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List of 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. 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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rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan="2" width="65" | Portrait

! rowspan="2" width="250" | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan="2" | Term of office

! rowspan="2" width="100" |Monarch
{{small|Reign}}

! rowspan="2" width="150"|Premier
{{small|Term of office}}

width="85" | {{small|Took office}}

! width="85" | {{small|Left office}}

1

|100x100px

|Thomas Carleton
{{small|(1735–1817)}}

|{{Small|20 May}}
1786

|{{Small|2 February}}
1817{{#tag:ref|Permanently returned to Great Britain in 1803.|group=Note|name=Johnson}}

| rowspan="13" |George III
{{small|(1760–1820)}}

| rowspan="22" |None

–

|150x150px

|Gabriel George Ludlow
{{small|(1736–1808)
Acting}}

|{{Small|5 October}}
1805

|{{Small|12 February}}
1808

–

|100x100px

|Edward Winslow
{{small|(1746/1747–1815)
Acting}}

|{{Small|20 February}}
1808

|{{Small|24 May}}
1808

–

|150x150px

|Sir Martin Hunter
{{post-nominals|country=UK|GCH|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1757–1846)
Acting}}

|{{Small|24 May}}
1808

|{{Small|17 December}}
1808

–

|100x100px

|George Johnstone
{{small|(died 1825)
Acting}}

|{{Small|17 December}}
1808

|{{Small|28 April}}
1809

–

|150x150px

|Sir Martin Hunter
{{post-nominals|country=UK|GCH|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1757–1846)
Acting}}

|{{Small|28 April}}
1809

|{{Small|10 September}}
1811

–

|100x100px

|William Balfour
{{small|(1758–1811)
Acting}}

|{{Small|10 September}}
1811

|{{Small|14 November}}
1811

–

|150x150px

|Sir Martin Hunter
{{post-nominals|country=UK|GCH|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1757–1846)
Acting}}

|{{Small|14 November}}
1811

|{{Small|15 June}}
1812

–

|100x100px

|George Stracey Smyth
{{small|(1814–1892)}}

|{{Small|15 June}}
1812

|{{Small|17 August}}
1813

–

|128x128px

|Sir Thomas Saumarez
{{small|(1760–1845)
Acting}}

|{{Small|17 August}}
1813

|{{Small|14 August}}
1814

–

|100x100px

|George Stracey Smyth
{{small|(1767–1823)
Acting}}

|{{Small|14 August}}
1814

|{{Small|25 June}}
1816

–

|100x100px

|Harris W. Hailes
{{small|(1752–1819)
Acting}}

|{{Small|25 June}}
1816

|{{Small|30 June}}
1817

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |2

| rowspan="2" |100x100px

| rowspan="2" |George Stracey Smyth
{{small|(1767–1823)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|1 July}}
1817

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|27 March}}
1823

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| rowspan="2" |George IV
{{small|(1820–1830)}}

style="height:65px;"

| rowspan="2" |3

| rowspan="2" |130x130px

| rowspan="2" |Sir Howard Douglas
3rd Baronet
{{post-nominals|country=UK|FRS|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1776–1861)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|28 August}}
1824

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|8 September}}
1831

style="height:65px;"

| rowspan="3" |William IV
{{small|(1830–1837)}}

4

|100x100px

|Sir Archibald Campbell
1st Baronet
{{post-nominals|country=UK|GCB|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1769–1843)}}

|{{Small|9 September}}
1831

|{{Small|1 May}}
1837

style="height:53px;"

| rowspan="2" |5

| rowspan="2" |106x106px

| rowspan="2" |Sir John Harvey
{{post-nominals|country=UK|KCH|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1778–1852)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|1 May}}
1837

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|26 April}}
1841

style="height:53px;"

| rowspan="11" |Victoria
{{small|(1837–1901)}}

6

|100x100px

|Sir William Colebrooke
{{small|(1787–1870)}}

|{{Small|27 April}}
1841

|{{Small|11 April}}
1848

7

|134x134px

|Sir Edmund Walker Head
8th Baronet
{{post-nominals|country=UK|KCB|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1805–1868)}}

|{{Small|11 April}}
1848

|{{Small|28 September}}
1854

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="5" |8

| rowspan="5" |165x165px

| rowspan="5" |John Manners-Sutton
{{small|(1814–1877)}}

| rowspan="5" |{{Small|7 October}}
1854

| rowspan="5" |{{Small|26 October}}
1861

Charles Fisher
{{small|(1854–1856)}}
John Hamilton Gray
{{small|(1856–1857)}}
Charles Fisher
{{small|(1857–1861)}}
style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |Samuel Leonard Tilley
{{small|(1861–1865)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="3" |9

