Order of precedence in New Brunswick

The New Brunswick order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of New Brunswick. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.


 * 1) The King of Canada (His Majesty Charles III)
 * 2) The Lieutenant Governor (Brenda Murphy)
 * 3) The Premier (Blaine Higgs)
 * 4) The Chief Justice of New Brunswick
 * 5) The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
 * 6) Former Lieutenant Governors
 * 7) Former Premiers
 * 8) Former Chief Justices of New Brunswick
 * 9) Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Ministers Plenipotentiary, and Chargé d'Affaires with precedence to their date of appointment
 * 10) Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick with precedence in accordance with the Executive Council Act
 * 11) Leader of the Opposition
 * 12) Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench
 * 13) Members of the Senate
 * 14) Members of the House of Commons
 * 15) Judges of the Court of Appeal with precedence according to their date of appointment
 * 16) Judges of the Court of King's Bench with precedence according to their date of appointment
 * 17) Members of the Legislative Assembly in the following order: Deputy Speaker, Government House Leader, Opposition House Leader, Leaders of Unofficial Opposition Parties, other members with precedence according to their date and order of their swearing in as Members of the Legislature
 * 18) Elders and Chiefs of New Brunswick Indian Bands
 * 19) Leaders of religious denominations with precedence according to their date of appointment or election to the present office
 * 20) Chief Judge of the Provincial Court
 * 21) Judges of the Provincial Court with precedence according to their date of appointment
 * 22) Members of the Consular Corps in the following order: Consuls General, Consuls, Vice- Consuls, Honorary Consuls and Consular Agents with precedence among themselves according to their date of appointment
 * 23) Mayors of the Cities of New Brunswick (with precedence given to the Mayor of the host municipality where appropriate) in the following order: Fredericton, Saint John, Moncton, Edmundston, Campbellton, Bathurst, Miramichi and Dieppe
 * 24) Mayors of the Towns of New Brunswick with precedence among themselves according to the alphabetical order of the place-names
 * 25) Mayors of the Villages of New Brunswick with precedence according to the alphabetical order of the place-names
 * 26) Councillors of the Cities, Towns, and Villages of New Brunswick in the same order of precedence among themselves according to the alphabetical order of their surnames
 * 27) Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
 * 28) Ombudsman
 * 29) Auditor General
 * 30) Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick
 * 31) Clerk of the Executive Council
 * 32) Deputy Heads of the Civil Service, with precedence according to their date of appointment
 * 33) Heads of Crown Corporations and Agencies, with precedence according to their date of appointment
 * 34) Assistant Commissioner of "J" Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
 * 35) Commander of Canadian Forces Base Gagetown
 * 36) Chancellors of New Brunswick universities in the following order: University of New Brunswick, Mount Allison University, St. Thomas University and Université de Moncton
 * 37) Presidents of the universities in New Brunswick in the same order of precedence as the Chancellors