Alan Abraham

The Honourable Alan Rockwell Abraham CM ONS CD
27th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
In office 1 February 1984 – 20 February 1989
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Edward Schreyer Jeanne Sauvé
Premier	John Buchanan
Preceded by	John Elvin Shaffner
Succeeded by	Lloyd Crouse
Personal details
Born	Alan Rockwell Abraham (1931-02-01)February 1, 1931 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Died	October 2, 2020(2020-10-02) (aged 89) Halifax, Nova Scotia

Alan Rockwell Abraham CM ONS CD (1 February 1931 – 2 October 2020) was the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Career

Abraham, an engineering graduate from Saint Mary's University^[1] was involved in federal politics and helped with the organization of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's tours of the Maritimes. In 1983, Governor General Edward Schreyer, on the advice of Prime Minister Trudeau, appointed Abraham Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Abraham was the second youngest appointee as Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia since Confederation at the time of his appointment. He was then age 53; one of his predecessors, Hon. James Robson Douglas of Amherst, was 49 when he was appointed in 1925.^[1] Abraham died in 2020 at the age of 89.^[2]

Awards and recognition

In 1996, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada.^[3] He received the Order of Nova Scotia when it was established in 2002.^[1][4]

References

1. "Hon. Alan Rockwell Abraham - Doctor of Civil Law". Saint Mary's University. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
2. "Alan Abraham Obituary - Halifax, NS".
3. "Order of Canada Citation". Retrieved 21 September 2010.
4. "History of Lieutenant Governors of the Province of Nova Scotia". Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. 22 July 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2016.