This is a list of notable people who are from New Brunswick, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province.
By city or town
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People from Bathurst | |||||
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Name | Known for | Birth | Death | Other | |
David Branch | ice hockey | 1948 | commissioner of the Canadian Hockey League | ||
Charlie Chamberlain | entertainer | 1911 | 1972 | a featured entertainer on Don Messer's Jubilee on CBC Television, 1957–1969 | |
Sean Couturier | ice hockey | 1992 | NHL hockey player currently with the Philadelphia Flyers | ||
Joe De Grasse | film director | 1873 | 1940 | pioneer Hollywood film director | |
Sam De Grasse | actor | 1875 | 1953 | known primarily for playing crafty and villainous film roles | |
Lyse Doucet | journalist | 1958 | BBC journalist | ||
James Dunn | industrialist | 1874 | 1956 | banker, art collector, industrialist, philanthropist | |
Robert Frigault | author | 1971 | author, publisher, activist | ||
Herman James Good | soldier | 1887 | 1969 | Bathurst-born recipient of the Victoria Cross for actions during the Battle of Amiens in the First World War | |
W.J. Kent | businessman | 1860 | 1943 | Founding alderman in Bathurst's first town council, mayor of Bathurst for two terms | |
Felix Roland "Rollie" Rossignol | ice hockey | 1921 | 1981 | former NHL forward and local businessman | |
Scott Smith | ice hockey | 1966 | president of Hockey Canada | ||
Bill Hatanaka | Canadian football | 1954 | serves as the chair of the Ontario Health agency's board of director | ||
Natasha St-Pier | singer | 1981 | francophone chart-topping singer |
People from Campbellton | |||||
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Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
Roy Boudreau | politics | 1946 | former MLA for Campbellton-Restigouche Centre in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; President of the Assembly | ||
Byron Christopher | journalist | 1949 | award-winning print, radio, and television news reporter | ||
Greg Davis | politics | 1962 | politician | ||
Bill Dickie | sports | 1916 | 1997 | ice hockey goaltender | |
Rayburn Doucett | politics | 1943 | businessman and politician | ||
Jean F. Dubé | politics | 1962 | former Member of Parliament (Madawaska-Restigouche), former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; member of the Parole Board of Canada | ||
Patsy Gallant | singer | 1948 | popular singer and musical theatre actress | ||
Chuck Guité | civil servant | 1943 | civil servant | ||
John LeBlanc | sports | 1964 | former professional hockey player for the Winnipeg Jets, Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers | ||
René Lévesque | politics | 1922 | 1987 | Parti québécois Premier of Quebec | |
Brenda Best | music | 1962 | award-winning songwriter ASCAP Nashville; inducted into the NBCMHF New Brunswick Country Music Hall of Fame (2015) | ||
Peter Maher | sports | 1949 | sports broadcaster for the Calgary Flames; inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame | ||
John McAlister | politics | 1842 | 1918 | first mayor of Campbellton, 1888-1889 | |
Bill Miller | sports | 1908 | 1986 | former professional hockey player for the Montreal Maroons | |
Frédéric Niemeyer | sports | 1976 | former professional tennis player | ||
Mike Olscamp | politics | professor and politician | |||
Gerry Ouellette | sports | 1938 | former professional hockey player for the Boston Bruins and Campbellton Tigers; won three Hardy Cups | ||
Allain Roy | sports | 1970 | 1994 Canadian Olympian, won NCAA title with Harvard and drafted by the Winnipeg Jets. | ||
John Stevens | sports | 1966 | former hockey head coach of the Philadelphia Flyers; current Assistant Coach of the Los Angeles Kings | ||
J.C. Van Horne | politics | 1921 | 2003 | politician |
People from Dieppe | |||||
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Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
Arthur Leblanc [fr] | music | 1906 | 1985 | violinist, composer | |
Adélard Savoie [fr] | politics | 1922 | 2004 | first mayor of the Town of Dieppe | |
Claude Bourque (journalist) [fr] | journalism | 1945 | |||
Cy LeBlanc | politics | 1955 | businessman and politician, former MP for Dieppe Centre-Lewisville to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, born in Dieppe | ||
Raymond Guy LeBlanc | music | 1945 | 2021 | musician and poet, born in the Saint-Anselme area | |
Fayo | music | 1977 | songwriter, born in Dieppe | ||
Kamylle Frenette | sports | 1996 | paratriathlete, born and grew up in Dieppe | ||
Corinne Gallant | activism | 1922 | 2018 | professor and feminist activist, a member of the Order of Canada | |
Lorette Gallant [fr] | music | nun and musician, member of the Order of Canada | |||
Bill Malenfant | politics | 1929 | 2016 | former mayor of Dieppe (1971–1977, 1983–1998) | |
Yvon Lapierre | politics | 1964 | current mayor of Dieppe (1998-2005, 2012-Current) | ||
Charlie Gillespie | acting | 1998 | actor, born in Dieppe | ||
Paul LeBlanc | makeup and hairstyling | 1946 | 2019 | Academy Award winning hairstylist (Amadeus, Return of the Jedi, Black Swan) |
People from Edmundston | |||||
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Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
Joseph Bérubé | government service (judge and Ombudsman) | Longest-serving Ombudsman of New Brunswick (1976–1993). | |||
Maurice Bolyer | music | 1920 | 1978 | banjo player who appeared on The Tommy Hunter Show | |
John Carl Murchie | military | 1895 | 1966 | Commander of the Canadian Army from 1943 to 1945 | |
