The following is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Saint John, New Brunswick.
The following is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Saint John, New Brunswick.
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John, New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North America. UNB was founded by a group of seven Loyalists who left the United States after the American Revolution.
Events from the year 1819 in Canada.
Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet, KCB was a 19th-century British politician and diplomat.
The viceregal consort of Canada is the spouse of the serving governor general of Canada, assisting the viceroy with ceremonial and charitable work, accompanying him or her to official state occasions, and occasionally undertaking philanthropic work of their own. As the host/hostess of the royal and viceroyal residence in Ottawa, the consort, if female, is also known as the chatelaine of Rideau Hall. This individual, who ranks third in the Canadian order of precedence, after the Canadian monarch and the governor general, is addressed as His or Her Excellency while their spouse is in office, and is made ex officio an Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada and a Knight or Dame of Justice of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem.
Hamilton, from the point at which it was first colonized by settlers, has benefited from its geographical proximity to major land and water transportation routes along the Niagara Peninsula and Lake Ontario. Its strategic importance has created, by Canadian standards, a rich military history which the city preserves.
The office of Commander-in-Chief, North America was a military position of the British Army. Established in 1755 in the early years of the Seven Years' War, holders of the post were generally responsible for land-based military personnel and activities in and around those parts of North America that Great Britain either controlled or contested. The post continued to exist until 1775, when Lieutenant-General Thomas Gage, the last holder of the post, was replaced early in the American War of Independence. The post's responsibilities were then divided: Major-General William Howe became Commander-in-Chief, America, responsible for British troops from West Florida to Newfoundland, and General Guy Carleton became Commander-in-Chief, Quebec, responsible for the defence of the Province of Quebec.
Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau was the second in a line of distinguished French Canadians whose influence has spanned three centuries.
Île-Royale was a French colony in North America that existed from 1713 to 1763 as part of the wider colony of Acadia.
Philippe Liébert was a French Canadian soldier who fought on the U.S. side of the American Revolutionary War, serving in Moses Hazen's 2nd Canadian Regiment of the Continental Army.
Elias Hardy was an English-born lawyer and politician in New Brunswick. He represented Northumberland County from 1786 to 1792 and Saint John from 1793 to 1795 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick.
William Elder was a Presbyterian clergyman, journalist and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented St. John County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1875 to 1883.
The Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec, more commonly called the Legislative Council of Quebec, was an advisory body constituted by section XII of the Quebec Act of 1774. Together with the representative of the Crown, it acted, between 1774 and 1791, as the legislature of the old Province of Quebec.
The title of Chief Justice of Quebec is assumed by the chief justice of the Court of Appeal of Quebec. From 1849 to 1974 it was assumed by the Chief Justice from the Court of Queen's Bench or Court of King's Bench.
The Court of Appeal of Prince Edward Island is the appellate court for the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and thus the senior provincial court below the Supreme Court of Canada. As the number of appeals heard by the Supreme Court of Canada is extremely limited, the Court of Appeal is in practice the court of final appeal for most residents of Prince Edward Island.
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