IMF.

    • Governors of the Bank of Canada

  • Stephen S. Poloz (2013 – present)
  • Mark Carney (2008 – 2013)
  • David A. Dodge (2001 – 2008)
  • Gordon Thiessen (1994 – 2001)
  • John Crow (1987 – 1994)
  • Gerald Bouey (1973 – 1987)
  • Louis Rasminsky (1961 – 1973)
  • James Coyne (1955 – 1961)
  • Graham Towers (1934 – 1954)

    • Senior Deputy Governors of the Bank of Canada

  • Carolyn Wilkins (2014 – Present)
  • Tiff Macklem (2010 – 2014)
  • Paul Jenkins (2003 – 2010)
  • Malcolm Knight (1999 – 2003)
  • Bernard Bonin (1994 – 1999)
  • Gordon Thiessen (1987 – 1994)
  • John Crow (1984 – 1987)
  • R. William Lawson (1973 – 1984)
  • Gerald Bouey (1972 – 1973)
  • John Robert Beattie (1955 – 1971)
  • James Coyne (1950 – 1954)
  • Donald Gordon (1938 – 1950)
  • J. A. C. Osborne (1935 – 1938)

    • References

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