Hermngilde Chiasson, the 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, the viceregal representative in New Brunswick of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, is a poet and playwright.
Born in Saint-Simon, New Brunswick, he was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick between 2003 and 2009. The Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (/lftnnt/, in French: Lieutenant-gouverneur (if male) or Lieutenante-gouverneure (if female) du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the viceregal representative in New Brunswick of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom. Hermenegilde Chiasson ONB (born 7 April 1946) is a Canadian poet, playwright and visual artist of Acadian origin. 
29th Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick The Honorable Dr
Hermenegilde Chiasson
ONB DLitt (hc) DFA MFA ME BFA BA Poet, playwright The Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick (/lftnnt/, in French: Lieutenant-gouverneur (if male) or Lieutenante-gouverneure (if female) du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the viceregal representative in New Brunswick of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who operates distinctly within the province but is also shared equally with the ten other jurisdictions of Canada, as well as the other Commonwealth realms and any subdivisions thereof, and resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom. 
