List of Lieutenant-Governors of New Brunswick Totally Explained

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The Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (French (masculine): Lieutenant-gouverneur du Nouveau-Brunswick, or (feminine): Lieutenant-gouverneure du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the vice-regal representative of the Queen of Canada in the province of New Brunswick. The role of the Lieutenant Governor is to carry out the constitutional and ceremonial duties of the monarch in the province.
   The Governor General appoints the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick on the advice of the Canadian Prime Minister. There is no set limit to a Lieutenant Governor's term, the traditional description being "at Her Majesty's pleasure." The Lieutenant Governor, him or herself a recipient of the award as Chancellor of the Order, bestows the Order of New Brunswick on deserving New Brunswick citizens. Similarly, the viceroy becomes the Vice-Prior of, and is also appointed a Knight or Dame of, the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem upon their swearing in as Lieutenant Governor.
   The viceroy is also patron of a number of organizations, including the Canadian Red Cross (New Brunswick Region), the New Brunswick Lung Association, and the Royal Canadian Legion (New Brunswick Command).
   The present Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick is Herménégilde Chiasson, who has served in the role since August 26, 2003.
   This is a list of lieutenant-governors of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, before and after Confederation in 1867.

Governors of New Brunswick (before Confederation)

Term	Name
20 May 1786 - 2 February 1817	Colonel Thomas Carleton
1 July 1817 - 27 March 1823	Major General George Stracey Smyth
28 August 1824 - 8 September 1831	Major General Sir Howard Douglas
9 September 1831 - 1 May 1837	Major General Sir Archibald Campbell
1 May 1837 - 26 April 1841	Sir John Harvey
27 April 1841 - 11 April 1848	Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke
11 April 1848 - 28 September 1854	Sir Edmund Walker Head
7 October 1854 - 26 October 1861	Sir John Henry Thomas Manners-Sutton
26 October 1861 - 30 September 1866	Sir Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon

Lieutenant-Governors of New Brunswick (after Confederation)

Term	Name
1 July 1867 - 18 October 1867	Sir Charles Hastings Doyle
18 October 1867 - 22 July 1868	Francis Pym Harding
23 July 1868 - 15 November 1873	Lemuel Allan Wilmot
15 November 1873 - 11 July 1878	Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley
16 July 1878 - 6 February 1880	Edward Barron Chandler
11 February 1880 - 11 November 1885	Robert Duncan Wilmot
11 November 1885 - 21 September 1893	Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley
21 September 1893 - 4 December 1893	John Boyd
20 December 1893 - 24 November 1896	John James Fraser
9 December 1896 - 21 January 1902	Abner Reid McClelan
28 January 1902 - 24 February 1907	Jabez Bunting Snowball
5 March 1907 - 6 March 1912	Lemuel John Tweedie
6 March 1912 - 29 June 1917	Josiah Wood
29 June 1917 - 31 October 1917	Gilbert White Ganong
6 November 1917 - 28 February 1923	William Pugsley
28 February 1923 - 28 December 1928	William Frederick Todd
28 December 1928 - 31 January 1935	Major General Hugh Havelock McLean
8 February 1935 - 5 March 1940	Murray MacLaren
5 March 1940 - 1 November 1945	William George Clark
1 November 1945 - 5 June 1958	David Laurence MacLaren
22 May 1958 - 9 June 1965	Joseph Leonard O'Brien
9 June 1965 - 31 January 1968	John Babbitt McNair
1 February 1968 - 2 October 1971	Wallace Samuel Bird
8 October 1971 - 12 November 1981	Hédard Joseph Robichaud
23 December 1981 - 20 August 1987	George F.G. Stanley
14 August 1987 - 21 June 1994	Gilbert Finn
21 June 1994 - 18 April 1997	Margaret Norrie McCain
18 April 1997 - 26 August 2003	Marilyn Trenholme Counsell
26 August 2003 - present	Herménégilde Chiasson

Footnotes

Term	Name
5 October 1805 - 12 February 1808	Gabriel George Ludlow
20 February 1808 - 24 May 1808	Edward Winslow
24 May 1808 - 17 December 1808	Martin Hunter
17 December 1808 - 28 April 1809	George Johnstone
28 April 1809 - 10 September 1811	Martin Hunter
10 September 1811 - 14 November 1811	William Balfour
14 November 1811 - 15 June 1812	Martin Hunter
15 June 1812 - 17 August 1813	Major General George Stracey Smyth
17 August 1813 - 14 August 1814	Sir Thomas Saumarez
14 August 1814 - 25 June 1816	Major General George Stracey Smyth
25 June 1816 - 30 June 1817	Harris W. Hailes

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