List of lieutenant governors of New Brunswick

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. This list also includes a number of the individuals, primarily Chief Justices, who acted briefly as de facto interim lieutenant governors for short periods of time. For instance, when lieutenant governors died in office. These individuals were generally not sworn in as actual lieutenant governors, they merely temporarily assumed the responsibilities of the Lieutenant Governor until a new person was appointed to the position. These "interim" lieutenant governors are identified in the list below as "admin".

Lieutenant governors of New Brunswick, 1786–1867

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Monarch
Reign
Premier
Term of office
Took office Left office
1 Thomas Carleton
(1735–1817)
20 May
1786
2 February
1817[Note 1]
George III
(1760–1820)
None
Gabriel George Ludlow
(1736–1808)
Acting
5 October
1805
12 February
1808
Edward Winslow
(1746/1747–1815)
Acting
20 February
1808
24 May
1808
Sir Martin Hunter
GCH
(1757–1846)
Acting
24 May
1808
17 December
1808
George Johnstone
(died 1825)
Acting
17 December
1808
28 April
1809
Sir Martin Hunter
GCH
(1757–1846)
Acting
28 April
1809
10 September
1811
William Balfour
(1758–1811)
Acting
10 September
1811
14 November
1811
Sir Martin Hunter
GCH
(1757–1846)
Acting
14 November
1811
15 June
1812
George Stracey Smyth
(1814–1892)
15 June
1812
17 August
1813
Sir Thomas Saumarez
(1760–1845)
Acting
17 August
1813
14 August
1814
George Stracey Smyth
(1767–1823)
Acting
14 August
1814
25 June
1816
Harris W. Hailes
(1752–1819)
Acting
25 June
1816
30 June
1817
2 George Stracey Smyth
(1767–1823)
1 July
1817
27 March
1823
George IV
(1820–1830)
3 Sir Howard Douglas
3rd Baronet

FRS
(1776–1861)
28 August
1824
8 September
1831
William IV
(1830–1837)
4 Sir Archibald Campbell
1st Baronet

GCB
(1769–1843)
9 September
1831
1 May
1837
5 Sir John Harvey
KCH
(1778–1852)
1 May
1837
26 April
1841
Victoria
(1837–1901)
6 Sir William Colebrooke
(1787–1870)
27 April
1841
11 April
1848
7 Sir Edmund Walker Head
8th Baronet

KCB
(1805–1868)
11 April
1848
28 September
1854
8 John Manners-Sutton
(1814–1877)
7 October
1854
26 October
1861
Charles Fisher
(1854–1856)
John Hamilton Gray
(1856–1857)
Charles Fisher
(1857–1861)
Samuel Leonard Tilley
(1861–1865)
9 Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
(1829–1912)
26 October
1861
30 September
1866
Albert James Smith
(1865–1866)
Peter Mitchell
(1866–1867)