| rowspan="3" |133x133px

| rowspan="3" |Arthur Hamilton-Gordon
{{small|(1829–1912)}}

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|26 October}}
1861

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|30 September}}
1866

Albert James Smith
{{small|(1865–1866)}}
Peter Mitchell
{{small|(1866–1867)}}

Lieutenant governors of New Brunswick, 1867–present

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rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! rowspan="2" width="65" | Portrait

! rowspan="2" width="250" | Name
{{small|(Birth–Death)}}

! colspan="2" | Term of office

! rowspan="2" width="100" |Monarch
{{small|Reign}}

! rowspan="2" width="150" |Premier
{{small|Term of office}}

width="85" | {{small|Took office}}

! width="85" | {{small|Left office}}

1

|129x129px

|Charles Hastings Doyle
{{small|(1803–1883)}}

|{{Small|1 July}}
1867

|{{Small|18 October}}
1867

| rowspan="22" |Victoria
{{small|(1837–1901)}}

| rowspan="3" |Andrew Rainsford Wetmore
{{small|(1867–1870)}}

2

|100x100px

|Francis Pym Harding
{{post-nominals|country=UK|CB|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1821–1875)}}

|{{Small|18 October}}
1867

|{{Small|23 July}}
1868

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="4" |3

| rowspan="4" |100x100px

| rowspan="4" |Lemuel Allan Wilmot
{{small|(1809–1878)}}

| rowspan="4" |{{Small|23 July}}
1868

| rowspan="4" |{{Small|15 November}}
1873

George Edwin King
{{small|(1870–1871)}}
George Luther Hathaway
{{small|(1871–1872)}}
style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |George Edwin King
{{small|(1872–1878)}}

style="height:71px;"

| rowspan="2" |4

| rowspan="2" |142x142px

| rowspan="2" |Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|KCMG|sep=,|size=75%|PC}}
{{small|(1821–1875)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|15 November}}
1873

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|16 July}}
1878

style="height:71px;"

| rowspan="4" |John James Fraser
{{small|(1878–1882)}}

5

|131x131px

|Edward Barron Chandler
{{small|(1800–1880)}}

|{{Small|16 July}}
1878

|{{Small|6 February}}
1880

–

|107x107px

|Sir John Campbell Allen
{{small|(1817–1898)
Administrator of the Government}}

|{{Small|6 February}}
1880

|{{Small|11 February}}
1880

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="3" |6

| rowspan="3" |162x162px

| rowspan="3" |Robert Duncan Wilmot
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1817–1898)}}

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|11 February}}
1880

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|11 November}}
1885

Daniel Lionel Hanington
{{small|(1882–1883)}}
style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="5" |Andrew George Blair
{{small|(1883–1896)}}

(4)

|142x142px

|Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|KCMG|sep=,|size=75%|PC}}
{{small|(1821–1875)}}

|{{Small|11 November}}
1885

|{{Small|21 September}}
1893

7

|100x100px

|John Boyd
{{small|(1826–1893)}}

|{{Small|21 September}}
1893

|{{Small|4 December}}
1893

–

|107x107px

|Sir John Campbell Allen
{{small|(1817–1898)
Administrator of the Government}}

|{{Small|4 December}}
1893

|{{Small|20 December}}
1893

style="height:58px;"

| rowspan="2" |8

| rowspan="2" |117x117px

| rowspan="2" |John James Fraser
{{small|(1829–1896)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|20 December}}
1893

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|24 November}}
1896

style="height:58px;"

| rowspan="3" |James Mitchell
{{small|(1896–1897)}}

–

|100x100px

|William Henry Tuck
{{small|(1831–1913)
Administrator of the Government}}

|{{Small|24 November}}
1896

|{{Small|9 December}}
1896

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="4" |9

| rowspan="4" |103x103px

| rowspan="4" |Abner Reid McClelan
{{small|(1831–1917)}}

| rowspan="4" |{{Small|9 December}}
1896

| rowspan="4" |{{Small|28 January}}
1902

Henry Emmerson
{{small|(1897–1900)}}
style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="4" |Lemuel John Tweedie
{{small|(1900–1907)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="7" |Edward VII
{{small|(1901–1910)}}

