Frank C. Lynch-Staunton

Lieutenant governor of Alberta On the advice of Prime Minister Joe Clark, Frank C. Lynch-Staunton was appointed lieutenant governor of Alberta on October 18, 1979. As lieutenant governor, Lynch-Staunton gave royal assent to an act in November 1979 which established the Alberta Order of Excellence, an award given to current or former long-time residents of Alberta who have "rendered service of the greatest distinction and of singular excellence for or on behalf of the residents of Alberta" in any field. Only 10 people can be inducted every year.

His term as lieutenant governor was completed on October 18, 1984, but he was asked to continue in office until his successor was sworn in effective January 22, 1985.

Later life After the death of his first wife, Monica Adam, in 1976, Lynch-Staunton married Muriel B. Shaw in 1983.

He published his autobiography, Greener Pastures: The Memoirs of F. Lynch-Staunton, in 1987.

Lynch-Staunton received honorary doctor of laws degrees from the University of Alberta in 1980, and the University of Lethbridge in 1983. He was a Knight of Grace of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (1979), an honorary chief ("Mountain") of the Blood Indians, an honorary member of the Corps of Engineers, and an honorary member of the Edmonton Consular Corps.

Lynch-Staunton died in Edmonton after suffering a stroke in 1990, aged 85. He is buried in the St. George's Cemetery at Livingstone, located 10 kms north of Lundbreck, Alberta.