From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Order of New Brunswick, established in 2000, is the highest honour of the Province of New Brunswick. A maximum of 10 individuals are awarded annually.

Contents 1 Purpose 2 Eligibility 3 Advisory Council 4 Recipients 4.1 2006 4.2 2005 4.3 2004 4.4 2003 4.5 2002 4.6 2000 5 See also 6 External link

The Order of New Brunswick recognizes individuals who have demonstrated excellence and achievement. As well, individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the social, cultural or economic well-being of the province and its residents are recognized.

Any Canadian citizen who is a present or former long-term resident of New Brunswick is eligible for nomination to the Order. Members of the House of Commons, the Senate, the Provincial Legislature and judges of any court are not eligible for nomination.

The Order may be given after a person's death if the individual's name has been approved for membership prior to that individual's death and, in exceptional circumstances.

The Chancellor of the Order of New Brunswick is the Lieutenant-Governor of the province.

Other members include:

• The Chairperson, appointed by the Executive Council
• The Chief Justice of New Brunswick (alternating with Queen's Bench)
• The Clerk of the Executive Council
• The President of a provincially funded University (alternating), and
• Three to five other members from the community who are appointed by the Executive Council

• Richard V. Gorham
• Joyce Hudson
• Audrey Ingalls
• Martin-J. Légère
• Dr. John W. Meagher
• Arthur John Motyer
• Robert Pichette
• Benedict E. Pothier
• Jean-Claude Savoie

• Herménégilde Chiasson (as Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick)
• Gordon Fairweather
• William Gale
• Margaret LaBillois
• Right. Hon. Roméo LeBlanc
• Hon. Antonine Maillet
• Dr. Mary Majka
• Dr. Dan O'Brien
• Willie O'Ree
• Jeannette Pelletier
• David Adams Richards

• Paul Boucher
• Fred Cogswell (posthumous)
• Roland Maurice
• Frank McKenna
• Frederick F. Moar
• Matilda Murdoch
• Linna O'Hara
• Brenda Robertson
• Gérard Saint-Cyr

• Mathieu Duguay
• Clifton Furrow
• Claude Gauvin
• Kenneth Colin (K.C.) Irving (posthumous)
• Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey
• G. Wallace F. McCain
• Corinne Pichette

• Réal Boudreau
• Molly Lamb Bobak
• Nancy Grant
• Richard B. Hatfield (posthumous)
• Guy LeBlanc
• Harrison McCain
• Louis J. Robichaud
• Claude Roussel
• J.A. Stewart
• Sister Hélène Aurèlie Roy

• Marilyn Trenholme Counsell (as Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick)

• List of Canadian awards
• List of Canadian provincial and territorial orders

• Order of New Brunswick

Provincial and territorial orders of Canada
Order of Newfoundland and Labrador | Order of Prince Edward Island | Order of Nova Scotia | Order of New Brunswick | National Order of Quebec | Order of Ontario | Order of Manitoba | Saskatchewan Order of Merit | Alberta Order of Excellence | Order of British Columbia