Brenda Murphy
Brenda Murphy (born 1958 or 1959) is a Canadian activist and politician, who is the 32nd lieutenant governor of New Brunswick, since September 8, 2019. 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. She served on a federal advisory council on poverty, and on New Brunswick's advisory council on the status of women. 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. In April 2022, the Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick ruled that her appointment as lieutenant governor was unconstitutional, as her status as uniligual violated the bilingual status of the province under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Personal life. Murphy is an out lesbian and lives in Grand Bay–Westfield.