- The Governor General of Canada
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Marc Edward Smith
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Grant of Arms
September 11, 1995
Vol. III, p. 48
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Blazon
Crest
A beaver sejeant Azure armed Argent charged on the shoulder with a mullet Or holding in the dexter forepaw a panicle of lilac (Syringa vulgaris) Purpure leaved and slipped Vert;
Symbolism
Crest
The beaver alludes to the birthplace of Fr. Smith’s father, Beaver Dam, New Brunswick. The mullet refers to his mother, Aline Clement, a descendent of an Acadian expelled from Nova Scotia in 1756. The purple lilac is the state flower of New Hampshire, from whence Fr. Smith’s loyalist ancestor, Andrew Smith, immigrated to Canada.