Order of New Brunswick

The Order of New Brunswick (French Ordre du Nouveau - Brunswick) is a civil order of merit in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The award was introduced in December 2000 and is awarded civilians that are noticed by special services. Each year, no more than ten people are awarded with this Order. The Lieutenant Governor gets it automatically at the swearing and is at the same time during his tenure Chancellor of the Order.

Structure and appointment

With the Order of New Brunswick are current or former longtime residents of New Brunswick are honored who have excelled in a particular area by a high level of performance and success and thus an outstanding contribution to social, cultural or economic well-being of the province and its inhabitants have done. With regard to the maximum number of awardees, there are no restrictions, however, can not be more than ten people a year are excellent. The prerequisite is a Canadian citizen; excluded are persons who are currently elected or appointed member of a public body.

The nomination process, suitable persons to be searched with the begins with suggestions of the public in the Order Advisory Board. This consists of the President of the Supreme Court of the Province, the Government Secretary and the President of one of the state universities and three to five members of the Order, one of which holds the Presidency. The Committee shall meet at least once a year together and makes recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor from. Posthumous nominations are not permitted, but a deceased person may be included if their name has been previously proposed to the Advisory Board. The Lieutenant Governor, who is an ex officio member of the Advisory Board and Chancellor, announces the appointment with a known transfer, sealed with the Great Seal of the province. The new members of the Order have then the right to attach their names the initials ONB.

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Insignia

After admission into the Order, members receive in a ceremony at Government House in Fredericton the insignia of the Order presented. The main emblem of the Order is a gold medallion in the shape of a stylized violet, Viola cucullata accurate, the official flower of the province. The screen consists of violet email with golden trim and bears in the middle of the escutcheon of the arms of New Brunswick, surmounted by the crown as a symbol of Edwards role of the Canadian monarch as a source of honor. The band consists of vertical stripes in blue, red and gold. Men wear appended to the Order of the collar at the end of the tape, women wear it on a loop at the left chest. For less formal occasions, members receive a lapel pin.