Marilyn Trenholme Counsell

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Marilyn Trenholme Counsell

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The Honourable Marilyn Trenholme Counsell OC ONB

28th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
In office April 18, 1997 – August 26, 2003
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governors General	Roméo LeBlanc Adrienne Clarkson
Premier	Frank McKenna Ray Frenette Camille Thériault Bernard Lord
Preceded by	Margaret McCain
Succeeded by	Herménégilde Chiasson
MLA for Tantramar
In office October 13, 1987 – April 18, 1997
Preceded by	Robert Arthur Hall
Succeeded by	Peter Mesheau
Senator for New Brunswick
In office September 9, 2003 – October 22, 2008
Nominated by	Jean Chrétien

Personal details
Born	Marilyn Trenholme (1933-10-22) October 22, 1933 (age 91) Baie Verte, New Brunswick, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse	Kenneth Walter Counsell (m. 1972)
Children	Giles Baxter Counsell, Lorna Joy Counsell
Residence(s)	Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Education	Mount Allison University University of Toronto
Occupation	Physician, nutritionist

Marilyn Trenholme Counsell OC ONB (born October 22, 1933) is a Canadian lecturer, doctor and politician. Counsell was a Canadian Senator and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1997 to 2003.

Early life and career

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She was born in Baie Verte, New Brunswick, the daughter of Harry Frederick and Mildred (née Baxter) Trenholme. She married Kenneth Walter Counsell in 1972; they had two children, Giles Baxter Counsell and Lorna Joy Counsell. Kenneth Counsell died in 1981.

She has a BSc from Mount Allison University, MA in nutrition from University of Toronto and an MD from the University of Toronto. She worked first as a nutritionist for the Governments of New Brunswick and Ontario, and following her MD as a family physician at the Toronto General Hospital, and in Sackville and Port Elgin, New Brunswick.

She was elected member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Tantramar in the 1987 General Election, reelected in 1991 and 1995. During this time, from 1994 to 1997, she also served in the cabinet as Minister of State for the Family and Minister of State for Family and Community Services.

Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick

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She served as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick from 1997-2003. During her tenure, she reopened Old Government House, as "The People's House", and focused on early childhood literacy.

Senator

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She was appointed to the Senate in 2003 by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and sat as a member of the Liberal caucus. As a Senator, she was an advocate for literacy, health and early childhood development. She reached the mandatory retirement age on October 22, 2008. In 2008, she began lecturing on Political Leadership in Canada at Mount Allison University. She was named to the Order of New Brunswick (ONB) that year (2008).

Honours and awards

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In 1994 on behalf of the Province of New Brunswick she received a UN Year of the Family award. As the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of St. John (DStJ). In June 2012, she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (OC). She received honorary degrees from l'universite de Moncton, Mount Allison and University of New Brunswick and was also honoured with the Sir Charles Tupper Award for Political Action (CMA) and the Champion of Public Education Award (TLP).

Arms

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Coat of arms of Marilyn Trenholme Counsell
	Notes The arms of Marilyn Trenholme Counsell consist of:^[1] Crest Upon a helmet mantled Azure doubled Or within a wreath of these colours issuant from a coronet rim Or the upper edge set with roses Argent alternating with thistle flowers Or a demi white-tailed deer proper gorged with a coronet érablé charged on the shoulder with a mullet and bearing between its legs a bolt of lightning all Or. Escutcheon Azure issuant in base a pile barry wavy Vert and Argent fimbriated and charged with a rod of Aescalapius Or in chief two open books Argent bound Or. Supporters Dexter a yellow labrador Or gorged with a collar of birch bark proper fimbriated Vert sinister a mare Or unguled and maned Azure gorged with a like collar. Compartment A grassy mound Vert set with roses Or leaved Vert and marsh violets Purpure leaved Vert above barry wavy of three Argent Azure and Argent. Motto Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee

References

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^ Canadian Heraldic Authority (Volume III), Ottawa, 1998

External links

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v t e Lieutenant governors of New Brunswick
Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Doyle Harding L. Wilmot Tilley Chandler R. Wilmot Tilley Boyd Fraser McClelan Snowball Tweedie Wood Ganong Pugsley Todd McLean M. MacLaren Clark D. MacLaren O'Brien McNair Bird Robichaud Stanley Finn McCain Trenholme Counsell Chiasson Nicholas Roy-Vienneau Murphy Louise Imbeault (designate)
Governors before Confederation (1786–1866)	Carleton Smyth Douglas Campbell Harvey Colebrooke Head Manners-Sutton Hamilton-Gordon

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