Lieutenant governors of New Brunswick, 1867–present

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No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Monarch
Reign
Premier
Term of office
Took office Left office
1 Charles Hastings Doyle
(1803–1883)
1 July
1867
18 October
1867
Victoria
(1837–1901)
Andrew Rainsford Wetmore
(1867–1870)
2 Francis Pym Harding
CB
(1821–1875)
18 October
1867
23 July
1868
3 Lemuel Allan Wilmot
(1809–1878)
23 July
1868
15 November
1873
George Edwin King
(1870–1871)
George Luther Hathaway
(1871–1872)
George Edwin King
(1872–1878)
4 Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley
KCMG, PC
(1821–1875)
15 November
1873
16 July
1878
John James Fraser
(1878–1882)
5 Edward Barron Chandler
(1800–1880)
16 July
1878
6 February
1880
Sir John Campbell Allen
(1817–1898)
Administrator of the Government
6 February
1880
11 February
1880
6 Robert Duncan Wilmot
PC
(1817–1898)
11 February
1880
11 November
1885
Daniel Lionel Hanington
(1882–1883)
Andrew George Blair
(1883–1896)
(4) Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley
KCMG, PC
(1821–1875)
11 November
1885
21 September
1893
7 John Boyd
(1826–1893)
21 September
1893
4 December
1893
Sir John Campbell Allen
(1817–1898)
Administrator of the Government
4 December
1893
20 December
1893
8 John James Fraser
(1829–1896)
20 December
1893
24 November
1896
James Mitchell
(1896–1897)
William Henry Tuck
(1831–1913)
Administrator of the Government
24 November
1896
9 December
1896
9 Abner Reid McClelan
(1831–1917)
9 December
1896
28 January
1902
Henry Emmerson
(1897–1900)
Lemuel John Tweedie
(1900–1907)
Edward VII
(1901–1910)
10 Jabez Bunting Snowball
(1837–1907)
28 January
1902
24 February
1907
William Henry Tuck
(1831–1913)
Administrator of the Government
24 February
1907
5 March
1907
William Pugsley
(1907)
11 Lemuel John Tweedie
(1849–1917)
5 March
1907
6 March
1912
Clifford William Robinson
(1907–1908)
John Douglas Hazen
(1908–1911)
George V
(1910–1936)
James Kidd Flemming
(1911–1914)
12 Josiah Wood
(1843–1927)
6 March
1912
29 June
1917
George Johnson Clarke
(1914–1917)
James Alexander Murray
(1917)
Walter Edward Foster
(1917–1923)
13 Gilbert Ganong
(1851–1917)
29 March
1917
31 October
1917
John Douglas Hazen
(1860–1937)
Administrator of the Government
31 October
1917
6 November
1917
14 William Pugsley
PC, KC
(1850–1925)
6 November
1917
28 February
1923
15 William Frederick Todd
(1854–1935)
28 February
1923
28 December
1928
Peter Veniot
(1923–1925)
John Babington Macaulay Baxter
(1925–1931)
16 Hugh Havelock McLean
(1854–1938)
28 December
1928
8 February
1935
Charles Dow Richards
(1931–1933)
Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley
(1933–1935)
17 Murray MacLaren
(1861–1942)
8 February
1935
5 March
1940
Allison Dysart
(1935–1940)
Edward VIII
(1936)
George VI
(1936–1952)
18 William George Clark
(1865–1948)
5 March
1940
1 November
1945
John B. McNair
(1940–1952)
19 David Laurence MacLaren
(1893–1960)
1 November
1945
5 June
1958
Elizabeth II
(1952–2022)
Hugh John Flemming
(1952–1960)
20 Joseph Leonard O'Brien
(1895–1973)
5 June
1958
9 June
1965
Louis Robichaud
(1960–1970)
21 John B. McNair
CC
(1889–1968)
9 June
1965
1 February
1968
22 Wallace Samuel Bird
(1917–1971)
1 February
1968
2 October
1971
Richard Hatfield
(1970–1987)
George F. G. Bridges[1] [Note 2]
Administrator of the Government
2 October
1971
8 October
1971
23 Hédard Robichaud
OC, PC
(1911–1999)
8 October
1971
12 November
1981
Charles J. A. Hughes[1] [Note 3]
Administrator of the Government
12 November
1981
23 December
1981
24 George Stanley
OC
(1907–2002)
23 December
1981
20 August
1987
25 Gilbert Finn
OC
(1920–2015)
20 August
1987
21 June
1994
Frank McKenna
(1987–1997)
26 Margaret McCain
(born 1934)
21 June
1994
18 April
1997
27 Marilyn Trenholme Counsell
(born 1933)
18 April
1997
26 August
2003
Ray Frenette
(1997–1998)
Camille Thériault
(1998–1999)
Bernard Lord
(1999–2006)
28 Herménégilde Chiasson
ONB
(born 1946)
26 August
2003
30 September
2009
Shawn Graham
(2006–2010)
29 Graydon Nicholas
ONB
(born 1946)
30 September
2009
23 October
2014
David Alward
(2010–2014)
Brian Gallant
(2014–2018)
30 Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau
ONB
(1956–2019)
23 October
2014
2 August
2019
Blaine Higgs
(2018–2024)
J.C. Marc Richard[1] [Note 4]
Administrator of the Government
2 August
2019
8 September
2019
31 Brenda Murphy
ONB
(born 1958/1959)
8 September
2019
Incumbent
Charles III
(since 2022)
Susan Holt
(since 2024)

See also

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Note

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  1. ^ Permanently returned to Great Britain in 1803.
  2. ^ George Frederick Gregory Bridges – Chief Justice of New Brunswick (1964–1972)
  3. ^ Charles J. A. Hughes – Chief Justice of New Brunswick (1972–1984)
  4. ^ J.C. Marc Richard – Chief Justice of New Brunswick (2018–present)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Chief Justice of New Brunswick". October 17, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
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