Antoinette Perry, (born 1953 or 1954) is a Canadian former schoolteacher and the 29th lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island since 2017, acting as the province's viceregal representative of King Charles III of Canada. She was appointed on September 14, 2017, by

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on the

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, and was sworn in on October 20, 2017, succeeding H. Frank Lewis. Perry's swearing in ceremony took place in

Tignish, Prince Edward Island Tignish is a Canadian town located in Prince County, Prince Edward Island. It is located approximately northwest of the city of Summerside, and northwest of the city of Charlottetown. It has a population of 719. The name "Tignish" is deriv ...

, marking the first time a PEI lieutenant governor was sworn in outside of the province's capital, Charlottetown. Perry is an Acadian who taught as a schoolteacher for 32 years after attaining a

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in music education at the

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in 1976, and has also served as the church organist at St. Simon & St. Jude Church in Tignish. Perry, who is single, is the first unmarried lieutenant governor of Prince Edward Island.

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