Cédrick Desjardins | sports | 1985 | hockey goaltender, plays for the Tampa Bay Lightning affiliate in the AHL | ||
Dave Hilton, Sr. | sports | 1940 | 2023 | professional boxer who won a Canadian championship in three different weight divisions | |
Ty LaForest | sports | 1917 | 1947 | Major League Baseball player who played with the Boston Red Sox | |
Maryse Ouellet | sports | 1983 | professional wrestler and former two-time WWE Divas Champion | ||
Natasha St-Pier | music | 1981 | singer, better known in France | ||
Shawn Sawyer | sports | 1985 | figure skater, finished 12th overall at the XXth Winter Olympics held in Turin, Italy | ||
Bernard Valcourt | politics | 1952 | federal politician | ||
Roch Voisine | music | 1963 | singer, actor (born and raised in St-Basile) |
People from Fredericton | |||||
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Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
Lisa Alward | writer | 1962 | nominee for the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction | ||
Rebecca Agatha Armour | literature | 1845 | 1891 | novelist and schoolteacher who lived almost her whole life in the town | |
John Babbitt | science | 1845 | 1889 | built the first working phonograph in New Brunswick | |
R. E. Balch | academics | 1894 | 1994 | entomologist | |
J. W. "Bud" Bird | 1932 | Provincial Cabinet Minister and member of the House of Commons of Canada | |||
Troy Brewer | Retail Industry | 1971 | Vice President of Stores GUESS? Inc | ||
Bliss Carman | literature | 1861 | 1929 | poet | |
Herb Curtis | literature | 1946 | author | ||
Mike Eagles | sports | 1963 | former NHL player | ||
Gérard La Forest | law | 1926 | former Supreme Court judge | ||
Julia O. Henson | activist | 1852 | A co-founder of the NAACP and the Harriet Tubman house in Boston | ||
Hugh Havelock McLean | politics | 1854 | 1938 | lawyer, MP, general, and Lieutenant Governor | |
Hal Merrill | sports | 1964 | three-time bronze medalist at the Paralympic Games, two in the 1992 Summer Paralympics and one in the 1996 Summer Paralympics | ||
Alden Nowlan | literature | 1933 | 1983 | poet, playwright, journalist | |
Willie O'Ree | sports | 1935 | first black NHL player | ||
Charles G. D. Roberts | literature | 1860 | 1943 | poet, the "father of Canadian poetry" | |
John Saunders | politics | 1754 | 1834 | Chief Justice on N.B. Supreme Court | |
Andy Scott | politics | 1955 | 2013 | former Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development – Fredericton |
People from Miramichi | |||||
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Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
George P. Burchill | politics | 1889 | 1977 | shipbuilding and lumber operations, Senator of Canada 1945–1977 | |
John Ralston | actor | 1964 | "George Venturi" from Life with Derek | ||
Max Aitken | politics | 1879 | 1964 | 1st Baron Beaverbrook, business tycoon, politician, writer and philanthropist | |
Richard Bedford Bennett | politics | 1870 | 1947 | 1st Viscount Bennett, 11th Prime Minister of Canada, practised law there | |
Martin Cranney | 1795 | 1870 | pioneer Irish leader on the Miramichi | ||
Joseph Cunard | 1799 | 1865 | politician, shipbuilder and businessman; former MLA; brother of Samuel Cunard | ||
William Davidson | 1740 | 1790 | First Permanent English speaking resident businessman, shipbuilder, politician, MLA | ||
Nicolas Denys | 1598? | 1688 | with his son Richard Denys, pioneer fur traders | ||
Jason Dickson | 1973 | former baseball player | |||
Yvon Durelle | 1929 | 2007 | British Empire Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion | ||
Frances Fish | 1888 | 1975 | |||
Raymond Fraser | author | 1941 | author and poet | ||
James Gilmour | 1782 | 1858 | |||
Alfred A. Green | politician | 1824 | 1899 | early California pioneer | |
Richard Hutchison | 1812 | 1891 | businessman, former MLA and Member of Parliament | ||
W. S. Loggie | 1850 | 1944 | politician and businessman. | ||
Brad Malone | 1989 | ice hockey player | |||
Greg Malone | 1956 | former ice hockey player | |||
Jim Malone | 1962 | former ice hockey player | |||
Louise Manny | 1890 | 1970 | folklorist and historian | ||
Frank McKenna | 1948 | businessman and politician, former Premier of NB, former ambassador to the United States | |||
George Roy McWilliam | 1905 | 1977 | longtime Member of Parliament | ||
Peter Mitchell | 1824 | 1899 | politician, Father of Confederation, former Premier of NB (as a British Province) and MP | ||
Joseph Leonard O'Brien | 1895 | 1973 | politician and businessman, former Lieutenant-Governor | ||
Anne Quinlan | educator | 1839 | 1923 | head of St. Michael's Academy | |
Alexander Rankin | 1788 | 1852 | politician and businessman | ||
David Adams Richards | author | 1950 | award-winning writer | ||
James Rogers | 1826 | 1903 | bishop | ||
Joseph Russell | 1786 | 1855 | former shipbuilder | ||
Valerie Sherrard | author | 1957 | award-winning author | ||
Jabez Bunting Snowball | politician | 1837 | 1907 | politician and businessman, former Lieutenant-Governor | |
Tyson Dux | pro wrestler | 1978 | former TNA wrestler | ||
Lemuel John Tweedie | politician | 1849 | 1917 | politician and lawyer, former Premier and Lieutenant-Governor of NB | |
Quinson Valentino | professional wrestler | 1970 | former international pro wrestling star | ||
Kevin Vickers | 1956 | Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons | |||
Michael Whelan | poet | 1858 | 1937 | poet | |
Duane Rousselle | educator, psychoanalyst | 1982 | educator, author, activist, and psychoanalyst |
People from Moncton | |||||
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Name | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
