Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau

Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau ONB is the 31st and current Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. She was installed as 31st and current on October 23, 2014. She is the viceregal representative of Queen Elizabeth II of Canada in the Province of New Brunswick.

Born around 1956 and raised in Robertville, New Brunswick, Roy-Vienneau was the first woman to occupy a secular position as Vice President of a campus at the Université de Moncton, the first woman to direct a francophone community college in New Brunswick, and one of the first women to graduate from the Université de Moncton’s Faculty of Engineering.

Roy-Vienneau has previously held a number of successful positions in education and engineering. She is currently Vice-President at the Université de Moncton’s Shippagan Campus, having served in that capacity since 2005. Previously to that, Ms. Roy-Vienneau was Assistant Deputy Minister, Post-Secondary Education, with New Brunswick’s Department of Education. She also held several positions at the New Brunswick Community College in Bathurst, including Director General and Dean of Education. She began her career as a Project Engineer at the Esso Imperial Oil Limited refinery in Montreal.

In August 2014, Roy-Vienneau was appointed Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick by Governor General of Canada David Lloyd Johnston on the Constitutional advice of Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, on the suggestion of Premier David Alward with support from the opposition. She is the first Acadian woman to occupy the post.