- The Governor General of Canada
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Claude Comtois
Montréal, Quebec
Registration of Arms
April 15, 2019
Vol. VII, p. 176
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Blazon
Arms
Or on a grassy mount issuant in base an elm tree proper, on a chapé Vert two garbs Or each bound with a wreath of maple leaves proper;
Crest
A lion’s gamb eradicated Or billety Azure holding a miner’s pick proper;
Motto
SOIS FRANC ET HONNÊTE;
Symbolism
Arms
The elm tree (orme in French) refers to the Ferme des ormes (“Farm of the Elms”), which his grandfather the Honourable Paul Comtois, P.C., inherited and managed for a long time. The garbs allude to the Honourable Paul Comtois’s training as an agronomist and to his work as a farmer.
Crest
The miner’s pick recalls that the Honourable Paul Comtois, P.C., was Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys of Canada (1957-1961) before becoming lieutenant governor of Quebec (1961-1966).
Motto
This French phrase, SOIS FRANC ET HONNÊTE, means “Be upfront and honest.”