Surveyor general
A surveyor general is an official responsible for government surveying in a specific country or territory. Historically, this would often have been a military appointment, but it is now more likely to be a civilian post.
The following surveyor general positions exist, or have existed historically:
- Surveyors general in Australia:
- * Surveyor General of New South Wales
- * Surveyor General of South Australia
- * Surveyor General of Queensland
- * Surveyor General of Tasmania
- * Surveyor General of the Northern Territory
- * Surveyor General of Victoria
- * Surveyor General of Western Australia
- Surveyors general in Canada:
- * Arpenteur général du Québec – prior to 1840s as Surveyor General of Lower Canada
- * Surveyor General of Upper Canada – 1791 to 1829 as Surveyor General of Upper Canada and the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Province of Canada) 1827 to 1867 – now under Ministry of Natural Resources (Ontario) as the Office of the Surveyor General
- * Surveyor General of Nova Scotia
- Surveyors general in British North America
- * Surveyor General of the Colony of Vancouver Island
- ** Joseph Despard Pemberton
- * Surveyor General of New Brunswick
- ** Robert Power (surveyor)
- Surveyor General of Cornwall, UK
- Surveyor General of Hong Kong
- Surveyor General of India
- Surveyor General of Ireland
- Surveyor General of Malaysia
- Surveyor General of New Netherland
- Surveyor-General of New Zealand
- Surveyor General of Pakistan
- Surveyor General of Sri Lanka
- Surveyors general in the United States and its colonial predecessors:
- * Surveyor General of [the United States]
- * Surveyor General of Arizona
- * Surveyor General of North Carolina
- **Surveyor General of the Province of North Carolina
- * Surveyor General of the Northwest Territory
- * Surveyor General of the Eastern District
- * Surveyor General of Spanish Louisiana