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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

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

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

GCB
(1769–1843)
9 September
1831
1 May
1837
5 John Harvey.jpg Sir John Harvey
KCH
(1778–1852)
1 May
1837
26 April
1841
Victoria
(1837–1901)
6 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg Sir William Colebrooke
(1787–1870)
27 April
1841
11 April
1848
7 Edmund Walker Head.jpg Sir Edmund Walker Head
8th Baronet

KCB
(1805–1868)
11 April
1848
28 September
1854
8 3rdViscountCanterbury.jpg 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 Sir Arthur Hamilton Gordon.jpg 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

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Monarch
Reign
Premier
Term of office
Took office Left office
1 Charles Hastings Doyle.jpg Charles Hastings Doyle
(1803–1883)
1 July
1867
18 October
1867
Victoria
(1837–1901)
Andrew Rainsford Wetmore
(1867–1870)
2 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg Francis Pym Harding
CB
(1821–1875)
18 October
1867
23 July
1868
3 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg 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 Samuel Leonard Tilley 1864.jpg Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley
KCMG, PC
(1821–1875)
15 November
1873
16 July
1878
John James Fraser
(1878–1882)
5 Edward Barron Chandler.jpg Edward Barron Chandler
(1800–1880)
16 July
1878
6 February
1880
John Campbell Allen.png Sir John Campbell Allen
(1817–1898)
Administrator of the Government
6 February
1880
11 February
1880
6 Robert Duncan Wilmot.jpg Robert Duncan Wilmot
PC
(1817–1898)
11 February
1880
11 November
1885
Daniel Lionel Hanington
(1882–1883)
Andrew George Blair
(1883–1896)
(4) Samuel Leonard Tilley 1864.jpg Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley
KCMG, PC
(1821–1875)
11 November
1885
21 September
1893
7 JohnBoyd23.jpg John Boyd
(1826–1893)
21 September
1893
4 December
1893
John Campbell Allen.png Sir John Campbell Allen
(1817–1898)
Administrator of the Government
4 December
1893
20 December
1893
8 John James Fraser.png John James Fraser
(1829–1896)
20 December
1893
24 November
1896
James Mitchell
(1896–1897)
Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg William Henry Tuck
(1831–1913)
Administrator of the Government
24 November
1896
9 December
1896
9 Abner Reid McClelan.jpg 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 JabezBuntingSnowball23.jpg Jabez Bunting Snowball
(1837–1907)
28 January
1902
24 February
1907
Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg William Henry Tuck
(1831–1913)
Administrator of the Government
24 February
1907
5 March
1907
William Pugsley
(1907)
11 Lemuel John Tweedie.jpg 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.jpg 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 White Ganong.jpg Gilbert Ganong
(1851–1917)
29 March
1917
31 October
1917
John Douglas Hazen.jpg John Douglas Hazen
(1860–1937)
Administrator of the Government
31 October
1917
6 November
1917
14 William Pugsley.jpg William Pugsley
PC, KC
(1850–1925)
6 November
1917
28 February
1923
15 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg 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.png Hugh Havelock McLean
(1854–1938)
28 December
1928
8 February
1935
Charles Dow Richards
(1931–1933)
Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley
(1933–1935)
17 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg Murray MacLaren
(1861–1942)
8 February
1935
5 March
1940
Allison Dysart
(1935–1940)
Edward VIII
(1936)
George VI
(1936–1952)
18 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg William George Clark
(1865–1948)
5 March
1940
1 November
1945
John B. McNair
(1940–1952)
19 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg David Laurence MacLaren
(1893–1960)
1 November
1945
5 June
1958
Elizabeth II
(1952–2022)
Hugh John Flemming
(1952–1960)
20 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg Joseph Leonard O'Brien
(1895–1973)
5 June
1958
9 June
1965
Louis Robichaud
(1960–1970)
21 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg John B. McNair
CC
(1889–1968)
9 June
1965
1 February
1968
22 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg Wallace Samuel Bird
(1917–1971)
1 February
1968
2 October
1971
Richard Hatfield
(1970–1987)
Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg George F. G. Bridges
Administrator of the Government
2 October
1971
8 October
1971
23 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg Hédard Robichaud
OC, PC
(1911–1999)
8 October
1971
23 December
1981
24 Ruth & George Stanley.jpg George Stanley
OC
(1907–2002)
23 December
1981
20 August
1987
25 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg Gilbert Finn
OC
(1920–2015)
20 August
1987
21 June
1994
Frank McKenna
(1987–1997)
26 Collation des grades ULaval Margaret Norrie McCain honoris causa 03 (cropped).jpg Margaret McCain
(born 1934)
21 June
1994
18 April
1997
27 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg Marilyn Trenholme Counsell
(born 1933)
18 April
1997
26 August
2003
Ray Frenette
(1997–1998)
Camille Thériault
(1998–1999)
Bernard Lord
(1999–2006)
28 Chiasson Hermenegilde c3.jpg Herménégilde Chiasson
ONB
(born 1946)
26 August
2003
30 September
2009
Shawn Graham
(2006–2010)
29 Badge of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.svg Graydon Nicholas
ONB
(born 1946)
30 September
2009
23 October
2014
David Alward
(2010–2014)
Brian Gallant
(2014–2018)
30 Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau.jpg Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau
ONB
(1956–2019)
23 October
2014
2 August
2019
Blaine Higgs
(since 2018)
31 Brenda Murphy throne speech (cropped).jpg Brenda Murphy
ONB
(born 1958/1959)
8 September
2019
Incumbent
Charles III
(since 2022)

See also

  • Office-holders of Canada
  • Canadian incumbents by year
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