Yvon Dumont

In 1993, he became the first member of Manitoba's Métis community to be appointed as the province's Lieutenant Governor, the 21st to hold that office.

He has participated as a representative of the MMF at Canadian First Ministers' conference, and has been actively involved in constitutional debates concerning First Nations and Métis peoples.

Governor of Manitoba coincided with a national reappraisal of Métis leader Louis Riel's role in the province's creation.

Once regarded as a rebel and an outlaw, Riel has in recent years been accepted as a Father of Confederation for his role in establishing a provisional government in the Red River Colony.

Governor is largely ceremonial, and Dumont had very little influence over the Progressive Conservative government of Gary Filmon.