Louise Imbeault

{{Short description|Lieutenant governor of New Brunswick since 2025}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=November 2024}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Louise Imbeault

| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=CAN|OC|ONB|size=100%}}

| order = 33rd

| office = Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick

| term_start = January 22, 2025

| monarch = Charles III

| premier = Susan Holt

| predecessor = Brenda Murphy|

| image = RT84443.jpg

| caption = Imbeault in 2019

| honorific_prefix = Her Honour The Honourable

}}

Louise Imbeault {{postnominals|country=CAN|OC|ONB}}, born November 10, 1948 in Moncton{{cite web |title=Canada : Nouveau-Brunswick (Province) |url=http://www.election-politique.com/dirigeant.php?k=CA&kr=CANB&id=32235&l=p |website=EPOC (ELECTION POLITIQUE CITOYEN)) |access-date=15 May 2025 |language=FR |quote=naissance le 10/11/1948 à Moncton (Canada)}} is a Canadian journalist, women's rights advocate, and the 33rd lieutenant governor of New Brunswick, since January 22, 2025.

On November 15, 2024, Imbeault's appointment by Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada (representing Charles III, King of Canada), on the advice of Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, as the lieutenant governor was announced.{{cite news |last1=Farley |first1=San |title=Louise Imbeault named next lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/louise-imbeault-named-lieutenant-governor-1.7384999 |access-date=November 15, 2024 |work=CBC News |date=November 15, 2024}}{{cite news |title=Prime Minister announces new Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick |url=https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2024/11/15/prime-minister-announces-new-lieutenant-governor-new-brunsw |access-date=November 15, 2024 |work=Prime Minister of Canada |date=November 15, 2024 |language=en}}

Prior to her appointment as lieutenant governor, she worked for Radio-Canada for over 30 years, during which she became director of Radio-Canada Atlantique, later renamed Radio-Canada Acadie, in 1996.{{cite web |title=2018 Order of New Brunswick recipients |url=https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/order_of_new_brunswick/2018_recipients.html#4 |website=Government of New Brunswick |date=August 18, 2010 |access-date=November 15, 2024 |language=en}} During the 1984 and 1986 UNESCO general conferences, she served as the Canadian representative on the Women's Rights Commission.

In June 2018, she became the chancellor of the Université de Moncton. She received the Order of New Brunswick in 2018, as well as the Order of Canada in 2023.