George Carroll | athlete | 1897 | 1939 | NHL defenceman | |
Julie Doiron | musician | 1972 | indie rock musician with Eric's Trip | ||
France Daigle | Acadian novelist | 1953 | winner of the Governor General's Literary Prize for French fiction in 2012 | ||
Frederick W. Sumner | was a merchant and political figure | 1855 | 1919 | was a merchant and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada | |
Roger Lord | musician | professional pianist, brother of former premier Bernard Lord | |||
Matt Minglewood | musician | 1947 | rock musician | ||
Marg Osburne | musician | 1927 | 1977 | country and gospel singer, television and radio personality; featured on Don Messer's Jubilee and That Maritime Feeling | |
Mike Plume | musician | 1968 | country singer | ||
Phil Comeau | film director | 1956 | directed first theatrical Acadian feature Le secret de Jérôme (Jerome's Secret) | ||
Rhéal Cormier | athlete | 1968 | 2021 | baseball player | |
René-Arthur Fréchet | architect | 1879 | 1950 | originally from Montreal | |
Rick White | musician | 1970 | indie rock musician (Eric's Trip, Elevator | ||
Jasper Wood | musician | 1974 | concert violinist | ||
Holly Elissa | thespian | 1979 | film actor | ||
Viola Léger | thespian | 1930 | 2023 | stage actress and retired Canadian Senator, known for her role as La Sagouine | |
Gordie Drillon | athlete | 1913 | 1986 | hockey player | |
Robert Maillet | thespian | 1969 | film actor, played "Uber Immortal" in 300; played "Dredger" in 2009's Sherlock Holmes | ||
Robb Wells | thespian | 1971 | comic actor, played "Ricky" on TV's Trailer Park Boys | ||
Michael de Adder | cartoonist | 1967 | political cartoonist | ||
Sheree Fitch | writer | 1956 | children's author | ||
Gérald Leblanc | writer | 1945 | 2005 | author and poet | |
Don Jardine | professional wrestler | 1940 | 2006 | known as "The Spoiler" and "The Super Destroyer"; trainer of WWE wrestler The Undertaker | |
Antonine Maillet | writer | 1929 | novelist, recipient of the Prix Goncourt, the highest honour in francophone literature | ||
George Steeves | writer | c. 1945 | contemporary photographer | ||
Sonja Lang | linguist | c. 1978 | linguist and translator | ||
Sandy Ferguson | athlete | 1879 | 1919 | heavyweight boxer; fought Jack Johnson five times | |
Russ Howard | athlete | 1956 | two-time world champion and Olympic gold medalist men's curler | ||
Travis Jayner | athlete | 1982 | Olympic bronze and World Championship silver medal-winning short track speed skater | ||
Terry Moore | athlete | 1958 | soccer player; NASL, Irish League, Olympics, played for Canada at the 1986 World Cup | ||
Daniel Gaudet | athlete | 1959 | represented Canada in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles | ||
Northrop Frye | writer | 1912 | 1991 | literary critic and academic; continues to be a prominent figure in Moncton culture, with The Frye Festival, an annual literary festival, bearing his name | |
James E. Lockyer | government | 1949 | law professor and former New Brunswick Minister of Justice | ||
Julian LeBlanc | thespian | 1989 | actor | ||
Michel Bastarache | government | 1947 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | ||
Claudette Bradshaw | government | 1949 | 2022 | former federal Minister of Labour (1998–2004) | |
Herménégilde Chiasson | government | 1946 | artist, academic, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick 2003-2009 | ||
Reuben Cohen | business | 1921 | 2014 | lawyer and business magnate | |
Allison Dysart | government | 1880 | 1960 | Premier of New Brunswick (1935–1940) | |
Henry Emmerson | government | 1853 | 1914 | Premier of New Brunswick (1897–1900), Federal Minister of Railways and Canals (1904–1907) | |
Ray Frenette | government | 1935 | 2018 | Premier of New Brunswick (1997–1998) | |
Roméo LeBlanc | government | 1927 | 2009 | former federal Minister of Fisheries, Senator and Speaker of the Canadian Senate; Governor-General of Canada (1995–1999) | |
Bernard Lord | government | 1965 | Premier of New Brunswick (1999–2006) | ||
Frank McKenna | government | 1948 | Premier of New Brunswick (1987–1997), former Canadian ambassador to the United States of America | ||
James Alexander Murray | government | 1864 | 1960 | Premier of New Brunswick (1917) | |
Ivan Rand | government | 1884 | 1969 | Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada; creator of the Rand formula, which allows union dues to be automatically subtracted from workers' salaries; member of the UNSCOP, which oversaw the partition of Palestine in 1947 | |
Brenda Robertson | government | 1929 | 2020 | first female member of the New Brunswick legislature and the first female cabinet minister in New Brunswick, Canadian Senator (1984–2004) | |
Brian Gallant | government | 1982 | Premier of New Brunswick (2014–2018) | ||
Bill "Spaceman" Lee | athlete | 1946 | American pro baseball pitcher; played four years with the Moncton Mets (1984–1987) | ||
Clifford William Robinson | government | 1866 | 1944 | Premier of New Brunswick (1907–1908), Canadian Senator |
People from Riverview | |||||
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Full name | Known for | Birth | Death | Other | |
Charles Foster | Writer | 1923 | 2017 | ||
Travis Jayner | Sports | 1982 | |||
Michael LeBlanc | Sports | 1987 | |||
Mike Miller | Sports | 1989 | |||
Jordan Murray | Sports | 1992 | |||
Todd Smith | Politics | 1971 | |||
Yvette Victoria Angela Swan | Minister | 1945 | 2021 |
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
The following is a list of notable people who were born or have lived in Saint John, New Brunswick.
