The Canadian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the governing institutions of Canada. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol.
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court is a superior court in the province of Nova Scotia.
The Court of Appeal for Nova Scotia is the highest appeal court in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. There are currently 8 judicial seats including one assigned to the Chief Justice of Nova Scotia. At any given time there may be one or more additional justices who sit as supernumerary justices. The court sits in Halifax, which is the capital of Nova Scotia. Cases are heard by a panel of three judges. They publish approximately 80 cases each year.
The Order of Nova Scotia is a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Instituted on August 2, 2001, when Lieutenant Governor Myra Freeman granted Royal Assent to the Order of Nova Scotia Act, the order is administered by the Governor-in-Council and is intended to honour current or former Nova Scotia residents for conspicuous achievements in any field, being thus described as the highest honour amongst all others conferred by the Nova Scotia Crown.
Lorne O. Clarke, was a Canadian lawyer and Chief Justice of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court.
The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership election of 2006 was held on February 11, 2006 to select a replacement for John Hamm, as Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia.
The following is the Australian Table of Precedence.
- The King of Australia: His Majesty King Charles III
- The Governor-General of Australia: His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC, DSC, FTSE
- Governors of states in order of appointment:
- Governor of Victoria Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau AC
- Governor of New South Wales Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AC, KC
- Governor of Tasmania Her Excellency the Honourable Barbara Baker AC
- Governor of South Australia Her Excellency the Honourable Frances Adamson AC
- Governor of Queensland Her Excellency the Honourable Jeannette Young, PSM
- Governor of Western Australia His Excellency the Honourable Chris Dawson APM
- The Prime Minister: The Honourable Anthony Albanese MP
- The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives in order of election:
- President of the Senate Senator The Honourable Sue Lines
- Speaker of the House of Representatives The Honourable Milton Dick MP
- The Chief Justice of Australia: The Honourable Chief Justice Susan Kiefel AC
- Senior diplomatic posts:
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners in order of date of presentation of the Letters of Credence or Commission
- Chargés d'affaires en pied or en titre in order of date of presentation of the Letters of Credence or Commission
- Chargés d'affaires and Acting High Commissioners in order of date of assumption of duties
- Members of the Federal Executive Council:
- Ministry List
- Administrators of Territories in order of appointment:
- Administrator of Norfolk Island
- Administrator of the Australian Indian Ocean Territories
- Administrator of the Northern Territory
- The Leader of the Opposition: The Honourable Peter Dutton MP
- Former holders of high offices:
- Former Governors-General in order of leaving office:
- The Hon Bill Hayden AC (1989–1996)
- The Hon Sir William Deane AC KBE KC (1996–2001)
- The Rt. Rev and Hon Dr Peter Hollingworth AC OBE (2001–2003)
- The Hon Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO (2008–2014)
- General the Hon Sir Peter Cosgrove AK CVO MC (2014–2019)
- Former Prime Ministers in order of leaving office:
- The Hon Paul Keating (1991–1996)
- The Hon John Howard OM AC SSI (1996–2007)
- The Hon Kevin Rudd AC
- The Hon Julia Gillard AC (2010–2013)
- The Hon Tony Abbott AC (2013–2015)
- The Hon Malcolm Turnbull AC (2015–2018)
- The Hon Scott Morrison (2018–2022)
- Former Chief Justices in order of leaving office:
- The Hon Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE GBM KC (1987–1995)
- The Hon Murray Gleeson AC GBS KC (1998–2008)
- The Hon Robert French AC (2008–2017)
- Premiers of states in order of state populations, then Chief Ministers of the territories in order of territory populations:
- Premier of New South Wales
- Premier of Victoria
- Premier of Queensland
- Premier of Western Australia
- Premier of South Australia
- Premier of Tasmania
- Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Territory
- Chief Minister of the Northern Territory
- Justices of the High Court in order of appointment:
- The Hon Stephen Gageler AC
- The Hon Patrick Keane AC
- The Hon Michelle Gordon AC
- The Hon James Edelman
- The Hon Simon Steward
- The Hon Jacqueline Sarah Gleeson
- Senior judges:
- Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia
- President of the Fair Work Commission
- Chief Justices of States in order of appointment:
- Chief Justice of New South Wales
- Chief Justice of South Australia
- Chief Justice of Tasmania
- Chief Justice of Queensland
- Chief Justice of Victoria
- Chief Justice of Western Australia
- Australian members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom in order of appointment:
- The Rt Hon Ian Sinclair
- The Rt Hon Sir William Heseltine
- The Chief of the Defence Force
- Chief Judges of Federal and Territory Courts in order of appointment
- Chief Justice of the Australian Capital Territory
- Chief Justice of the Northern Territory
- Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia
- Members of Parliament
- Judges of the Federal Court of Australia and Family Court of Australia, and Deputy presidents of the Fair Work Commission in order of appointment
- Lord Mayors of capital cities in order of city populations:
- Lord Mayor of Sydney
- Lord Mayor of Melbourne
- Lord Mayor of Brisbane
- Lord Mayor of Perth
- Lord Mayor of Adelaide
- Lord Mayor of Hobart
- Lord Mayor of Darwin
- Heads of religious communities according to the date of assuming office in Australia
- Presiding officers of State Legislatures in order of appointment, then Presiding Officer of Territory Legislatures in order of appointment:
- Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland
- President of the Victorian Legislative Council
- Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
- President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
- President of the South Australian Legislative Council
- Speaker of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
- President of the New South Wales Legislative Council
- President of the Western Australian Legislative Council
- Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
- Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly
- Speaker of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
- Members of State Executive Councils in order of state populations, and then members of the Northern Territory Executive Council:
- Executive Council of New South Wales
- Executive Council of Victoria
- Executive Council of Queensland
- Executive Council of Western Australia
- Executive Council of South Australia
- Executive Council of Tasmania
- Executive Council of the Northern Territory
- Leaders of the Opposition of State Legislatures in order of state populations, then Leaders of the Opposition in Territory Legislatures in order of territory populations:
- Leader of the Opposition of New South Wales
- Leader of the Opposition of Victoria
- Leader of the Opposition of Queensland
- Leader of the Opposition of Western Australia
- Leader of the Opposition of South Australia
- Leader of the Opposition of Tasmania
- Leader of the Opposition of the Australian Capital Territory
- Leader of the Opposition of the Northern Territory
- Judges of State and Territory Supreme Courts in order of appointment:
- Supreme Court of New South Wales
- Supreme Court of Victoria
- Supreme Court of Queensland
- Supreme Court of Western Australia
- Supreme Court of South Australia
- Supreme Court of Tasmania
- Supreme Court of the Northern Territory
- Members of State and Territory Legislatures in order of population:
- New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
- Victorian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
- Queensland Legislative Assembly
- Western Australian Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council
- South Australian House of Assembly and Legislative Council
- Tasmanian House of Assembly and Legislative Council
- Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
- The Secretaries of Departments of the Australian Public Service and their peers and the Chiefs of the Air Force, Army, and Navy and Vice Chief of the Defence Force in order of first appointment to this group:
- Vice Chief of the Defence Force
- Chief of Army
- Chief of Air Force
- Chief of Navy
- Consuls-General, Consuls and Vice-Consuls according to the date on which recognition was granted
- Members of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly
- Recipients of Decorations or Honours from the Sovereign
- Citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia
Wayne Adams, CM ONS is a Canadian former provincial politician who was the first Black Canadian member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly and cabinet minister.
The Halifax Court House is a historic building in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. Its main section was completed in 1863, with the east wing, built in 1930, being the newest portion. The Italian renaissance style building was designed by William Thomas, a Toronto architect who created prominent structures across Canada, and built by George Lang.
