38 Notable alumni of St. Francis Xavier University
Updated: June 11, 2026 EliteDegrees
St. Francis Xavier University is ranked #1,537 in the world and #45 in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 38 notable alumni from St. Francis Xavier University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with St. Francis Xavier University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Joseph Alexander Gillies
1849-1921 (aged 72)
lawyer
politician
Joseph Alexander Gillies was a Canadian politician.
2. Alexander MacDonald
1858-1941 (aged 83)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Alexander MacDonald was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, educator, author, and Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia.
3. Nancy Hartling
1950-. (aged 76)
executive director
politician
social worker
lecturer
Nancy J. Hartling ONB is a Canadian Senator from Moncton, New Brunswick. She was Executive Director of Support to Single Parents Inc., as well as a founding member of St. James Court Inc., a non-profit housing complex which provides single parents with affordable housing. On October 27, 2016, Hartling was named to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin...
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4. Tyrell Vernon
1988-. (aged 38)
basketball player
Tyrell Jordan Vernon is a Canadian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the St. Francis X-Men basketball of the CEBL. He previously played for the Mississauga Power of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBLC). He played at the collegiate level with McMaster University and then St. Francis Xavier University and was one of...
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5. Leo Glavine
1948-. (aged 78)
politician
Leo A. Glavine is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Kings West in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2003 until his retirement from politics in 2021. He is a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.
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6. Ed Doherty
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
ophthalmologist
Edward Joseph "Ed" Doherty, is a Canadian politician and retired ophthalmologist from New Brunswick, who has served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the riding of Saint John Harbour.
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7. Randy Delorey
1947-. (aged 79)
politician
Randy Delorey is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election. He was one of three candidates to succeed Stephen McNeil as the leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party and Premier of Nova Scotia. A member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party, he represented the electoral district of Antigonish...
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8. Al MacIsaac
1967-. (aged 59)
ice hockey player
Al MacIsaac is a former Canadian professional ice hockey executive and player. He is the former Senior Vice President of Hockey Operations of the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. He was employed by the Chicago Blackhawks from 2000-2021 and previously served as Senior Director of Hockey Administration/Assistant to the President. He resigned in 2021, in the wake of...
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9. Guy Boutilier
1959-2024 (aged 65)
politician
Guy Carleton Boutilier ECA was a Canadian politician, who sat as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1997 to 2012. He was elected as a Progressive Conservative, and served in several capacities in the Cabinet of Alberta under Premiers Ralph Klein and Ed Stelmach before being ejected from the PC caucus in July 2009; he joined the...
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10. Akeem Foster
1987-. (aged 39)
Canadian football player
American football player
Akeem Foster is a Canadian former professional football wide receiver who played in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted 25th overall by the BC Lions in the 2010 CFL draft and signed a contract with the team on May 25, 2010. During the 2013 CFL season, the Lions traded him in exchange for Buck Pierce. He played college...
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11. Sean Casey
1963-. (aged 63)
lawyer
businessperson
politician
Sean J. Casey MP KC is a Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island, Canada. Casey was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for the riding of Charlottetown. Casey previously served as the president of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party.
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12. Annette Verschuren
academic
Annette Verschuren, OC is a Canadian business executive. She is currently the Chair & Chief Executive Officer of NRStor Inc., an energy storage development company.
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13. Jamar Dixon
1989-. (aged 37)
association football player
Jamar Dixon is a retired Canadian professional soccer player. He currently serves as Manager of Football and Player Development for Canadian Premier League club Pacific FC.
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14. Ghislaine Landry
1988-. (aged 38)
rugby sevens player
Ghislaine Landry is a Canadian rugby union player. She won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team. During the 2016–17 season, Landry succeeded Jen Kish as captain of the national sevens. On October 20, 2018, Landry became the first woman to hit the 1,000 point milestone in the...