Contents
A
- John Adams (born 1942) – former Canadian Armed Forces member
- Francis Alexander Anglin (1865–1933) – Chief Justice of Canada from 1924 to 1933
- Robert M. Allan (1880–?) – American politician; Los Angeles City Council member
- John Allore (1964–2023) – actor, victims' rights advocate, podcaster, brother of murder victim Theresa Allore
- Aaron Alward (1828–1886) – physician, politician; city councillor, mayor and MLA
- Timothy Anglin (1822–1896) – Irish-born journalist, MLA, Speaker of the House of Commons
- Jennifer Armstrong (born 1992) – curler
- Clara Arthur (1858–1929) – American suffragist based in Michigan
B
- Brent Bambury (born 1960) – Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio and television host
- J. Esmonde Barry (1923–2007) – healthcare activist and political commentator
- Michael Barry (born 1954) – Olympic wrestler
- Patricia Martin Bates (born 1927) – artist, educator
- John Babington Macaulay Baxter (1868–1946) – lawyer, jurist, 19th premier of New Brunswick
- Arthur Belyea (1885–1968) – Olympic rower
- Helen Belyea (1913 – 1986) – geologist
- Craven Langstroth Betts (1853–1941) – poet, author
- Jared Bezanson (born 1986) – curler
- Andy Bezeau (born 1970) – professional ice hockey player
- Carl Biddiscombe (1924–2000) – set decorator
- Vaughn Blaney (born 1938) – former educator and politician
- Jonathan Bliss (1742–1822) – American-born lawyer, judge, politician; MLA
- John Boyd (1826–1893) – Irish-born businessman, school board chairman, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
- Jane Boyle (born 1973) – curler
- Miller Brittain (1912–1968) – visual artist
- Blank Banshee (born 1987) – musician
- George Butterfield (born 1939) – businessman, philanthropist
- Mather Byles (1734/35–1814) – Loyalist, clergyman
C
- Laura Calder – writer
- William A. Calvin (1898–1962) – labor union leader
- Robert H. Carlin (1887–1953) – politician, MLA
- Dyson Carter (1910–1996) – scientist, writer, political activist; president of the Canadian-Soviet Friendship Society
- Andrew Case (born 1993) – baseball pitcher
- Charlie Cavanagh (born 2000) – former boxer
- Kevin Chase (born 1976) – wrestler, singer-songwriter
- John Alexander Chesley (1837–1922) – businessman, politician; city councillor, mayor, member of Canadian Parliament
- Ward Chipman Jr. (1787–1851) – lawyer, judge, pre-Confederation politician
- Gordie Clark (born 1952) – Scottish-born former ice hockey player for the Boston Bruins and the Cincinnati Stingers
- Robert J. Coffey (1842–1901) – soldier
- Charles Collingwood (born 1943) – British actor
- Gerard Collins (born 1957) – painter
- Anne Compton (born 1947) – poet, anthologist
- Eddie Connolly (1876–1936) – boxer
- Thomas-Louis Connolly (1814–1876) – Bishop of Saint John
- Stompin' Tom Connors (1936–2013) – country and folk singer-songwriter
- Jane Coop (born 1950) – pianist
- Paul Corkum (born 1943) – physicist
- Ivan Court – former mayor of Saint John
- William Cox (1921 – 2008) – lawyer
- Jordon Craft (born 1993) – curler
- Louis Cuppens (1944–2022) – Royal Canadian Air Force officer, NORAD deputy commander
- Maxwell Cummings (1898–2001) – real estate builder
- Nathan Cummings (1896–1985) – businessman
- Louis Cunningham (1900–1954) – author
- Richard Currie (born 1937) – businessman
D
- William H. Dabney (1934–2012) – colonel in the United States Marine Corps
- Tom Daly (1891–1946) – Major League Baseball player and coach
- John Waterhouse Daniel (1845–1933) – physician, politician; Mayor of Saint John, member of Canadian Parliament and Senator
- Don Darling – former mayor of Saint John
- Joseph A. Day (born 1945) – former politician, senator
- James De Mille (1833–1880) – novelist, professor at Dalhousie University
- Jeremiah Smith Boies De Veber (1829–1908) – businessman, politician; Mayor of Saint John, member of Canadian Parliament
- James Dever (1825–1904) – Irish-born merchant and Canadian Senator
- Edward I. Devitt (1840–1920) – priest, Jesuit, Catholic historian
- Paul Dobson (born 1979) – curler
- Margaret Doody (born 1939) – author, feminist literary critic, professor at the University of Notre Dame
- Harry Doyle (born 1941) – former educator and MLA
- William Mark Duke (1879–1971) – prelate
E
- Lawrence Earl (1915–2005) – photojournalist, author
- Sylvester Zobieski Earle (1822–1888) – physician, coroner, politician; Mayor of Saint John
- Eldridge Eatman (1880–1960) – sprinter, First World War soldier
- Jerrod Edson (born 1974) – novelist
- Stanley Edward Elkin (1880–1960) – businessman, politician, House of Commons of Canada member
- John Valentine Ellis (1835–1913) – journalist, parliamentarian, senator
- Angelo Evelyn (born 1942) – painter
F
- Roxanne Fairweather – businesswoman, co-CEO of Innovatia
- Harold Fanjoy (1939–2008) – politician
- Mark Fawcett (born 1972) – Olympic snowboarder
- May Agnes Fleming (1840–1880) – novelist
- Myra Freeman (born 1949) – teacher, politician; first female Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
- Ryan Freeze (born 1995) – curler
- Madeleine Fritz (1896–1990) – paleontologist
G
- Susan B. Ganong (1873–1961) – educator
- William Francis Ganong (1864–1941) – botanist, historian, cartographer, Smith College professor
- Ian Gardner (born 1981) – boxer
- Mort Garson (1924–2008) – electronic musician
- Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797–1864) – physician, geologist, inventor of kerosene
- Bradford Gilbert (ca. 1746–1814) – Loyalist merchant, MLA
- Charles Gorman (1898–1940) – top-ranking speed skater
- Hilliard Graves (born 1950) – former professional ice hockey player
- Philippe Guertin (born 1991) – long-distance swimmer
H
- Heidi Hanlon (born 1958) – curler