The British Columbia order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of British Columbia. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
- The King of Canada
- The Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
- The Premier of British Columbia
- The Chief Justice of British Columbia
- Former Lieutenant Governors of British Columbia
- Hon. Iona Campagnolo PC OC OBC
- Hon. Steven Point OBC
- Hon. Judith Guichon OBC
- Former Premiers of British Columbia
- Bill Vander Zalm
- Rita Johnston
- Mike Harcourt
- Glen Clark
- Dan Miller
- Hon. Ujjal Dosanjh PC
- Gordon Campbell OC OBC
- Christy Clark
- The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- The Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia by order of precedence
- The Leader of the Official Opposition of British Columbia
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada resident in British Columbia, with precedence given to members of the federal cabinet
- The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia
- Church representatives of faith communities
- The Justices of the Court of Appeal of British Columbia with precedence to be governed by the date of appointment
- The Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of British Columbia with precedence to be governed by the date of appointment
- The Judges of the Supreme Court of British Columbia with precedence to be governed by the date of appointment
- The Members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia with precedence to be governed by the date of their first election to the legislature
- The Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia
- The Commander Maritime Forces Pacific
- The Heads of Consular Posts with jurisdiction in British Columbia with precedence to be governed by Article 16 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
- The Mayor of Victoria
- The Mayor of Vancouver
- The Chancellors of the University of British Columbia, the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University, respectively.
- Hon. Steven PointOBC
- Marion Buller, CM
- Tamara Vrooman, OBC
The Alberta order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Alberta. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
- The King of Canada: His Majesty Charles III
- Lieutenant Governor of Alberta: Her Honour the Honourable Salma Lakhani
- Premier of Alberta: The Honourable Danielle Smith
- The Chief Justice of The Court of Appeal of Alberta: The Honourable Justice Frans Slatter
- Former lieutenant governors of Alberta
- The Honourable Donald Ethell
- The Honourable Lois Mitchell
- Former premiers of Alberta
- The Honourable Ed Stelmach
- The Honourable Alison Redford
- The Honourable Dave Hancock
- The Honourable Rachel Notley
- The Honourable Jason Kenney
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta: Nathan Cooper
- Ambassadors and high commissioners accredited to Canada
- Members of the Executive Council of Alberta, in relative order of precedence as determined by the premier
- Leader of the Official Opposition: Rachel Notley
- Current members of the King's Privy Council for Canada resident in Alberta, with precedence given to current members of the federal cabinet
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta with precedence governed by the date of their first election to the Legislature
- Members of the Senate of Canada, who represent Alberta by date of appointment
- The Honourable Douglas Black
- The Honourable Scott Tannas
- The Honourable Patti LaBoucane-Benson
- The Honourable Paula Simons
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada who represent Alberta constituencies by date of election
- Superior court justices
- Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta: The Honourable Justice M.T. Moreau
- Justices of the Court of Appeal of Alberta
- Justices of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta
- Heads of religious denominations
- Heads of consular posts: consuls-general; consuls; vice-consuls; consular agents
- Judges of the Provincial Court of Alberta
- Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta
- Other judges by seniority of appointment
- Mayors of Alberta municipalities
- Aboriginal Leaders
- Chiefs of the Treaty First Nations in Alberta, in order of seniority of election to office;
- President of Métis Settlements General Council
- President of Métis Nation of Alberta: Audrey Poitras
- Deputy Minister to the Premier and Cabinet Secretary
- Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
- Ombudsman
- Provincial Auditor
- Chief Electoral Officer: Glen Resler
- Ethics Commissioner: Marguerite Trussler
- Information and Privacy Commissioner: Jill Clayton
- Deputy Ministers
- Senior Alberta government officials with rank of Deputy Minister as determined by the Executive Council
- Chief executive officers of Crown corporations
- Leadership of Alberta universities
- Chancellor of the University of Alberta: Ralph B. Young
- Chancellor of the University of Calgary: Jim Dinning
- Chancellor of the University of Lethbridge: Shirley McClellan
- Chairman of the Board, University of Alberta
- Chairman of the Board, University of Calgary
- Chairman of the Board, University of Lethbridge
- Chairman of the Board, Athabasca University
- Chairman of the Board, Mount Royal University
- Chairman of the Board, MacEwan University
- President of the University of Alberta: David H. Turpin
- President of the University of Calgary: Ed McCauley
- President of the University of Lethbridge: Michael J. Mahon
- President of Athabasca University: Frits Pannekoek
- President of Mount Royal University: David Docherty
- President of Grant MacEwan University: David W. Atkinson
- Police and military
- Commanding Officer, "K" Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Curtis Zablocki
- Commander, 3rd Canadian Division: Brigadier-General W.H. Fletcher
- Commanding Officer, HMCS Nonsuch
- Commanding Officer, 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
- Commanding Officer, 1 Area Support Group
- Commanding Officer, 41 Canadian Brigade Group
- Commanding Officer, 4 Wing
The Ontario order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy used for ceremonial occasions of a provincial nature of within the province of Ontario. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol.
