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Please note the information contained below reflects the table of precedence only, and does not imply the level of authority.

 

City of Brandon – Municipal Government

  1. Mayor
  2. Deputy Mayor
  3. Councillors
  4. City Manager
  5. Department Heads
  6. Staff

 

Manitoba – Provincial Government

  1. The Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
  2. Premier of Manitoba
  3. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
  4. Members of the Executive Council of Manitoba (Premier and his Ministers)
  5. Judges of Manitoba
  6. Members of Legislative Assembly of Manitoba

 

TABLE OF PRECEDENCE FOR CANADA

  1. The Governor General of Canada or the Administrator of the Government of Canada
  2. The Prime Minister of Canada
  3. The Chief Justice of Canada
  4. The Speaker of the Senate
  5. The Speaker of the House of Commons
  6. Ambassadors, High Commissioners, Ministers Plenipotentiary
  7. Members of the Canadian Ministry;
    • Members of the Cabinet; and
    • Secretaries of the State; with relative precedence within sub-categories (a) and (b) governed by the date of their appointment to the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada
  8. The Leader of the Opposition
  9. The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
    The Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
    The Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
    The Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick
    The Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba
    The Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia
    The Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
    The Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
    The Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
    The Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland
  10. Members of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, not of the Canadian Ministry, in accordance with the date of their appointment.
  11. Premiers of the Provinces of Canada in the same order as Lieutenant Governors
  12. The Commissioner of the Northwest Territories
    The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory
    The Commissioner of Nunavut
  13. The Government Leader of the Northwest Territories
    The Government Leader of the Yukon Territory
    The Government Leader of Nunavut
  14. Representatives of faith communities
  15. Puisne Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada
  16. The Chief Justice and the Associate Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada
    • Chief Justices of the highest court of each Province and Territory; and
    • Chief Justices and Associate Chief Justices of the other superior courts of the Provinces and Territories; with precedence within sub-categories (a) and (b) governed by the date of appointment as Chief Justice
    • Judges of the Federal Court of Canada
    • Puisne Judges of the superior courts of the Provinces and Territories
    • The Chief Judge of the Tax Court of Canada
    • The Associate Chief Judge of the Tax Court of Canada; and
    • Judges of the Tax Court of Canada; with precedence within each sub-category governed by date of appointment
  17. Senators of Canada
  18. Members of the House of Commons
  19. Consuls General of countries without diplomatic representation
  20. The Chief of the Defence Staff and the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
  21. Speakers of Legislative Assembles, within their Provinces and Territory
  22. Members of the Executive Councils, within their Provinces and Territory
  23. Judges of Provincial and Territorial Courts, within their Province and Territory
  24. Members of Legislative Assemblies, within their Provinces and Territory