- Elisabeth Harvor (born 1936) – novelist, poet
- Gavin Hassett (born 1973) – Olympic rower
- William C. Heine (1919–1991) – newspaper writer, author, University of Western Ontario journalism teacher
- Anna Minerva Henderson (1887–1987) – teacher, poet, civil servant
- Paul Higgins (born 1962) – former professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs
- Fred Hodges (1918–1999) – labour leader, civil rights activist, city councillor
- Bruce Holder (1905–1987) – violinist
- Thomas Holderness (1849–1924) – Indian Civil Service member
- John J. Holland (1843–1893) – shipbuilder
- Stuart Howe (born 1967) – operatic tenor
- William Lloyd Hoyt (born 1930) – lawyer, judge; Chief Justice of New Brunswick, member of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry
- Jack Humphrey (1901–1967) – watercolour painter
- John Horbury Hunt (1838–1904) – Australian architect
- Stephen Humbert (ca. 1766–1849) – merchant, politician
I
- Arthur Irving (born 1930) – billionaire businessman, owner of Irving Oil
- John E. Irving (1932–2010) – businessman
- Jay Isaac (born 1975) – artist
J
- Frances James (1903–1988) – soprano
- Kim Jardine (born 1966) – politician
- Edward James Jarvis (1788–1852) – politician, lawyer, judge; Chief Justice of Prince Edward Island
- Munson Jarvis (1742–1824) – American-born merchant, MLA
- Ryan Jimmo (1981–2016) – mixed martial artist
- Gina Jordan (1929–2013) – pilot and Christian missionary
- Bob Joyce (born 1966) – former professional ice hockey player
K
- Herzl Kashetsky (born 1950) – painter
- Jackie Keating (1908–1984) – professional ice hockey player for the New York Americans
- Ethel Knight Kelly (1875–1949) – Australian actress, writer
- Flora Kidd (1926–2008) – romance novelist
- Carl Killen – former politician, city councillor and MLA
- George Edwin King (1839–1901) – lawyer, politician; second and fourth premier of New Brunswick, puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
L
- Mark Lackie (born 1967) – Olympic speed skater
- Thomas Leavitt (1795–1850) – businessman, banker, president of the Bank of New Brunswick
- Abel LeBlanc (born 1934 or 1935) – politician
- Colin H. Livingstone (1863–1943) – banker, businessman, first national president of the Boy Scouts of America
- Bob Lockhart (1931–2023) – radio journalist, news director, Mayor of Saint John
- Charles B. Lockhart (1855–1948) – merchant, politician; MLA and city councillor
- Willy Logan (1907–1955) – Olympic speed skater
- Wayne Long (born 1963) – politician, Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint John—Rothesay
- Gerry Lowe – politician; city councillor and MLA
M
- David Laurence MacLaren (1893–1960) – politician; Minister of National Revenue, 20th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and Mayor of Saint John
- Kevin MacMichael (1951–2002) – guitarist, original Cutting Crew band member
- Sarah Mallais (born 1989) – curler
- Margo Malowney (born 1967) – Olympic beach volleyball player
- Laurence Manning (1899–1972) – science fiction author
- Frederick Francis Mathers (1871–1947) – 18th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
- Matty Matheson (born 1982) – chef, restauranteur, actor, internet personality
- George Frederick Matthew (1837–1923) – botanist, geologist
- William Diller Matthew (1871–1930) – vertebrate paleontologist, curator of the American Museum of Natural History
- Spencer Mawhinney (born 1977) – curler
- Louis B. Mayer (1884–1957) – American film producer, co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studios
- William Maynes (1902–1966) – Olympic sprinter
- Shirley McAlary – Mayor of Saint John
- Robert McAllister (1876–1963) – politician
- Shirley McAlary – politician, former mayor of Saint John
- Norm McFarlane – politician, former mayor of Saint John
- Art McGovern (1882–1915) – catcher for the Boston Americans
- Dan McIntyre (1950–2001) – human rights activist, race relations commissioner for Ontario
- Jim McKeever (1861–1897) – catcher for the Boston Reds
- Neil McKelvey (1925–2011) – lawyer
- Andrew McKim (born 1970) – former professional ice hockey player
- Catherine McKinnon (born 1944) – singer, actress
- David McKnight (1935–2006) – anthropologist and ethnographer
- Joseph Medill (1823–1899) – newspaper editor and publisher
- Brian Merrett (1945–2023) photographer, architectural activist
- Gerald Merrithew (1931–2004) – federal, provincial and municipal politician
- Eleanor Milne (1935–2014) – sculptor
- Willard M. Mitchell (1879–1955) – artist, architect
- Henry Mullin (1862–1937) – Major League Baseball outfielder
- James Mullinger (born 1978) – English-born comedian
- William Murdoch (1823–1887) – Scottish-born poet, journalist
- Jamie Murphy (born 1981) – curler
- Steve Murphy (born 1960) – news anchor
- Frances Elizabeth Murray (ca. 1831–1901) – writer, charity worker
- Billy Myers (1923–2019) – Canadian football player for the Toronto Argonauts
N
- Arthur James Nesbitt (1880–1954) – businessman
- Saul B. Newton (1906–1991) – psychotherapist
- Neil Nicholson (born 1949) – former National Hockey League defenseman for the Oakland Seals and the New York Islanders
- Mel Norton – former mayor of Saint John
- Alden Nowlan (1933–1983) – poet, novelist, playwright, editor for the Telegraph-Journal
O
- John O'Brien (1866–1913) – Major League Baseball player
- Bill O'Neill (1880–1920) – Major League Baseball outfielder
- Chauncey O'Toole (born 1986) – former rugby union player and firefighter
- Jordan Owens (born 1986) – former professional ice hockey player
P
- George Pack Jr. (1794–1875) – businessman
- William Paine (1750–1833) – United Empire Loyalist physician, politician; city councillor and MLA
