Lieutenant-Governors of New Brunswick
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The following is a list of the Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick. Though the present day office of the lieutenant governor in New Brunswick
came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation
in 1867, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of New Brunswick in 1786.
Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
The Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick or Lieutenante-gouverneure du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the viceregal representative in New Brunswick of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada...
came into being only upon the province's entry into Canadian Confederation
Canadian Confederation
Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed on July 1, 1867. On that day, three British colonies were formed into four Canadian provinces...
in 1867, the post is a continuation from the first governorship of New Brunswick in 1786.
Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick, 1786-1867
| # | Name | Governor from | Governor until | |
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| Governors under George III George III of the United Kingdom George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death... (1786 1820): |
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| 1. | Thomas Carleton Thomas Carleton Thomas Carleton was a British army officer who was promoted to Colonel during the American Revolutionary War after relieving the siege of Quebec in 1776. After the war, he was appointed as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, and supervised the resettlement of Loyalists from the United States in... |
20 May 1786 | → | |
| Gabriel George Ludlow (acting Governor) | 5 October 1805 | 12 February 1808 | ||
| Edward Winslow Edward Winslow (loyalist) Edward Winslow was a loyalist officer and New Brunswick judge and official.Edward Winslow was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1746 or 1747, a descendant of Mayflower Pilgrim Edward Winslow. He studied at Harvard College, graduating in 1765 with an MA... (acting Governor) |
20 February 1808 | 24 May 1808 | ||
| Martin Hunter Martin Hunter (British Army officer) General Sir Martin Hunter, GCH, GCMG was a British Army officer, and governor of Stirling Castle.In 1797, he married Scottish heiress Jean Dickson . They had a large family.... (acting Governor) |
24 May 1808 | 17 December 1808 | ||
| George Johnstone George Johnstone George Johnstone was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence, rising to the rank of post-captain and serving for a time as commodore of a squadron... (acting Governor) |
17 December 1808 | 28 April 1809 | ||
| Martin Hunter (acting Governor) | 28 April 1809 | 10 September 1811 | ||
| William Balfour William Balfour William Douglas Balfour was speaker of the Legislature of Ontario in 1895-1896 and served as Liberal MLA for Essex South from 1882 to 1896.... (acting Governor) |
10 September 1811 | 14 November 1811 | ||
| Martin Hunter (acting Governor) | 14 November 1811 | 15 June 1812 | ||
| George Stracey Smyth George Stracey Smyth George Stracey Smyth was a British army officer and Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.Born in England, he was appointed an ensign in the East Norfolk Regiment of Militia in 1779. He joined the army as an ensign in the 25th Foot in 1780... (acting Governor) |
15 June 1812 | 17 August 1813 | ||
| Sir Thomas Saumarez (acting Governor) | 17 August 1813 | 14 August 1814 | ||
| George Stracey Smyth (acting Governor) | 14 August 1814 | 25 June 1816 | ||
| Harris W. Hailes (acting Governor) | 25 June 1816 | 30 June 1817 | ||
| 1. | cont... | ← | 1 July 1817 | |
| 2. | George Stracey Smyth | 1 July 1817 | → | |
| Governors under George IV George IV of the United Kingdom George IV was the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also of Hanover from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later... (1820 1830): |
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| 2. | cont... | ← | 27 March 1823 | |
| 3. | Howard Douglas Howard Douglas General Sir Howard Douglas, 3rd Baronet, GCB, GCMG, FRS was a British military officer born in Gosport, England, the younger son of Admiral Sir Charles Douglas, and a descendant of the Earls of Morton... |
28 August 1824 | → | |
| Governors under William IV William IV of the United Kingdom William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death... (1830 1837): |
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| 3. | cont... | ← | 8 September 1831 | |
| 4. | Sir Archibald Campbell Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet General Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet GCB was an officer of the British Army, and from 1831 to 1837, the administrator of the colony of New Brunswick. From 1824 to 1826, Gen... |
9 September 1831 | 1 May 1837 | |
| 5. | Sir John Harvey John Harvey (governor) Lieutenant-General Sir John Harvey, KCB KCH was a British Army officer and a Lieutenant Governor.He was commissioned into the 80th Foot in 1794 and served in several different locations, including France, Egypt, and India... |
