# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-dowdeswell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:03:47.573Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elizabeth-dowdeswell"
name: "Elizabeth Dowdeswell"
slug: "elizabeth-dowdeswell"
description: "Violet Elizabeth Dowdeswell is a Canadian civil servant who served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Ontario from 2014 to 2023. As lieutenant governor, Dowdeswell was the viceregal representative of the Crown in Right of Ontario. A champion of civil society, environmental protection, inclusive growth and liberal democracy, she is also the longest-serving lieutenant governor in Ontario's history."
tagline: "29th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elizabeth_Dowdeswell_2020-01-01_(DSCF0094)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-11-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.18
  momentum:             1.2
  historical:           7.22556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "الزبتھ ڈوڈسویل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اليزابيث دوديسويل"
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    title: "Elizabeth Dowdeswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dowdeswell"
    title: "Elizabeth Dowdeswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الیزابت دادزول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dowdeswell"
    title: "Elizabeth Dowdeswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Dowdeswell"
    title: "Elizabeth Dowdeswell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Даудесвелл, Элизабет"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump