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Sir Laurence Whistler Street,was the 14th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales and Lieutenant-Governor of New South Wales. He was the third generation of the Street family to serve in these viceregal offices and the youngest since 1844. Street fought in World War II and became a commander in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve and an honorary colonel in the Australian Army Reserve.
Sir Adam Wilson was a lawyer,judge and political figure in Canada West. He served as mayor of Toronto in 1859 and 1860 and in the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada for York North from 1860 to 1863. After his political career,he served as a judge and was named Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench. At the time of his retirement,he was the longest-serving judge in Ontario and was subsequently knighted.
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Calvin Murray Sinclair is a former member of the Canadian Senate and First Nations lawyer who served as chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 2009 to 2015. He previously served as a judge in Manitoba from 1988 to 2009,being the first Indigenous judge appointed in the province. Sinclair was appointed to the Senate of Canada on April 2,2016. In November 2020,he announced his retirement from the Senate effective January 31,2021.
The Sopinka Cup is an annual trial advocacy competition in Canada organized by The Advocates' Society and sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers. This two-day event is aimed to encourage law schools to train students in the art of oral advocacy. Elimination occurs in four regional competitions across Canada,leaving eight law schools to represent various geographical areas of Canada and compete in the bilingual National Finals hosted in Ottawa. Universities in the western provinces compete in the MacIntyre Cup. Universities in Ontario compete in the Arnup Cup. Both are mock trial advocacy competitions. Universities in Quebec compete in the Guy Guérin Cup. Universities in the eastern provinces compete in the McKelvey Cup.
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- The King of Canada
- The Lieutenant Governor
- The Premier
- The Chief Justice of New Brunswick
- The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
- Former Lieutenant Governors
- Former Premiers
- Former Chief Justices of New Brunswick
- Ambassadors,High Commissioners,Ministers Plenipotentiary,and Chargéd'Affaires with precedence to their date of appointment
- Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick with precedence in accordance with the Executive Council Act
- Leader of the Opposition
- Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench
- Members of the Senate
- Members of the House of Commons
- Judges of the Court of Appeal with precedence according to their date of appointment
- Judges of the Court of King's Bench with precedence according to their date of appointment
- 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
- Elders and Chiefs of New Brunswick Indian Bands
- Leaders of religious denominations with precedence according to their date of appointment or election to the present office
- Chief Judge of the Provincial Court
- Judges of the Provincial Court with precedence according to their date of appointment
- 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
- Mayors of the Cities of New Brunswick in the following order:Fredericton,Saint John,Moncton,Edmundston,Campbellton,Bathurst,Miramichi and Dieppe
- Mayors of the Towns of New Brunswick with precedence among themselves according to the alphabetical order of the place-names
- Mayors of the Villages of New Brunswick with precedence according to the alphabetical order of the place-names
- 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
- Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
- Ombudsman
- Auditor General
- Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick
- Clerk of the Executive Council
- Deputy Heads of the Civil Service,with precedence according to their date of appointment
- Heads of Crown Corporations and Agencies,with precedence according to their date of appointment
- Assistant Commissioner of "J" Division,Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Commander of Canadian Forces Base Gagetown
- Chancellors of New Brunswick universities in the following order:University of New Brunswick,Mount Allison University,St. Thomas University and Universitéde Moncton
- Presidents of the universities in New Brunswick in the same order of precedence as the Chancellors
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