List of Governors of Acadia

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The following list shows the governors of the French colony of Acadia .

French governors
Pierre Dugua de Mons 1603-1608
Jean de Biencourt de Poutrincourt et de Saint-Just 1606-1615
Charles de Biencourt de Saint-Just 1615-1623
Charles de Saint-Etienne de la Tour 1631-1642
Isaac de Razilly 1632-1635
Charles de Menou d'Aulnay 1638 (?) - 1650 (?)
Charles de Saint-Etienne de la Tour 1653-1657
Emmanuel Le Borgne 1657-1667
Alexandre Le Borgne de Belle-Isle 1667-1670
Hector d'Andigné de Grandfontaine 1670-1673
Jacques de Chambly 1673-1677
Dutch occupation
Jurriaen Aernoutsz 1674
John Rhoades 1674-1675
Cornelius Van Steenwyk 1676
French governors
Pierre de Joybert de Soulanges et de Marson 1677-1678
Michel Leneuf de la Vallière de Beaubassin 1678-1684
François-Marie Perrot 1684-1687
Louis-Alexandre des Friches de Meneval 1687-1690
Joseph Robineau de Villebon 1691-1700
Claude-Sébastien de Villieu 1700-1701
Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan 1701-1705
Simon-Pierre Denys de Bonaventure 1705-1706
Daniel d'Auger de Subercase 1706-1710

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b c During Jacques de Chambly's tenure, the privateer Jurriaen Aernoutsz occupied Arcadia and declared it a Dutch territory. The administrator he appointed, John Rhoades, lost control of the territory within a few months and France regained possession. The Dutch West India Company appointed Cornelius Van Steenwyk as governor of "New Holland", but this title only existed on paper.