Frank C. Lynch-Staunton

The Honourable Francis Charles "Frank" Lynch-Staunton AOE
11th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
In office October 18, 1979 – January 22, 1985
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Edward Schreyer Jeanne Sauvé
Premier	Peter Lougheed
Preceded by	Ralph Steinhauer
Succeeded by	Helen Hunley
Personal details
Born	March 8, 1905 Pincher Creek, Alberta
Died	September 25, 1990 (aged 85) Edmonton, Alberta
Nationality	Canadian
Spouse(s)	Monica Adam (m. 1929)[1] Muriel B. Shaw (m. 1983)[2]
Children	Betty Lowe, Marina Field, and Hugh[2]
Alma mater	University of Alberta
Occupation	Rancher
Profession	Politician

Francis Charles "Frank" Lynch-Staunton, AOE (March 8, 1905 – September 25, 1990) was the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Alberta from 1979 to 1985.

Biography

Born in Pincher Creek, Alberta, the son of Richard Lynch-Staunton and Isabelle Mary Wilson, he attended Western Canadian College in Calgary from 1919 to 1922. From 1923 to 1927, he studied engineering at the University of Alberta. In 1929, he married Monica Adam. They had three children: Betty Lowe, Marina Field, and Hugh. After her death in 1976, he married Muriel B. Shaw in 1983. He published his autobiography, Greener Pastures: The Memoirs of F. Lynch-Staunton, in 1987. Frank Lynch-Staunton died in Edmonton after suffering a stroke in 1990, aged 85.^[3]

References

1. Perry & Powell 2006, p. 571
2. Perry & Powell 2006, p. 572
3. "Frank Lynch-Staunton Ex-lieutenant-governor hailed as 'real Albertan'". The Globe and Mail. 1990-09-27.

Bibliography

• Perry, Sandra E.; Powell, Karen L. (2006). On Behalf of the Crown : Lieutenant Governors of the North-West Territories and Alberta, 1869-2005. Edmonton, Alberta: Legislative Assembly of Alberta. ISBN 0-9689217-4-4.

External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta biography