- John Richard Partelow (1795–1865) – merchant, politician; MLA and Mayor of Saint John
- Robert J. Patterson (1809–1884) – former American slave, restauranteur
- Robert Parker (1796–1865) – lawyer, judge, politician
- Lawrence Paul (1934–2014) – Millbrook First Nation Chief
- Bill Phillips (1857–1900) – professional baseball player
- George Frederick Phillips (1862–1904) – U.S. Navy Machinist, Spanish–American War veteran
- Walter Pidgeon (1897–1984) – American stage and film actor
- Young Pluto (1872–1931) – South African-born Australian boxer
- John Alexander Porteous (1932–1995) – columnist, journalist, broadcaster
- Frank L. Potts (1867–1926) – Mayor of Saint John
Q
- Jim Quinn (born 1957) – former Saint John Port Authority president, politician; senator
R
- Nelson Rattenbury (1907–1973) – businessman, member of the Senate of Canada
- Donna Reardon – current Mayor of Saint John
- Helen Leah Reed (1861/62 - 1926) - writer
- Daniel Aloysius Riley (1916–1984) – politician; Member of Parliament, MLA, and member of the Senate of Canada
- Robert J. Ritchie – politician
- Darren Roach (born 1986) – curler
- Jason Roach (born 1984) – curler
- John Robertson (1799–1876) – Scottish-born businessman, Mayor of Saint John, member of the Senate of Canada
- John Robinson (1762–1828) – American-born merchant, Mayor of Saint John, MLA
- Fred Ross (1927–2014) – artist
- W. E. D. Ross (1912–1995) – actor, playwright, writer
- William Ryan (1887–1938) – barrister, journalist, politician
S
- Harry Saltzman (1915–1994) – theatre and film producer
- Jean-Claude Sawyer (born 1986) – former professional ice hockey player
- Carl Schell (1924–2020) – judoka
- Loretta Leonard Shaw (1872–1940) – teacher, missionary
- Ryan Sherrard (born 1986) – curler
- Charles Simonds (1783–1859) – merchant, politician, MLA
- James Simonds (1735–1831) – merchant, judge, MLA for Sunbury County, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
- Richard Simonds (1789–1836) – merchant, politician, MLA
- Bernard Skinner (1930–2016) – sailor
- Chris Skinner (born 1961) – former Canadian Football League player
- Clara Kathleen Smith (1911–2004) – poet
- Elizabeth J. Smith (1842–1900) – American social reformer, newspaper editor and publisher
- Elmer Boyd Smith (1860–1943) – writer and illustrator of children's books
- Jack Stafford (1879–1946) – professional baseball umpire
- Matt Stairs (born 1968) – former Major League Baseball player
- Bob Stephen (1958–2009) – Canadian Football League player
- Charlie Sullivan (born 1968) – curler
- Jim Sullivan (1968–2011) – curler
- Donald Sutherland (1935–2024) – actor
- John Sweeny (1821–1901) – Irish-born priest and Bishop of Saint John
- Andrew Swim (born 1961) – Olympic bobsledder
T
- Glen Tait – politician; MLA and former city councillor
- Eric Teed (1926–2010) – lawyer, Mayor of Saint John
- Nancy Teed (1949–1993) – politician; MLA, senator
- George McCall Theal (1837–1919) – South African historian
- Ralph Thomas – human rights activist and former boxer
- Fred W. Thompson (1900–1987) – labor organizer, historian
- William Henry Thorne (1844–1923) – businessman, politician; senator
- Samuel Leonard Tilley (1818–1896) – politician; Father of Confederation
- Leonard Percy de Wolfe Tilley (1870–1947) – lawyer, politician; 21st premier of New Brunswick
- Sue Tingley (born 1977) – field hockey player, Yale Bulldogs assistant
- Ken Tobias (born 1945) – singer-songwriter
- Clark Todd (1944–1983) – London bureau chief for the CTV Television Network
- Peter Trites (1946–2010) – teacher, politician; MLA and city councillor
- Stuart Trueman (1911–1995) – journalist, humorist
- Walter Harley Trueman (1870–1951) – lawyer, judge
- Joseph John Tucker (1832–1914) – English-born politician, newspaper president and Saint John Railway Company director
- John E. Turnbull – inventor
- Wallace Rupert Turnbull (1870–1954) – engineer, inventor
V
- Yvon Vautour (born 1956) – former ice hockey coach, former National Hockey League player
- R. M. Vaughan (1965–2020) – writer and artist
- Frank L. Vernon (1873–1944) – priest, author
W
- Charles Caleb Ward (1831–1896) – painter
- John Ward (1753–1846) – loyalist, businessman, politician; MLA
- Lyman Ward (born 1941) – actor
- Kent Warnock (born 1964) – former Canadian football player, defensive line coach for the Calgary Dinos
- Elsie Wayne (1932–2016) – politician; Mayor of Saint John and member of Parliament
- Carol Webb (born 1982) – curler
- Maestro Fresh Wes (born 1968) – rapper
- Walter W. White (1862–1952) – physician, politician; Mayor of Saint John, MLA
- Rupert Wilson Wigmore (1873–1939) – politician
- Edward Winchester (1970–2020) – lightweight rower
- Michelle Winters (born 1972) – writer and translator
- John McNeil Wilmot (1775–1847) – American-born businessman, judge, politician; MLA, Mayor of Saint John
- Robert Duncan Wilmot (1809–1891) – municipal, provincial and federal politician; Mayor of Saint John, Father of Confederation
- Hugh Winsor (born 1938) – journalist
- Ardeth Wood (1975–2003) – murder victim
- Susan Wood (1953–2018) – artist, educator
- William J. Woodroffe (1933–2003) – politician; MLA and city councillor
- Gordon Wry (1910–1985) – tenor, conductor
Y
- Heather Young – filmmaker
Z
- Joseph Zatzman (1912–2007) – businessman, politician, Mayor of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
See also
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Full name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other | |
Earle Avery | Woodstock | Harness racing | 1894 | 1977 | Canada & U.S. Hall of Fame | |
Robert Begg | Florenceville | Researcher | 1914 | 1982 | ||
Dianne Brushett | Bath | Researcher | 1942 | |||
Judy Clendening | Judge | |||||