10

|100x100px

|Jabez Bunting Snowball
{{small|(1837–1907)}}

|{{Small|28 January}}
1902

|{{Small|24 February}}
1907

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |–

| rowspan="2" |100x100px

| rowspan="2" |William Henry Tuck
{{small|(1831–1913)
Administrator of the Government}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|24 February}}
1907

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|5 March}}
1907

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |William Pugsley
{{small|(1907)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="5" |11

| rowspan="5" |133x133px

| rowspan="5" |Lemuel John Tweedie
{{small|(1849–1917)}}

| rowspan="5" |{{Small|5 March}}
1907

| rowspan="5" |{{Small|6 March}}
1912

Clifford William Robinson
{{small|(1907–1908)}}
style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |John Douglas Hazen
{{small|(1908–1911)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="16" |George V
{{small|(1910–1936)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |James Kidd Flemming
{{small|(1911–1914)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="4" |12

| rowspan="4" |162x162px

| rowspan="4" |Josiah Wood
{{small|(1843–1927)}}

| rowspan="4" |{{Small|6 March}}
1912

| rowspan="4" |{{Small|29 June}}
1917

George Johnson Clarke
{{small|(1914–1917)}}
James Alexander Murray
{{small|(1917)}}
style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="4" |Walter Edward Foster
{{small|(1917–1923)}}

13

|111x111px

|Gilbert Ganong
{{small|(1851–1917)}}

|{{Small|29 March}}
1917

|{{Small|31 October}}
1917

–

|139x139px

|John Douglas Hazen
{{small|(1860–1937)
Administrator of the Government}}

|{{Small|31 October}}
1917

|{{Small|6 November}}
1917

14

|137x137px

|William Pugsley
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|sep=,|size=75%|KC}}
{{small|(1850–1925)}}

|{{Small|6 November}}
1917

|{{Small|28 February}}
1923

rowspan="2" |15

| rowspan="2" |100x100px

| rowspan="2" |William Frederick Todd
{{small|(1854–1935)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|28 February}}
1923

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|28 December}}
1928

|Peter Veniot
{{small|(1923–1925)}}

rowspan="2" |John Babington Macaulay Baxter
{{small|(1925–1931)}}
style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="3" |16

| rowspan="3" |135x135px

| rowspan="3" |Hugh Havelock McLean
{{small|(1854–1938)}}

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|28 December}}
1928

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|8 February}}
1935

Charles Dow Richards
{{small|(1931–1933)}}
style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley
{{small|(1933–1935)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="4" |17

| rowspan="4" |100x100px

| rowspan="4" |Murray MacLaren
{{small|(1861–1942)}}

| rowspan="4" |{{Small|8 February}}
1935

| rowspan="4" |{{Small|5 March}}
1940

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="4" |Allison Dysart
{{small|(1935–1940)}}

Edward VIII
{{small|(1936)}}
style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="4" |George VI
{{small|(1936–1952)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |18

| rowspan="2" |100x100px

| rowspan="2" |William George Clark
{{small|(1865–1948)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|5 March}}
1940

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|1 November}}
1945

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="3" |John B. McNair
{{small|(1940–1952)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="3" |19

| rowspan="3" |100x100px

| rowspan="3" |David Laurence MacLaren
{{small|(1893–1960)}}

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|1 November}}
1945

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|5 June}}
1958

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="27" |Elizabeth II
{{small|(1952–2022)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |Hugh John Flemming
{{small|(1952–1960)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |20

| rowspan="2" |100x100px

| rowspan="2" |Joseph Leonard O'Brien
{{small|(1895–1973)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|5 June}}
1958

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|9 June}}
1965

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="3" |Louis Robichaud
{{small|(1960–1970)}}

21

|100x100px

|John B. McNair
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|CC|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1889–1968)}}

|{{Small|9 June}}
1965

|{{Small|1 February}}
1968

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |22

| rowspan="2" |100x100px

| rowspan="2" |Wallace Samuel Bird
{{small|(1917–1971)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|1 February}}
1968

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|2 October}}
1971

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="6" |Richard Hatfield
{{small|(1970–1987)}}

