Editing Primus inter pares (section)

====Canadian provinces====
As [[federal monarchy|federations]] in [[Canada]], [[Lieutenant-Governor (Canada)|lieutenant-governors]] represent the [[Canadian monarch]] in each of the provinces, thus, acting as the "heads of state" in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|provinces]].{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} Lieutenant-governors in Canada are appointed by the [[Governor General of Canada|governor general]], on the [[advice (constitutional)|advice]] of the [[prime minister of Canada]], known as the ''Governor-in-Council''. In each case, these lieutenant-governors are not envisaged as subordinate to the governor general who, as a federal viceroy, is "first among equals".<ref>[http://www.governor.vic.gov.au/role.htm Government House] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814050419/http://www.governor.vic.gov.au/role.htm |date=2012-08-14 }}</ref> A [[Lieutenant-Governor (Canada)|lieutenant governor]] as ''Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council'' appoints a leader of a provincial political party holding at least a plurality of seats in the elected provincial legislature to be provincial [[Premier (Canada)|premier]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}