1 May 1837 | → | |
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| 5. | cont... | ← | 26 April 1841 | |
| 6. | Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke William MacBean George Colebrooke Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke was a career soldier and colonial administrator who became lieutenant governor of New Brunswick in 1841.- External links :*... |
27 April 1841 | 11 April 1848 | |
| 7. | Sir Edmund Walker Head | 11 April 1848 | 28 September 1854 | |
| 8. | John Manners-Sutton John Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton, 3rd Viscount Canterbury KCB, GCMG , known as the Honourable Sir John Manners-Sutton between 1866 and 1869, was a British Tory politician and colonial administrator.... |
7 October 1854 | 26 October 1861 | |
| 9. | Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon | 26 October 1861 | 30 September 1866 | |
Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick, 1867-present
| # | Name | Governor from | Governor until | |
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| Governors under Queen Victoria (1867 1901): | ||||
| 10. | Charles Hastings Doyle Charles Hastings Doyle Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, KCMG was a British military officer and Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.... |
1 July 1867 | 18 October 1867 | |
| 11. | Francis Pym Harding Francis Pym Harding Francis Pym Harding, was an English army general and the second Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1867 to 1868.... |
18 October 1867 | 22 July 1868 | |
| 12. | Lemuel Allan Wilmot Lemuel Allan Wilmot Lemuel Allan Wilmot was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge.Born in Sunbury County, New Brunswick, the son of William Wilmot and Hannah Bliss, Wilmot was educated at the Fredericton grammar school and at King’s College. He started articling law in 1825, became an attorney in 1830, and was... |
23 July 1868 | 15 November 1873 | |
| 13. | Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley Samuel Leonard Tilley Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley, PC, KCMG was a Canadian politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. Tilley was descended from United Empire Loyalists on both sides of his family... |
15 November 1873 | 11 July 1878 | |
| 14. | Edward Barron Chandler Edward Barron Chandler Edward Barron Chandler was a New Brunswick politician and lawyer from a United Empire Loyalist family. He was one of the Fathers of Confederation.... |
16 July 1878 | 6 February 1880 | |
| 15. | Robert Duncan Wilmot Robert Duncan Wilmot Robert Duncan Wilmot, PC was a Canadian politician and a Father of Confederation.- Biography :Wilmot was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, but moved to Saint John with his family at around the age of five, and there he was educated. His father, John McNeil Wilmot, was a big tank and shipowner... |
11 February 1880 | 11 November 1885 | |
| 13. | Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley | 11 November 1885 | 21 September 1893 | |
| 16. | John Boyd John Boyd (Canadian politician) John Boyd was a businessman and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick following Canadian confederation.... |
21 September 1893 | 4 December 1893 | |
| 17. | John James Fraser John James Fraser John James Fraser was a New Brunswick lawyer, judge, and politician.John Fraser was born at Beaubears Island, Northumberland County, New Brunswick. He married twice, the first time in 1867 to Martha Cumming. She died in 1871 and in 1884 he married Jane M... |
20 December 1893 | 24 November 1896 | |
| 18. | Abner Reid McClelan Abner Reid McClelan Abner Reid McClelan was a Canadian senator and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.Born in Riverside, Hopewell, New Brunswick, the son of Peter McClelan, McClelan was educated at the Mount Allison Wesleyan Academy... |
9 December 1896 | → | |
| Governors under Edward VII Edward VII of the United Kingdom Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910... (1901 1910): |
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| 18. | cont... | ← | 21 January 1902 | |
| 19. | Jabez Bunting Snowball Jabez Bunting Snowball Jabez Bunting Snowball was a businessman, the 11th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, Canada, and politician from the Town of Chatham, New Brunswick... |
28 January 1902 | 24 February 1907 | |
| 20. | Lemuel John Tweedie Lemuel John Tweedie Lemuel John Tweedie was a politician from Chatham, New Brunswick.His law partner in Chatham for a time was Richard Bedford Bennett, later Prime Minister of Canada and Max Aitken for a time was his office boy.... |
5 March 1907 | → | |
| Governors under George V George V of the United Kingdom George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936.... (1910 1936): |
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| 20. | cont... | ← | 6 March 1912 | |
| 21. | Josiah Wood Josiah Wood Josiah Wood was a Canadian lawyer, entrepreneur, mayor, parliamentarian, and the 13th Lieutenant Governor of the province of New Brunswick... |