The Manitoba order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Manitoba. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
- The King of Canada
- Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
- President of the Executive Council, otherwise known as the Premier of Manitoba
- Chief Justice of Manitoba
- Former Lieutenant Governors of Manitoba in order of seniority of taking office
- Pearl McGonigal, (1981–1986)
- Yvon Dumont, (1993–1999)
- Philip S. Lee, (2009–2015)
- Janice Filmon, (2015–2022)
- Former Presidents of the Executive Council of Manitoba in order of seniority in taking office
- Edward Schreyer, (1969–1977)
- Gary Filmon, (1988–1999)
- Gary Doer, (1999–2009)
- Greg Selinger, (2009–2016)
- Brian Pallister, (2016–2021)
- Kelvin Goertzen, (2021)
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada residing in Manitoba by order of seniority of taking the Oath of Office
- Otto Lang, (1968)
- Jake Epp, (1979)
- Lloyd Axworthy, (1980)
- Jack Murta, (1984)
- Charles Mayer, (1984)
- Jon Gerrard, (1993)
- Rey Pagtakhan, (2001)
- Raymond Simard, (2004)
- Vic Toews, (2006)
- Steven Fletcher, (2008)
- Shelly Glover, (2013)
- Candice Bergen, (2013)
- Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba in relative order of seniority of appointment
- Steve Ashton, (1999)
- Dave Chomiak, (1999)
- Gord Mackintosh, (1999)
- Eric Robinson, (1999)
- Ron Lemieux, (1999)
- Stan Struthers, (1999)
- Peter Bjornson, (2003)
- Theresa Oswald, (2004)
- Kerri Irvin-Ross, (2006)
- Andrew Swan, (2008)
- Jennifer Howard, (2009)
- Flor Marcelino, (2009)
- Erin Selby, (2011)
- Kevin Chief, (2012)
- Ron Kostyshyn, (2012)
- Sharon Blady, (2013)
- Erna Braun, (2013)
- James Allum, (2013)
- Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Manitoba
- Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
- Puisne Judges of the Court of Appeal and of the Court of King's Bench in relative order of seniority of appointment
- Robert Carr
- Michel Monnin (1984)
- Kenneth R. Hanssen
- Kris Stefanson
- Rodney Mykle
- Gerry Mercier,
- Robyn Diamond
- Jeffrey Oliphant
- Albert Clearwater
- Alan MacInnes
- Holly C. Beard (1992)
- Perry Schulman,
- Barbara Hamilton, (1995)
- Freda Steel (1995)
- Brenda Keyser (1995)
- John A. Menzies (1996)
- Marc M. Monnin (1997)
- Deborah McCawley, (1997)
- Donald Little, (1998)
- Morris Kaufman
- Laurie Allen, (1998)
- Douglas Yard, (1998)
- Donald Bryk, (1999)
- Frank Aquila (2000)
- Robert B. Doyle (2000)
- Murray Sinclair (2001)
- Joan McKelvey (2001)
- Martin Freedman, (2002)
- Colleen Suche, (2002)
- Marilyn Goldberg, (2002)
- Shawn Greenberg (2003)
- Karen Simonsen (2004)
- Marianne Rivoalen (2005)
- Lori Spivak (2005)
- Lori Douglas (2005)
- A. Catherine Everett (2006)
- Michael Thomson (2007)
- Douglas Abra, (2007)
- Brian Midwinter, (2008)
- Robert G. Cummings (2008)
- Joan MacPhail, (2009)
- Chris W. Martin (2009)
- William Johnston (2009)
- William J. Burnett, (2009)
- Robert A. Dewar, (2009)
- Rick Saull (2010)
- Gerald L. Chartier (2010)
- Diana M. Cameron (2011)
- Shane Perlmutter (2011)
- Herbert Rempel (2011)
- Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly
- Archbishop of St. Boniface
- Bishop of Rupert's Land
- Archbishop of Winnipeg
- Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
- Metropolitan of the Ukrainian Catholic Church
- Chairman of the Manitoba Conference of the United Church of Canada
- Chairman of the Manitoba Conference of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
- Chairman or other representative persons of the following denominations as indicated below and whose person will be signified to the Clerk of the Executive Council from time to time:
