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| birth_name = Adrienne Louise Poy
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|2|10}}
| birth_place = [[Victoria, Hong Kong|Victoria]], [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]]
| spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|[[Stephen Clarkson]]|1963|1975|end=div}}|{{marriage|[[John Ralston Saul]]|1999}}}}
| father = [[William Poy]]
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'''Adrienne Louise Clarkson''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|CC|CMM|COM|CD|FRSC(hon)|FRAIC(hon)|FRCPSC(hon)}} ({{zh|c=伍冰枝}}; {{née|'''Poy'''}}; born February 10, 1939) is a [[British Hong
Clarkson arrived in Canada with her family in 1941, as a [[refugee]] from [[Japanese occupation of Hong Kong|Japanese-occupied Hong Kong]], and was raised in [[Ottawa]]. After receiving a number of university degrees, Clarkson worked as a producer and broadcaster for the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC) and a journalist for various magazines. Her first diplomatic posting came in the early 1980s, when she promoted [[Ontario|Ontarian]] culture in [[France]] and other [[Europe]]an countries. In 1999, she was appointed [[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] by Queen [[Elizabeth II]], on the recommendation of [[Prime Minister of Canada]] [[Jean Chrétien]], to replace [[Roméo LeBlanc]] as [[viceroy]], a post which she occupied until 2005, when she was succeeded by [[Michaëlle Jean]]. While Clarkson's appointment as the Canadian vicereine was generally welcomed at first, she caused some controversy during her time serving as the Queen's representative, mostly due to costs incurred in the operation of her office, as well as a somewhat anti-monarchist attitude toward the position.
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