6 March 1912 | 29 June 1917 | |
| 22. | Gilbert Ganong Gilbert Ganong Gilbert White Ganong was a Canadian politician, the 14th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and co-founder of Ganong Bros. Limited, candy makers in the town of St... |
29 June 1917 | 31 October 1917 | |
| 23. | William Pugsley William Pugsley William Pugsley, PC, QC was a politician and lawyer in New Brunswick, Canada.He was born in Sussex, New Brunswick, the son of William Pugsley, of United Empire Loyalist descent, and Frances Jane Hayward. He was educated at the University of New Brunswick. He studied mathematics, classics, and... |
6 November 1917 | 28 February 1923 | |
| 24. | William Frederick Todd William Frederick Todd William Frederick Todd was a businessman and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Charlotte County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1899 to 1903 and Charlotte in the Canadian House of Commons from 1908 to 1911 as a Liberal member... |
28 February 1923 | 28 December 1928 | |
| 25. | Hugh Havelock McLean Hugh Havelock McLean Hugh Havelock McLean was a Canadian soldier, politician, and the 17th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1928 to 1935.... |
28 December 1928 | 31 January 1935 | |
| 26. | Murray MacLaren Murray MacLaren Murray MacLaren, PC was a Canadian politician and the 18th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.Born in Richibucto, New Brunswick, he was a physician before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the New Brunswick riding of St. John—Albert in the 1921 federal election... |
8 February 1935 | → | |
| Governors under Edward VIII Edward VIII of the United Kingdom Edward VIII was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India, from 20 January to 11 December 1936.Before his accession to the throne, Edward was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay... (1936): |
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| 26. | cont... | ← | → | |
| Governors under George VI George VI of the United Kingdom George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death... (1936 1952): |
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| 26. | cont... | ← | 5 March 1940 | |
| 27. | William George Clark William George Clark (politician) William George Clark was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented York—Sunbury in the Canadian House of Commons from 1935 to 1940 as a Liberal member. Clark was the 19th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1940 to 1945.He was born in Queensbury, New Brunswick... |
5 March 1940 | 1 November 1945 | |
| 28. | David Laurence MacLaren David Laurence MacLaren David Laurence MacLaren, was a Canadian politician and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.... |
1 November 1945 | → | |
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| 28. | cont... | ← | 5 June 1958 | |
| 29. | Joseph Leonard O'Brien Joseph Leonard O'Brien Joseph Leonard O'Brien was a Canadian politician. Born in South Nelson, New Brunswick, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1925 to 1930 and was Speaker of the Assembly... |
22 May 1958 | 9 June 1965 | |
| 30. | John B. McNair | 9 June 1965 | 31 January 1968 | |
| 31. | Wallace Samuel Bird Wallace Samuel Bird Wallace Samuel Bird was a Canadian businessman and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick since Canadian Confederation.... |
1 February 1968 | 2 October 1971 | |
| 32. | Hédard Robichaud Hédard Robichaud Hédard Joseph Robichaud, PC, OC was an Acadian-Canadian Member of Parliament, Cabinet member, Senator and the first Acadian to be Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.... |
8 October 1971 | 12 November 1981 | |
| 33. | George F.G. Stanley George Stanley Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley, OC, CD, KStJ, DPhil, FRSC, FRHistS, FRHSC was a historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant, and designer of the current Canadian flag.-Career:... |
23 December 1981 | 20 August 1987 | |
| 34. | Gilbert Finn Gilbert Finn - External links :* at The Canadian Encyclopedia-References:... |
14 August 1987 | 21 June 1994 | |
| 35. | Margaret McCain Margaret McCain Margaret Norrie McCain, is a Canadian philanthropist, the 27th and first female Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.Born in Amos, Quebec, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Allison University and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Toronto... |
21 June 1994 | 18 April 1997 | |
| 36. | Marilyn Trenholme Counsell Marilyn Trenholme Counsell - References :*... |
18 April 1997 | 26 August 2003 | |
| 37. | Herménégilde Chiasson Herménégilde Chiasson -External links:* entry in *... |
26 August 2003 | 30 September 2009 | |
| 38. | Graydon Nicholas Graydon Nicholas Graydon Nicholas ONB is the 30th and current Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. An attorney and judge, he is the first Aboriginal person to hold this office, as well as the first to be appointed as a provincial court judge , and the first in Atlantic Canada to obtain a law degree.-Early life... |
30 September 2009 | ||