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15. Rodney MacDonald
1972-. (aged 54)
teacher
politician
musician
Rodney Joseph MacDonald is a Canadian politician, educator and musician who served as the 26th premier of Nova Scotia from 2006 to 2009 and as MLA for the riding of Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1999 to 2009.
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16. Arthur LeBlanc
1943-. (aged 83)
lawyer
judge
Arthur Joseph LeBlanc ONS KC is a Canadian lawyer and judge who was the 33rd lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia from 2017 to 2024. He was appointed as the Chancellor of Université Sainte-Anne in September 2025.
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17. Magali Harvey
1990-. (aged 36)
rugby sevens player
rugby union player
Magali Harvey is a Canadian rugby union player.
18. John Allan Cameron
1938-2006 (aged 68)
priest
singer
John Allan Cameron, CM was a Canadian folk singer, "The Godfather of Celtic Music" in Canada. Noted for performing traditional music on his twelve string guitar, he released his first album in 1969. He released 10 albums during his lifetime and was featured on national television. He was a recipient of the East Coast Music Award's Lifetime Achievement Award and...
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19. Allan MacMaster
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Allan Gerard MacMaster is a Canadian politician. He represents the electoral district of Inverness in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party.
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20. Henoc Muamba
1989-. (aged 37)
Canadian football player
American football player
Henoc Muamba is a Congolese-Canadian former professional football linebacker who played in both the Canadian Football League (CFL) and National Football League (NFL). He was a two-time CFL All-Star, three-time CFL Divisional All-Star, and was named the CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian in 2017. In 2022, he won the Grey Cup with the Toronto Argonauts and was named the game's most...
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21. Linden MacIntyre
1943-. (aged 83)
journalist
novelist
Linden Joseph MacIntyre is a Canadian journalist, broadcaster and novelist. He has won ten Gemini Awards, an International Emmy and numerous other awards for writing and journalistic excellence, including the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize for his 2009 novel, The Bishop's Man. Well known for many years for his stories on CBC's The Fifth Estate, in 2014 he announced his retirement...
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22. Bernadette Jordan
1963-. (aged 63)
consul general
community organizer
politician
diplomat
community worker
Bernadette Jordan PC is a Canadian politician who served as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, she was elected to represent the riding of South Shore—St. Margarets in the House of Commons in the 2015 and 2019 elections, before being defeated by Rick Perkins in...
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23. Angus Lewis Macdonald
1890-1954 (aged 64)
lawyer
politician
university teacher
lecturer
Angus Lewis Macdonald PC QC, popularly known as 'Angus L.', was a Canadian lawyer, law professor and politician from Nova Scotia. He served as the Liberal premier of Nova Scotia from 1933 to 1940, when he became the federal minister of defence for naval services. He oversaw the creation of an effective Canadian navy and Allied convoy service during World...
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24. Sylvanie Burton
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Sylvanie Burton is a politician from Dominica who has served as the president of Dominica since 2023, after being elected in the 2023 Dominican presidential election. She is the first woman and first Indigenous president of Dominica.
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25. Sandy Silver
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Sidney Alexander "Sandy" Silver is a Canadian politician, who served as the ninth premier of Yukon from 2016 to 2023. He was first elected to the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election, and was re-elected in 2016. He represented the electoral district of Klondike and previously served as Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.
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26. Sam Webb
1945-. (aged 81)
politician
Samuel Webb is an American activist and political leader, who served as the Chairman of the Communist Party USA from 2000 to 2014, succeeding the party's longest running leader Gus Hall. Webb did not accept nomination to be reelected as chairman at the 30th National Convention of the Communist Party USA in 2014, at which John Bachtell was elected the...
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27. Allan MacEachen
1921-2017 (aged 96)
economist
diplomat
university teacher
politician
Allan Joseph MacEachen PC OC was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as a senator and several times as a Cabinet minister. He was the first deputy prime minister of Canada and served from 1977 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984.
