Gilbert Finn
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Canadian politician
Gilbert Finn | |
|---|---|
| 26th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick | |
| In office August 20, 1987 – June 21, 1994 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Governors General | Jeanne Sauvé Ray Hnatyshyn |
| Premier | Richard Hatfield Frank McKenna |
| Preceded by | George Stanley |
| Succeeded by | Margaret McCain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1920年09月03日)September 3, 1920 Inkerman, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Died | January 7, 2015(2015年01月07日) (aged 94) Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Profession | Businessman |
Gilbert Finn OC ONB (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,[1] but never formally resigned his appointment to the Order.
Arms
[edit ]- Notes
- The arms of Gilbert Finn consist of:[2]
- 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.
- Motto
- Ensemble Nous Sommes Forts
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Former lieutenant-governor returns Order of Canada in protest, CBC News, 9 July 2008.
- ^ Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume II), Ottawa, 1992
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