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. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the Canadian province; for the city in New Jersey, see New Brunswick, New Jersey. ...

Purpose

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.

Eligibility

Any Canadian citizen who is a present or former long-term resident of New Brunswick is eligible for nomination to the Order. Elected representatives presently serving in the House of Commons, the Senate, the Provincial Legislature and judges of any court are not eligible for nomination. The interior of the House of Commons chamber, also called the Green Chamber The House of Commons (in French, la Chambre des communes) is the directly elected lower house of the Parliament of Canada which sits in the nations capital of Ottawa, Ontario. ... The Senate (French: Sénat) is a component of the Parliament of Canada, which also includes the Sovereign (represented by the Governor General) and the House of Commons. ... . A Legislative Assembly in British constitutional thought is the second-to-top or third-to-top tier of a government led by a Governor-General, Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor, inferior to an Executive Council and equal to or inferior to a Legislative Council. ...

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.

Advisory Council

The Chancellor of the Order of New Brunswick is the Lieutenant-Governor of the province. Lieutenant-Governors of New Brunswick prior to Confederation Lieutenant-Governors of New Brunswick post-Confederation Categories: Lieutenant Governors of New Brunswick ...

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

Recipients

2004

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

Francis Joseph (Frank) McKenna (born January 19, 1948 in Apohaqui, New Brunswick, Canada) is a Canadian politician and diplomat. ...

2003

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

Kenneth Colin (K.C.) Irving (March 14, 1899-December 13, 1992) was born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick. ...

2002

• 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

Richard Bennett Hatfield (April 9, 1931-April 26, 1991) was a New Brunswick politician and long time Premier of the province (1970-1987). ... Harrison McCain (November 3, 1927–March 18, 2004) was a Canadian businessman. ...

External link

• Order of New Brunswick (http://www.gnb.ca/lg/ONB/index-e.asp)