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.

Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick, 1786–1867

# Image Name Governor from Governor until
Governors under George III (1786–1820):
1. Thomas Carleton 20 May 1786
Gabriel George Ludlow (acting Governor) 5 October 1805 12 February 1808
Edward Winslow (acting Governor) 20 February 1808 24 May 1808
Martin Hunter GCH (acting Governor) 24 May 1808 17 December 1808
George Johnstone (acting Governor) 17 December 1808 28 April 1809
Martin Hunter GCH (acting Governor, second time) 28 April 1809 10 September 1811
William Balfour (acting Governor) 10 September 1811 14 November 1811
Martin Hunter GCH (acting Governor, third time) 14 November 1811 15 June 1812
George Stracey Smyth (acting Governor) 15 June 1812 17 August 1813
Sir Thomas Saumarez (acting Governor) 17 August 1813 14 August 1814
George Stracey Smyth (acting Governor) 14 August 1814 25 June 1816
Harris W. Hailes (acting Governor) 25 June 1816 30 June 1817
1. cont... 1 July 1817
2. George Stracey Smyth 1 July 1817
Governors under George IV (1820–1830):
2. cont... 27 March 1823
3. Howard Douglas Bt FRS 28 August 1824
Governors under William IV (1830–1837):
3. cont... 8 September 1831
4. Sir Archibald Campbell Bt GCB 9 September 1831 1 May 1837
5. Sir John Harvey KCH 1 May 1837
Governors under Queen Victoria (1837–1867):
5. cont... 26 April 1841
6. Sir William MacBean George Colebrooke 27 April 1841 11 April 1848
7. Sir Edmund Walker Head Bt KCB 11 April 1848 28 September 1854
8. John Manners-Sutton 7 October 1854 26 October 1861
9. Arthur Charles Hamilton-Gordon 26 October 1861 30 September 1866

Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick, 1867–present

# Image Name Governor from Governor until
Governors under Queen Victoria (1867–1901):
10. Charles Hastings Doyle 1 July 1867 18 October 1867
11. Francis Pym Harding CB 18 October 1867 22 July 1868
12. Lemuel Allan Wilmot 23 July 1868 15 November 1873
13. Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley PC KCMG 15 November 1873 11 July 1878
14. Edward Barron Chandler 16 July 1878 6 February 1880
15. Robert Duncan Wilmot PC 11 February 1880 11 November 1885
13. Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley (second time) PC KCMG 11 November 1885 21 September 1893
16. John Boyd 21 September 1893 4 December 1893
17. John James Fraser 20 December 1893 24 November 1896
18. Abner Reid McClelan 9 December 1896
Governors under Edward VII (1901–1910):
18. cont... 21 January 1902
19. Jabez Bunting Snowball 28 January 1902 24 February 1907
20. Lemuel John Tweedie 5 March 1907
Governors under George V (1910–1936):
20. cont... 6 March 1912
21. Josiah Wood 6 March 1912 29 June 1917
22. Gilbert Ganong 29 June 1917 31 October 1917
23. William Pugsley PC QC 6 November 1917 28 February 1923
24. William Frederick Todd 28 February 1923 28 December 1928
25. Hugh Havelock McLean 28 December 1928 31 January 1935
26. Murray MacLaren 8 February 1935
Governors under Edward VIII (1936):
26. cont...
Governors under George VI (1936–1952):
26. cont... 5 March 1940
27. William George Clark 5 March 1940 1 November 1945
28. David Laurence MacLaren 1 November 1945
Governors under Elizabeth II (1952 – present):
28. cont... 5 June 1958
29. Joseph Leonard O'Brien 22 May 1958 9 June 1965
30. ρ John B. McNair CC 9 June 1965 31 January 1968
31. Wallace Samuel Bird 1 February 1968 2 October 1971
32. Hédard Robichaud PC OC 8 October 1971 23 December 1981
33. George F.G. Stanley CC CD FRSC FRHistS FRHSC(hon) 23 December 1981 20 August 1987
34. Gilbert Finn OC 20 August 1987 21 June 1994
35.[<small>†</small> 1] Margaret McCain OC ONB 21 June 1994 18 April 1997
36. Marilyn Trenholme Counsell ONB 18 April 1997 26 August 2003
37. Herménégilde Chiasson ONB 26 August 2003 30 September 2009
38. Graydon Nicholas ONB 30 September 2009 23 October 2014
38. Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau ONB 23 October 2014 Present
  1. Colour denotes living former lieutenant governors

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