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Relative preeminence of officials for ceremonial purposes
This article is about the order of precedence for dignitaries in the province of New Brunswick. For the federal list of precedence for Canadian dignitaries, see Canadian order of precedence.
The New Brunswick order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of New Brunswick. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.
Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Ministers Plenipotentiary, and Chargé d'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 (with precedence given to the Mayor of the host municipality where appropriate) 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 Université de Moncton
Presidents of the universities in New Brunswick in the same order of precedence as the Chancellors