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28. Frank McKenna
1948-. (aged 78)
banker
lawyer
diplomat
politician
Francis Joseph McKenna PC OC ONB KC is a Canadian businessman and former politician and diplomat. He is currently Chair of Brookfield Corporation and Deputy Chairman of the Toronto-Dominion Bank. He served as Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 2005 to 2006. He served as the 27th premier of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1997, winning every seat in...
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29. Geoff Regan
1959-. (aged 67)
lawyer
politician
Geoffrey Paul Regan PC is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 36th speaker of the House of Commons from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Liberal Party, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax West from 2000 to 2021, previously holding the seat from 1993 to 1997. Under Paul Martin, he was Minister of Fisheries...
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30. Alistair MacLeod
1936-2014 (aged 78)
university teacher
novelist
writer
Alistair MacLeod OC ONS FRSC was a Canadian novelist, short story writer and academic. His powerful and moving stories vividly evoke the beauty of Cape Breton Island's rugged landscape and the resilient character of many of its inhabitants, the descendants of Scottish immigrants, who are haunted by ancestral memories and who struggle to reconcile the past and the present. MacLeod...
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31. Lisa MacLeod
1974-. (aged 52)
politician
Lisa Anne MacLeod ECO is a Canadian politician who represented Nepean in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. Elected in 2006, MacLeod is a member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. She previously served as the Ontario minister of children, community and social services from 2018 to 2019 and Ontario minister of heritage, sport, tourism and culture industries from 2019 to...
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32. Elizabeth May
1954-. (aged 72)
journalist
activist
lawyer
environmentalist
politician
Elizabeth Evans May OC MP is a Canadian politician, environmentalist, lawyer, activist, and author. She has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Saanich—Gulf Islands since 2011. May is the leader of the Green Party of Canada, having first held the position from 2006 to 2019. She returned to the leadership in 2022, initially as co-leader with Jonathan Pedneault...
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33. Amanda Lindhout
1981-. (aged 45)
humanitarian
autobiographer
journalist
Amanda Lindhout is a Canadian humanitarian and journalist. On August 23, 2008, she and members of her entourage were kidnapped by Islamist insurgents in southern Somalia. She was released 15 months later on November 25, 2009, and has since embarked on a philanthropic career. In 2013, she released the book, A House in the Sky: A Memoir, in which she...
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34. Seamus O'Regan
1971-. (aged 55)
management assistant
consultant
reporter
politician
journalist
Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan PC is a Canadian politician and a former cabinet minister in the government of Justin Trudeau. He resigned from cabinet effective July 19, 2024. A member of the Liberal Party, O'Regan was first elected to the House of Commons in 2015, representing St. John's South—Mount Pearl. He was appointed to Cabinet in 2017, and served as...
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35. Lisa Raitt
1968-. (aged 58)
business executive
lawyer
chief executive officer
politician
Lisa Sarah MacCormack Raitt PC is a former Canadian politician who served as a federal Cabinet minister and member of Parliament (MP) from 2008 to 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, Raitt was elected to the House of Commons in the 2008 election, representing Halton. Shortly after her election, Prime Minister Stephen Harper named her minister of natural resources,...
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36. John Keiller MacKay
1888-1970 (aged 82)
lawyer
judge
Lieutenant-Colonel John Keiller MacKay OC DSO VD KC was a Canadian soldier, lawyer and jurist. MacKay served as the 19th lieutenant governor of Ontario from 1957 to 1963.
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37. Brian Mulroney
1939-2024 (aged 85)
writer
business executive
lawyer
politician
Martin Brian Mulroney was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician who served as the 18th prime minister of Canada from 1984 to 1993. He led the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada and served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 1993.
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38. Sean Fraser
1984-. (aged 42)
lawyer
politician
Sean Simon Andrew Fraser is a Canadian lawyer and politician who is the minister of justice and Attorney General of Canada. A member of the Liberal Party, Fraser has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Central Nova since 2015. He joined Cabinet in 2021 as the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, and was the minister of housing,...
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