Edward Chester Plow

Edward C. Plow
Edward C. Plow
22nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
	In office; January 15, 1958 – March 1, 1963
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Vincent Massey; Georges Vanier
Premier	Robert Stanfield
Preceded by	Alistair Fraser
Succeeded by	Henry Poole MacKeen
Personal details
Born	September 28, 1904; St. Albans, Vermont
Died	April 25, 1988 (aged 83); Brockville, Ontario
Awards	C.B.E.; Distinguished Service Order; Canadian Forces' Decoration
Military service
Allegiance	Canada
Branch/service	Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
Rank	Major General
Commands	1st Canadian Corps

Edward Chester Plow, CBE DSO CD (September 28, 1904 – April 25, 1988) was a Canadian soldier and the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Education

Born in St. Albans, Vermont, he was educated at Lower Canada College and then entered the Royal Military College of Canada in 1921, student # 1649.

Career

He was commissioned in the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery in 1925. He served in Canada and England before World War II began. During World War II, he commanded the artillery of the 1st Canadian Corps. In 1944, he was promoted to Brigadier, Royal Artillery.

After the war, he was promoted to Major-General and became the commander of the Eastern Command in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1958, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker^[1] and served until 1963.

He died of lung cancer in Brockville, Ontario in 1988.

Awards and decorations

References

^ The Canadian Press (December 14, 1957). "Maj.-Gen. E. C. Plow Named N.S. Governor". Ottawa Citizen. p. 10. Retrieved December 15, 2014.

"Edward Chester Plow Career army officer held vice-regal post". The Globe and Mail. 1988-04-27.
"MGen EC Plow CBE, DSO, CD". The Virtual Artillery Museum of Canada.
4237 Dr. Adrian Preston & Peter Dennis (Edited) "Swords and Covenants" Rowman And Littlefield, London. Croom Helm. 1976.
H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "To Serve Canada: A History of the Royal Military College of Canada" 1997 Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1969.
H16511 Dr. Richard Arthur Preston "Canada's RMC - A History of Royal Military College" Second Edition 1982
H16511 Dr. Richard Preston "R.M.C. and Kingston: The effect of imperial and military influences on a Canadian community" 1968
H1877 R. Guy C. Smith (editor) "As You Were! Ex-Cadets Remember". In 2 Volumes. Volume I: 1876-1918. Volume II: 1919-1984. Royal Military College. [Kingston]. The R.M.C. Club of Canada. 1984

External links

Generals of World War II

[Citizen-1957-12-14-1] The Canadian Press (December 14, 1957). "Maj.-Gen. E. C. Plow Named N.S. Governor". Ottawa Citizen. p. 10. Retrieved December 15, 2014.

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v t e Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
List of lieutenant governors of Nova Scotia
Governors at Annapolis Royal (1710–1749)	Vetch Hobby Caulfeild Nicholson Caulfeild Vetch Caulfeild Philipps Doucett Armstrong Cosby Mascarene
Governors at Halifax (1749–1786)	Cornwallis Hopson Lawrence Ellis Belcher Wilmot W. Campbell Green Francklin Legge Francklin Arbuthnot Hughes Hamond Parr Fanning
Lieutenant-governors of Cape Breton Island (1784–1820)	Desbarres Macarmick Mathews Ogilvie Murray Despard Nepean Swayne Ainslie
Lieutenant-governors of Nova Scotia before responsible government (1786–1848)	Parr Bulkeley Wentworth Prévost (Croke) Sherbrooke Smyth Dalhousie Kempt Jeffrey Maitland Jeffrey C. Campbell Falkland Dickson Harvey
Lieutenant-governors between responsible government and Confederation (1848–1867)	Harvey Bazalgette Le Marchant Phipps Doyle MacDonnell Doyle Williams
Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Williams Doyle Howe Archibald Richey McLelan Daly Jones D. Fraser McGregor MacKeen M. Grant Douglas Tory Stanfield Covert Irwin Mathers Kendall McCurdy A. Fraser Plow MacKeen Oland Gosse Shaffner Abraham Crouse Kinley Freeman Francis J. Grant LeBlanc Savage (designate)
Lieutenant-governors who served in the absence of governors are listed in parentheses. Acting administrators are listed in italics.