Francis Charles "Frank" Lynch-Staunton (March 8, 1905 – September 25, 1990) was the

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from 1979 to 1985.

Early life

Born in

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, North-West Territories, 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

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. In spring 1927, Lynch-Staunton secured employment surveying in the Lethbridge area. One survey and inspection project that he worked on was the Canadian Pacific Railway's

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. After two months of surveying, he was employed as a geological surveyor for Imperial Oil for two years before entering into a ranching partnership with his father in 1929. Lynch-Staunton was a founding member and director of Community Auction Sales, the first sales organization in Canada to sell cattle by auction. In 1929, Frank married Monica Adam. They later had three children together: Betty Lowe, Marina Field, and Hugh. In 1933, he joined "A" Squadron, South Alberta Horse, at Pincher Creek, serving as a second lieutenant. He continued to serve with the Canadian Militia until he retired in 1943 with the rank of major. Lynch-Staunton was a councillor for Municipal District No. 9, Pincher Creek, and he served on the Senate of the

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, the Canada Council, and the boards of the Claresholm Auxiliary Hospital, the Glenbow Foundation, and Alberta Government House.

Lieutenant governor of Alberta

On the advice of

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, Frank C. Lynch-Staunton was appointed

on October 18, 1979. His term as lieutenant governor was completed on October 18, 1984, but he was asked to continue in office until his successor was sworn in effective January 22, 1985.

Later life

After the death of his first wife, Monica Adam, in 1976, Lynch-Staunton married Muriel B. Shaw in 1983. He later published his autobiography, ''Greener Pastures: The Memoirs of F. Lynch-Staunton'', in 1987. Lynch-Staunton received

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of laws degrees from the

in 1980, and the University of Lethbridge in 1983. He was a Knight of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (1979), an honorary chief ("Mountain") of the Blood Indians, an honorary member of the Corps of Engineers, and an honorary member of the Edmonton Consular Corps. Lynch-Staunton died in Edmonton after suffering a stroke in 1990, aged 85. He is buried in the St. George's Cemetery at Livingstone, Alberta.

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Legislative Assembly of Alberta biography
1905 births 1990 deaths Canadian people of Scottish descent Canadian people of Irish descent Lieutenant Governors of Alberta Members of the Alberta Order of Excellence {{Canada-viceroy-stub