Fred Cogswell | East Centreville | Poet | 1917 | 2004 | ||
Charles Connell | Northampton | Politics | 1810 | 1873 | ||
Frank Copp | Bristol | Judge | 1881 | 1959 | ||
Horace Victor Dalling | Richmond | Inventor | 1854 | 1931 | ||
Aida McAnn Flemming | Victoria Corner | Premier's Wife | 1896 | 1944 | wife of Hugh John Flemming | |
Hugh John Flemming | Peel | Premier of New Brunswick | 1899 | 1982 | ||
Myles Goodwyn | Woodstock | Musician | 1948 | Frontman of April Wine | ||
Richard Hatfield | Hartland | Premier of New Brunswick | 1931 | 1991 | Canadian Senator | |
Harrison McCain | Florenceville | Entrepreneur | 1927 | 2004 | ||
Wallace McCain | Florenceville | Entrepreneur | 1930 | 2011 | ||
Andy Tommy | Hartland/Woodstock | Pro Football player | 1911 | 1972 | ||
Anthony Hamblin | Centreville | Fairfax Financial Holdings | 1939 | Hamblin Watsa Investments |
People from Charlotte County | |||||
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Full name | Community | Notable for | Birth | Death | Other |
Norman Buchanan (MC) | St. Stephen | Military | 1915 | 2008 | Member of the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, politician, businessman |
J. Howard Crocker | St. Stephen | Educator and sports executive | 1870 | 1959 | Physical education director for the YMCA and University of Western Ontario, Executive with the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee |
Gilbert Ganong | Springfield | Cofounder of Ganong Bros. Limited | 1851 | 1917 | Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick |
Hardy N. Ganong | St. Stephen | Sportsman, soldier, businessman | 1890 | 1963 | |
Alexander Gibson | Oak Bay, New Brunswick | Industrialist | 1819 | 1913 | Founder of Marysville |
Richard Hanson | Bocabec, Charlotte County, New Brunswick | Politician | 1879 | 1948 | |
Don Sweeney | St. Stephen | Hockey player | 1966 | ||
David Walker | St. Stephen | Writer | 1911 | 1992 | Born in Scotland; two of his novels were made into feature films |
People from Gloucester County | |||||
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Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Renée Blanchar | Caraquet | Filmmaker | 1964 | ||
Luc Bourdon | Shippagan | Athlete | 1987 | 2008 | NHL player |
Jean-François Breau | Tracadie | Musician | 1978 | Acadian singer | |
Edith Butler | Hautes-Terres | Musician | 1942 | Acadian singer | |
Herménégilde Chiasson | Saint-Simon | Poet | 1946 | 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick | |
Tom Culligan | Belledune | Businessman | 1945 | co-founder of the Second Cup franchise company | |
Jason Godin | Maisonnette | Politics | 1993 | Mayor of Maisonnette since 2012 and NDP candidate for the riding of Acadie-Bathurst in 2015 federal election | |
Wilfred LeBouthillier | Tracadie | Musician | 1978 | Acadian singer and 2003 winner of Star Academie (a Quebec reality show for aspiring singers) | |
Denis Losier | Tracadie | Politician | 1952 | New Brunswick Liberal MLA (Tracadie) and Minister from 1988 to 1994 | |
Rose-Marie Losier-Cool | Tracadie | Politician | 1937 | Senator 1995–2012 | |
Serge Rousselle | Tracadie | Politics | 19xx | New Brunswick Attorney General; Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development; Liberal MLA for the riding of Tracadie-Sheila | |
Doug Young | Tracadie | Politician | 1940 | New Brunswick MLA from 1978–1983, New Brunswick Minister of Fisheries in 1987, Liberal MP and Minister from 1993–1997 | |
Robert Young | Caraquet | Politician | 1834 | 1904 | great-uncle of Doug Young |
People from Kent County | |||||
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Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Joël Bourgeois | Grande-Digue | Sports | 1971 | 3000m steeplechase runner, gold medalist at the 1999 Pan American Games, silver medalist at the 2003 Pan American Games, and two time Olympian, in the 1996 and 2000 editions of the Games | |
Paul Dwayne | Bouctouche | Singer-songwriter | 1964 | 2024 | |
Christian Kit Goguen | Saint-Charles | Singer-songwriter | 1978 | ||
K. C. Irving | Bouctouche | Industrialist | 1899 | 1992 | |
Bonar Law | Five Rivers | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | 1858 | 1923 | First British Prime Minister born outside the British Isles |
Mia Martina | Saint-Ignace | Singer | 1982 | ||
Antonine Maillet | Bouctouche | Author | 1929 | Prix Goncourt winner | |
Robert Maillet | Sainte-Marie-de-Kent | Wrestler/Actor | 1969 | ||
Louis Robichaud | Champdoré | Premier of New Brunswick | 1925 | 2005 | |
Donald J. Savoie | Bouctouche | Political analyst | 1947 | ||
Margery Ward | Bass River | Politician | 1942 | 1993 |
People from Kings County | |||||
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Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Winston Bronnum | Sussex | Sculptor | 1929 | 1991 | |
Chris Cummings | Norton | Country music singer | 1975 | ||
John Peters Humphrey | Hampton | Lawyer | 1905 | 1995 | diplomat, scholar and principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
Anna Ruth Lang | Nauwigewauk | Recipient of the Canadian Cross of Valour (1982) | |||
Hugh J. McCormick | Kennebecasis Island | Speed Skater | 1854 | 1910 | World professional speed skater 1890-1892 |
George McCready Price | Havelock | Creationist | 1870 | 1963 | |
Anna McNulty | Grand Bay-Westfield | YouTuber | 2002 |
People from Madawaska County | |||||
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Full name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Pius Michaud | St. Leonard | Politics | 1870 | 1956 | |
Irénée Pelletier | Saint-Andre | Politics | 1939 | 1994 | |
Joseph-Aurèle Plourde | Saint-François-de-Madawaska | Religion | 1915 | 2013 | |
