Gilbert Finn

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.

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

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, but never formally resigned his appointment to the Order.

Arms

Coat of arms of Gilbert Finn

Notes The arms of Gilbert Finn consist of: 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