10th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador
In office February 5, 1997 – November 1, 2002
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Governors General
Roméo LeBlanc Adrienne Clarkson
Premier
Brian Tobin Beaton Tulk Roger Grimes
Preceded by
Frederick Russell
Succeeded by
Edward Roberts
Personal details
Born
(1926-08-10)August 10, 1926 Glovertown, Dominion of Newfoundland
Died
October 17, 2013(2013-10-17) (aged 87) St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Awards
Order of Canada
Arthur Maxwell House, OC (August 10, 1926 – October 17, 2013) was a Canadian neurologist and the tenth lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Born in Glovertown, Newfoundland, he graduated from medical school at Dalhousie University in 1952. He then specialized in neurology, at the Montreal Neurological Institute, and between 1959 and 1966 was the only neurologist in the province.
In the 1970s, House became pioneer of telehealth by offering telephone consultations with patients in remote areas of the province.[1]
He had helped to establish the medical school at Memorial University of Newfoundland and worked for thirty years there as a professor of neurology. He also held several administrative positions there and he retired in 1993.
In 1997, he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador.
In 1989, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 2005.
He died at St. John's in 2013.[2]
Coat of arms of Arthur Maxwell House
Crest
Issuant from a coronet érablé Gules the circlet bearing a band Or charged with saltires wavy Sable a sea-lion Azure queued Argent wearing a coronet érablé bearing in the dexter forepaw a reflex hammer and in the sinister forepaw a closed book all Or charged with a cross moline Gules.
Escutcheon
Azure on a Canadian pale Gules fimbriated Argent a communications satellite above an arc of the globe showing Newfoundland all Or.
Supporters
On rocks proper rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure dexter a Newfoundland dog Sable gorged with a collar of pitcher plant flowers Or pendant therefrom a ship's wheel Argent supporting a staff Argent flying therefrom a pennant Azure charged with three lightning flashes in fess Or sinister a caribou also Or unguled and attired Azure gorged with a collar of pitcher plant flowers Gules pendant therefrom a ship's wheel Azure.
Motto
Vision Loyalty Commitment [3]
^"Virtual Health: Pandemic Band-Aid or Opportunity for Better Care? | The Walrus". 16 November 2021.
^"Dr. Maxwell House, former lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, dies | HuffPost Canada". Archived from the original on 2020-05-02. Retrieved 2017-08-11.
^"Arthur Maxwell HOUSE". Canadian Heraldic Authority. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
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