- Lutheran Church
- Jewish Rabbi
- The Mennonite faith
- The Baptist Church
- The Salvation Army
- The Pastors Evangelical Fellowship
- Members of the House of Commons residing in Manitoba by order of seniority in taking office
- James Bezan, (2004)
- Niki Ashton, (2008)
- Kevin Lamoureux, (2010)
- Ted Falk, (2013)
- Larry Maguire, (2013)
- Members of the Legislative Assembly
- Jon Gerrard,
- Ron Schuler,
- Ralph Eichler,
- Leanne Rowat,
- Cliff Cullen,
- Blaine Pedersen,
- Matt Wiebe,
- Wayne Ewasko,
- Cameron Friesen,
- Reg Helwer,
- Jim Maloway,
- Dennis Smook,
- Ian Wishart,
- Shannon Martin,
- County Court Judges in relative order of seniority of appointment
- Magistrates in relative order of seniority of appointment
- Members of the local consular corps in relative order of seniority of appointment
- Mayors, Reeves and local government administrators in relative order of date of taking office
The Prince Edward Island order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Prince Edward Island. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
- The King of Canada
- The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, or, in her official absence, the Administrator
- The Premier of Prince Edward Island
- The mayor or other elected senior official of an incorporated municipality when the ceremony or event is hosted by or particularly involves that municipality
- The Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island
- The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
- Former lieutenant governors, with relative precedence governed by their date of leaving office
- Former premiers, with relative precedence governed by their date of leaving office
- Members of the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island
- The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island
- Justices of the Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island, with relative precedence governed by date of appointment
- The Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island
- Judges of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island, with relative precedence governed by date of appointment
- Members of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
- Members of the Senate of Canada
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada
- Mayors or other elected senior officials of incorporated municipalities outside their municipality, alphabetically by municipality name
- The Bishop of Charlottetown, the Bishop of Nova Scotia and the President of the Queens County Ministerial Association, with relative precedence governed by date of appointment or election
- The Senior Officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Prince Edward Island
- The President of the University of Prince Edward Island
- Deputy heads of departments, agencies, commissions and offices of the Provincial Government, with relative precedence governed by date of initial appointment as a Deputy Head
The Saskatchewan order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
Arthur Joseph LeBlanc is the 33rd and current lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia.
The 2018 Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia leadership election took place on October 27, 2018, due to Jamie Baillie's announcement that he was stepping down as leader of the Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia on November 1, 2017. Baillie was to remain in the position until a new leader was elected, however on January 24, 2018, he announced his resignation with immediate effect due to "allegations of inappropriate behaviour".
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