| Honorific prefix | The Honourable |
|---|---|
| Order | 26th |
| Office | Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick |
| Term start | August 20, 1987 |
| Term end | June 21, 1994 |
| Governor general | Jeanne Sauvé Ray Hnatyshyn |
| Premier | Richard Hatfield Frank McKenna |
| Predecessor | George Stanley |
| Successor | Margaret McCain |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Birth date | September 3, 1920 |
| Death date | January 7, 2015 (aged 94) |
| Birth place | Inkerman, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Death place | Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Profession | Businessman |
Gilbert Finn (September 3, 1920 – January 7, 2015) was a Canadian businessman and was the 26th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1994.
Born in Inkerman, New Brunswick, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Laval University in 1944. In 1974 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Officer in 1979. In 2008 he returned his insignia of the Order in protest of the appointment of Henry Morgentaler,[2] but never formally resigned his appointment to the Order.
Arms
| Notes | The arms of Gilbert Finn consist of:[1] |
|---|---|
| Crest | Above a helmet mantled Azure doubled Or on a wreath Or and Azure a demi-boar Or armed Argent unguled and wearing a coronet of maple leaves alternating with fiddlehead fronds Azure holding between its forelegs a hand of justice terminating in a fleur-de-lys Gules winged Argent garnished Or. |
| Escutcheon | Azure a mullet anglé of five mullets Or. |
| Supporters | Dexter a sea deer Or attired and gorged with a collar Azure charged with bezants sinister a sea cougar Or gorged with a like collar. |
| Compartment | A grassy mound sprinkled with purple violets proper rising above waves of the sea Azure crested Argent. |
See also
References
- ^ "Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume II)", Ottawa, 1992
- ^ Former lieutenant-governor returns Order of Canada in protest, CBC News, 9 July 2008.