Jocelyne Saucier | Clair | Writer | 1948 | - | |
Serge Patrice Thibodeau | Rivière-Verte | Writer | 1959 | - | |
Natasha St-Pier | Saint-Hilaire | Singer | 1981 | - |
People from Northumberland County | |||||
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Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Joe Mike Augustine | Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation | Discoverer of the Augustine Mound | 1911 | 1995 | |
Noah Augustine | Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation | Native activist and former Chief | 1971 | 2010 | |
R. B. Bennett | Chatham | Prime Minister of Canada | 1870 | 1947 | |
Yvon Durelle | Baie-Ste-Anne | Boxer | 1929 | 2007 | |
Lisa LeBlanc | Rosaireville | Singer-songwriter | 1990 | ||
Allan Legere | Chatham Head (Miramichi) | Serial Killer | 1948 |
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Raymond Fraser | Black River-Hardwicke | Author | 1941 | 2018 |
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Melissa Ann Shepard | Burnt Church | Criminal | 1935 |
People from Queens County | |||||
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Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Henry A. Austin | Scotchtown | Politics | 1833 | 1911 | |
Elizabeth Brewster | Chipman | Author | 1922 | 2012 | |
Marjorie Taylor Morell | Minto | Author of Of Mines and Men; 1995 recipient of United Nations Community Service Award | 1918 | 2004 | |
Eldon Rathburn | Queenstown | Film composer | 1916 | 2008 | |
Don Mogard | Hampstead | Boxer | 1925 | 1994 |
People from Restigouche County | |||||
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Full name | Community | Known for | Birth | Death | Other |
Pamela Palmater | Eel River | Mi'kmaq lawyer, professor, activist, author | 1970 | ||
Hubert Marcoux | Charlo | French-Canadian solo sailor and author | February 12, 1941 | November 2009 | |
Guy Arseneault | Dalhousie | Former member of the House of Commons of Canada | May 11, 1952 | ||
Gord Titcomb | Dalhousie | Ice hockey player in the WHA | September 3, 1953 |
People from Saint John County | |||||
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Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Judson Burpee Black | St. Martins | Physician | 1842 | 1924 | |
Walter Edward Foster | St. Martins | Politics | 1873 | 1947 |
People from Sunbury County | |||||
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Full name | Community | Notable for | Birth | Death | Other |
Jenica Atwin | Oromocto | Politician (Member of Parliament) |
1987 | She ran as a provincial candidate under the Green Party ticket, in the 2018 general election. | |
Washington Atlee Burpee | Sheffield | Horticulturist | 1858 | 1915 | |
Henry Emmerson | Maugerville | Lawyer | 1853 | 1914 | |
August Ames | Maugerville | Pornographic film actor | 1994 | 2017 |
People from Victoria County | |||||
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Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Ron Turcotte | Drummond | Sports | 1941 | ||
Wayne Maunder | Four Falls | Actor | 1937 | 2018 |
People from Westmorland County | |||||
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Full Name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Léonce Cormier | Dorchester | Wrestler | 1948 | ||
Emile Goguen | Pointe-du-Chene | Wrestler | 1936 | ||
Douglas How | Dorchester | Reporter and Author | 1919 | 2001 | |
K. V. Johansen | Sackville | Writer | 1968 | ||
Roméo LeBlanc | Memramcook | Governor-General of Canada | 1927 | 2009 | |
Douglas Lochhead | Sackville | Poet | 1922 | 2011 | |
Fred Magee | Baie Verte | Industrialist, political figure | 1875 | 1953 | |
Arthur Motyer | Sackville | Professor, author, playwright | 1925 | 2011 | |
Robert Trenholm Oulton | Little Shemogue | Co-founder of the silver fox industry in PEI | 1835 | 1920 | |
Charles G. D. Roberts | Westcock | Poet | 1860 | 1943 | |
Claude Roussel | Cap-Pelé | Sculptor | 1930 |
People from York County | |||||
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Full name | Community | Famous for | Birth | Death | Other |
Sarah Emma Edmonds | Magaguadavic | Soldier in the Union Army during the American Civil War | 1841 | 1898 | |
Roland H. Hartley | Shogomoc | Governor of the U.S. state of Washington | 1864 | 1952 | |
Casey LeBlanc | Nackawic-Millville | Singer | 1987 | ||
Adam Oliver | Lumberman, mill owner, contractor, and politician | 1823 | 1882 | ||
Dr. Chris Simpson | Nackawic-Millville | President of the Canadian Medical Association | 1967 | ||
Jake Thomas | Douglas | CFL defensive lineman and 107th Grey Cup champion | 1990 | ||
Edward Winslow | Kingsclear | UE Loyalist and part founder of New Brunswick | 1746/7 | 1815 | |
Matthew Wuest | Stanley | Reporter and creator of CapGeek | 1979 | 2015 | |
Troy Brewer | Beaverdam | Vice President of stores GUESS? Inc. | 1971 |
References
- University of Western Ontario (1960). "J. Howard Crocker fonds". Archeion. Archives Association of Ontario. Retrieved January 28, 2023.
- 2001 CNews article profiling five SHU inmates, including Legere archived at douglaschristie.com
- "Raymond Fraser". w3.stu.ca. New Brunswick Literary Encyclopedia.
- "Man tranquilized by new wife in 2012 worried about her pending prison release". cbc.ca.
- http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/oulton_robert_trenholm_14F.html
- "Washington Governor Louis Folwell Hart". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- Emery, George (2002). Adam Oliver of Ingersoll, 1823-1882: Lumberman, Millowner, Contractor, and Politician. Western University, London: Ingersoll Historical Society. pp. 1–179. ISBN 0-9688876-1-9.
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