Marilyn Trenholme Counsell

Marilyn Trenholme Counsell, ONB (born October 22, 1933 in Baie Verte, New Brunswick) is a Canadian Senator.

She was appointed to the Senate in 2003 by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the advice of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, and sits as a member of the Liberal caucus.

She previously served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick from 1997 to 2003.

Prior to her appointment as Lieutenant-Governor, Trenholme Counsell, who has an undergraduate degree from Mount Allison University and a medical degree from the University of Toronto, worked as a nutritionist and family physician in Sackville, New Brunswick. She entered politics and was elected as the member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for Tantramar between 1987 to 1997. She also served in the cabinet from 1994 to 1997.

As a Senator, she is a tireless advocate for literacy. On September 8, 2006, she took her campaign to the Westmoreland Correctional Institution in Dorchester, New Brunswick as part of International Literacy Day where she lauded Turning a New Page as well as the Corrections Canada staff and the inmates for their steadfast efforts to bring literacy to the children of Moncton's District Two.