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

No.	Portrait	Name(Birth–Death)	Term of office		MonarchReign	PremierTerm of office
			Took office	Left office
1		Thomas Carleton(1735–1817)	20 May1786	2 February1817[Note 1]	George III(1760–1820)	None
–		Gabriel George Ludlow(1736–1808)Acting	5 October1805	12 February1808
–		Edward Winslow(1746/1747–1815)Acting	20 February1808	24 May1808
–		Sir Martin HunterGCH(1757–1846)Acting	24 May1808	17 December1808
–		George Johnstone(died 1825)Acting	17 December1808	28 April1809
–		Sir Martin Hunter(1757–1846)Acting	28 April1809	10 September1811
–		William Balfour(1758–1811)Acting	10 September1811	14 November1811
–		Sir Martin Hunter(1757–1846)Acting	14 November1811	15 June1812
–		George Stracey Smyth(1814–1892)	15 June1812	17 August1813
–		Sir Thomas Saumarez(1760–1845)Acting	17 August1813	14 August1814
–		George Stracey Smyth(1767–1823)Acting	14 August1814	25 June1816
–		Harris W. Hailes(1752–1819)Acting	25 June1816	30 June1817
2		George Stracey Smyth(1767–1823)	1 July1817	27 March1823
					George IV(1820–1830)
3		Sir Howard Douglas3rd Baronet(1776–1861)	28 August1824	8 September1831
					William IV(1830–1837)
4		Sir Archibald Campbell1st Baronet(1769–1843)	9 September1831	1 May1837
5		Sir John Harvey(1778–1852)	1 May1837	26 April1841
					Victoria(1837–1901)
6		Sir William Colebrooke(1787–1870)	27 April1841	11 April1848
7		Sir Edmund Walker Head8th Baronet(1805–1868)	11 April1848	28 September1854
8		John Manners-Sutton(1814–1877)	7 October1854	26 October1861
						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 October1861	30 September1866
						Albert James Smith(1865–1866)
						Peter Mitchell(1866–1867)

Lieutenant governors of New Brunswick, 1867–present

No.	Portrait	Name(Birth–Death)	Term of office		MonarchReign	PremierTerm of office
			Took office	Left office
1		Charles Hastings Doyle(1803–1883)	1 July1867	18 October1867	Victoria(1837–1901)	Andrew Rainsford Wetmore(1867–1870)
2		Francis Pym Harding(1821–1875)	18 October1867	23 July1868
3		Lemuel Allan Wilmot(1809–1878)	23 July1868	15 November1873
						George Edwin King(1870–1871)
						George Luther Hathaway(1871–1872)
						George Edwin King(1872–1878)
4		Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley(1821–1875)	15 November1873	16 July1878
						John James Fraser(1878–1882)
5		Edward Barron Chandler(1800–1880)	16 July1878	6 February1880
–		Sir John Campbell Allen(1817–1898)Administrator of the Government	6 February1880	11 February1880
6		Robert Duncan Wilmot(1817–1898)	11 February1880	11 November1885
						Daniel Lionel Hanington(1882–1883)
						Andrew George Blair(1883–1896)
(4)		Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley(1821–1875)	11 November1885	21 September1893
7		John Boyd(1826–1893)	21 September1893	4 December1893
–		Sir John Campbell Allen(1817–1898)Administrator of the Government	4 December1893	20 December1893
8		John James Fraser(1829–1896)	20 December1893	24 November1896
						James Mitchell(1896–1897)
–		William Henry Tuck(1831–1913)Administrator of the Government	24 November1896	9 December1896
9		Abner Reid McClelan(1831–1917)	9 December1896	28 January1902
						Henry Emmerson(1897–1900)
						Lemuel John Tweedie(1900–1907)
					Edward VII(1901–1910)
10		Jabez Bunting Snowball(1837–1907)	28 January1902	24 February1907
–		William Henry Tuck(1831–1913)Administrator of the Government	24 February1907	5 March1907
						William Pugsley(1907)
11		Lemuel John Tweedie(1849–1917)	5 March1907	6 March1912
						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 March1912	29 June1917
						George Johnson Clarke(1914–1917)
						James Alexander Murray(1917)
						Walter Edward Foster(1917–1923)
13		Gilbert Ganong(1851–1917)	29 March1917	31 October1917
–		John Douglas Hazen(1860–1937)Administrator of the Government	31 October1917	6 November1917
14		William Pugsley(1850–1925)	6 November1917	28 February1923
15		William Frederick Todd(1854–1935)	28 February1923	28 December1928		Peter Veniot(1923–1925)
						John Babington Macaulay Baxter(1925–1931)
16		Hugh Havelock McLean(1854–1938)	28 December1928	8 February1935
						Charles Dow Richards(1931–1933)
						Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley(1933–1935)
17		Murray MacLaren(1861–1942)	8 February1935	5 March1940
						Allison Dysart(1935–1940)
					Edward VIII(1936)
					George VI(1936–1952)
18		William George Clark(1865–1948)	5 March1940	1 November1945
						John B. McNair(1940–1952)
19		David Laurence MacLaren(1893–1960)	1 November1945	5 June1958
					Elizabeth II(1952–2022)
						Hugh John Flemming(1952–1960)
20		Joseph Leonard O'Brien(1895–1973)	5 June1958	9 June1965
						Louis Robichaud(1960–1970)
21		John B. McNair(1889–1968)	9 June1965	1 February1968
22		Wallace Samuel Bird(1917–1971)	1 February1968	2 October1971
						Richard Hatfield(1970–1987)
–		George F. G. Bridges[1][Note 2]Administrator of the Government	2 October1971	8 October1971
23		Hédard Robichaud(1911–1999)	8 October1971	12 November1981
–		Charles J. A. Hughes[1][Note 3]Administrator of the Government	12 November1981	23 December1981
24		George Stanley(1907–2002)	23 December1981	20 August1987
25		Gilbert Finn(1920–2015)	20 August1987	21 June1994
						Frank McKenna(1987–1997)
26		Margaret McCain(born 1934)	21 June1994	18 April1997
27		Marilyn Trenholme Counsell(born 1933)	18 April1997	26 August2003
						Ray Frenette(1997–1998)
						Camille Thériault(1998–1999)
						Bernard Lord(1999–2006)
28		Herménégilde Chiasson(born 1946)	26 August2003	30 September2009
						Shawn Graham(2006–2010)
29		Graydon Nicholas(born 1946)	30 September2009	23 October2014
						David Alward(2010–2014)
						Brian Gallant(2014–2018)
30		Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau(1956–2019)	23 October2014	2 August2019
						Blaine Higgs(2018–2024)
–		J.C. Marc Richard[1][Note 4]Administrator of the Government	2 August2019	8 September2019
31		Brenda Murphy(born 1958/1959)	8 September2019	22 January2025
					Charles III(since 2022)
						Susan Holt(since 2024)
32		Louise Imbeault	22 January2025

See also

• Office-holders of Canada
• Canadian incumbents by year

Note

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

1. "Chief Justice of New Brunswick". October 17, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.

External links

• Office of the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. "History > Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick". Queen's Printer for New Brunswick. Archived from the original on April 13, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2005.