–

|100x100px

|George F. G. Bridges{{cite web |title=Chief Justice of New Brunswick |url=https://www.courtsnb-coursnb.ca/content/cour/en/ocj/historical.html|date=17 October 2024 |access-date=17 October 2024}} {{refn|group="Note"|George Frederick Gregory Bridges – Chief Justice of New Brunswick (1964–1972)}}
{{small|Administrator of the Government}}

|{{Small|2 October}}
1971

|{{Small|8 October}}
1971

23

|100x100px

|Hédard Robichaud
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|sep=,|size=75%|PC}}
{{small|(1911–1999)}}

|{{Small|8 October}}
1971

|{{Small|12 November}}
1981

–

|100x100px

|Charles J. A. Hughes{{cite web |title=Chief Justice of New Brunswick |url=https://www.courtsnb-coursnb.ca/content/cour/en/ocj/historical.html|date=17 October 2024 |access-date=17 October 2024}} {{refn|group="Note"|Charles J. A. Hughes – Chief Justice of New Brunswick (1972–1984)}}
{{small|Administrator of the Government}}

|{{Small|12 November}}
1981

|{{Small|23 December}}
1981

24

|152x152px

|George Stanley
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1907–2002)}}

|{{Small|23 December}}
1981

|{{Small|20 August}}
1987

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |25

| rowspan="2" |100x100px

| rowspan="2" |Gilbert Finn
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1920–2015)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|20 August}}
1987

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|21 June}}
1994

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="3" |Frank McKenna
{{small|(1987–1997)}}

26

|133x133px

|Margaret McCain
{{small|(born 1934)}}

|{{Small|21 June}}
1994

|{{Small|18 April}}
1997

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="4" |27

| rowspan="4" |100x100px

| rowspan="4" |Marilyn Trenholme Counsell
{{small|(born 1933)}}

| rowspan="4" |{{Small|18 April}}
1997

| rowspan="4" |{{Small|26 August}}
2003

Ray Frenette
{{small|(1997–1998)}}
Camille Thériault
{{small|(1998–1999)}}
style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |Bernard Lord
{{small|(1999–2006)}}

style="height:68px;"

| rowspan="2" |28

| rowspan="2" |136x136px

| rowspan="2" |Herménégilde Chiasson
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|ONB|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(born 1946)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|26 August}}
2003

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|30 September}}
2009

style="height:68px;"

| rowspan="2" |Shawn Graham
{{small|(2006–2010)}}

style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="3" |29

| rowspan="3" |100x100px

| rowspan="3" |Graydon Nicholas
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|ONB|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(born 1946)}}

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|30 September}}
2009

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|23 October}}
2014

David Alward
{{small|(2010–2014)}}
style="height:50px;"

| rowspan="2" |Brian Gallant
{{small|(2014–2018)}}

style="height:57px;"

| rowspan="2" |30

| rowspan="2" |114x114px

| rowspan="2" |Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|ONB|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(1956–2019)}}

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|23 October}}
2014

| rowspan="2" |{{Small|2 August}}
2019

style="height:57px;"

| rowspan="4" |Blaine Higgs
{{small|(2018–2024)}}

–

|100x100px

|J.C. Marc Richard{{cite web |title=Chief Justice of New Brunswick |url=https://www.courtsnb-coursnb.ca/content/cour/en/ocj/historical.html|date=17 October 2024 |access-date=17 October 2024}} {{refn|group="Note"|J.C. Marc Richard – Chief Justice of New Brunswick (2018–present)}}
{{small|Administrator of the Government}}

|{{Small|2 August}}
2019

|{{Small|8 September}}
2019

style="height:55px;"

| rowspan="3" |31

| rowspan="3" |111x111px

| rowspan="3" |Brenda Murphy
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|ONB|sep=,|size=75%}}
{{small|(born 1958/1959)}}

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|8 September}}
2019

| rowspan="3" |{{Small|22 January}}
2025

style="height:55px;"

| rowspan="3" |Charles III
{{small|(since 2022)}}

rowspan="2" | Susan Holt
{{small|(since 2024)}}
32

| 100px

| Louise Imbeault
{{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|ONB|sep=,|size=75%}}

| {{Small|22 January}}
2025

|

See also

Note

{{reflist|group=Note}}

References

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External links

{{Commons category|Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick}}

  • {{cite web| url=http://www.gnb.ca/lg/gov-e.asp| last=Office of the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick| title=History > Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick| publisher=Queen's Printer for New Brunswick| access-date=December 7, 2005| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413234137/http://www.gnb.ca/lg/gov-e.asp| archive-date=April 13, 2012| url-status=dead}}

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