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For the Irish playwright, see Brenda Murphy (playwright).
Her Honour the Honourable
Brenda Murphy
ONB
Murphy in 2020
32nd Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
Assumed office
September 8, 2019
MonarchsElizabeth II
Charles III
Governors GeneralJulie Payette
Mary Simon
PremierBlaine Higgs
Preceded byJocelyne Roy-Vienneau
Personal details
Born1958 or 1959 (age 64–65)[1]
Domestic partnerLinda Boyle[2]

Brenda Murphy ONB (born 1958 or 1959) is a Canadian activist and politician, who is the 32nd lieutenant governor of New Brunswick, since September 8, 2019.[3]

Murphy is the first openly LGBTQ person to hold any viceregal office in Canadian history.

Career

She formerly served as a municipal councillor in Grand Bay–Westfield and served as the executive director of the Saint John Women's Empowerment Network in Saint John, best known for her advocacy on poverty and domestic violence issues.[4] She served on a federal advisory council on poverty, and on New Brunswick's advisory council on the status of women.[2]

Lieutenant-governor

Since September 8, 2019, she has served as lieutenant governor of New Brunswick. She is both the province's first openly LGBTQ lieutenant governor and the first openly LGBTQ person to hold any viceregal office in Canada.[1]

In April 2022, the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick ruled that her appointment as lieutenant governor violated the bilingual status of the province under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, since Murphy is unilingual English-speaking.[5]

Personal life

Murphy is an out lesbian and lives in Grand Bay–Westfield.

References

  1. ^ a b Bobbi-Jean Mackinnon, "Brenda Murphy 'humbled' to be appointed New Brunswick's new lieutenant-governor". CBC News New Brunswick, September 5, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Women's advocate Brenda Murphy named new lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick". CTV News Atlantic. Canadian Press. September 5, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  3. ^ Alexander Quon, "Brenda Murphy officially sworn in as lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick". Global News, September 9, 2019.
  4. ^ "Women’s advocate Brenda Murphy named new lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick". Toronto Star, September 5, 2019.
  5. ^ Poitras, Jacques (14 April 2022). "Appointment of unilingual N.B. lieutenant-governor violated charter, judge rules". CBC. Retrieved 16 April 2022.


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