- 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
Arms
Azure on a fess cottised Or an open book Argent edged Or bound Azure clasped Argent in chief a Loyalist civil coronet and in base a cross formy Or;
Motto
FIDELEM ME EXISTIMAVIT;
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
Arms
The Loyalist civil coronet honours Fr. Smith’s loyalist heritage dating to Andrew Smith, who settled in Sunbury County, New Brunswick in 1783. The open book symbolizes the life of scholarship and teachings which Fr. Smith practises as a professor at St. Thomas University, Fredericton. The cross is a reference to his profession as a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, and the Christian and loyalist heritage of his family.
Motto
This means “He judged me faithful”, and is taken from 1 Timothy 1: 12.
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.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on October 14, 1995, in Volume 129, page 3593 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of John Williamson, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority
Painter
Debra Parker
Calligrapher
Judith Bainbridge
Recipient Information
Individual