Gilbert Finn

The Honourable Gilbert Finn OC ONB
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	(1920-09-03)September 3, 1920 Inkerman, New Brunswick, Canada
Died	January 7, 2015(2015-01-07) (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

Coat of arms of Gilbert Finn

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

• Université Laval

References

1. Former lieutenant-governor returns Order of Canada in protest, CBC News, 9 July 2008.
2. Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume II), Ottawa, 1992