1. Kevin Vickers served as the leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Association from 2019 to 2020, a retired Canadian diplomat, former Sergeant at Arms and former Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer.
22 Facts About Kevin Vickers
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Kevin Vickers was the Canadian Ambassador to Ireland from 2015 until 2019 and the ninth Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons of Canada from 2006 to 2015.
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On February 8,2016, Kevin Vickers was presented with the Star of Courage along with six others involved in bringing the incident under control.
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Kevin Vickers was born at Hotel Dieu in Chatham, New Brunswick, where his mother, Monica Margaret, was a nurse, and his father, William James "Bill", operated a dairy named Northumberland Co-op Dairy.
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Kevin Vickers's father invited home students from developing countries studying co-operatives at the Coady International Institute at St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
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Kevin Vickers served in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for 29 years, attaining the rank of Chief Superintendent.
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Kevin Vickers spent ten years stationed in Alberta and ten years stationed in the Northwest Territories, and subsequently was the director-general of the RCMP's aboriginal police services branch.
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Kevin Vickers served as an aide-de-camp for the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick.
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Kevin Vickers was appointed Sergeant-at-Arms for the Canadian House of Commons on August 24,2006, and began serving on September 1,2006.
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In 2013, when Idle No More protestors arrived at Parliament Hill, Kevin Vickers participated in a ritual exchange of tobacco with Serpent River First Nation chief Isadore Day.
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On October 22,2014, during the Parliament Hill attack, Kevin Vickers was initially identified as the sole hero and credited with the fatal shooting of Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, but once the independent OPP report was released on June 1,2015, it was revealed that the suspect was shot several times by both Kevin Vickers and RCMP Constable Curtis Barrett.
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Kevin Vickers pulled a 9mm handgun from a lock-box and entered the hall.
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Kevin Vickers stood behind the pillar in an opposite position to Zehaf-Bibeau and shortly after Zehaf-Bibeau had pulled away from the pillar and shot at Barrett, Vickers threw himself on the ground and fired multiple shots at the gunman, effectively disabling him.
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Kevin Vickers officially started duties as the Canadian ambassador to Ireland on 21 January 2015, replacing Loyola Hearn.
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On May 26,2016, Kevin Vickers engaged a protester who was interrupting a ceremony commemorating British soldiers who were killed in the 1916 Easter Rising, dragging the man to one side before handing him over to Gardai officers.
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On March 15,2019, Kevin Vickers announced he would run for the leadership of the New Brunswick Liberal Association to replace Brian Gallant.
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Kevin Vickers was acclaimed as the leader after the only other contender Rene Ephestion dropped out.
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Kevin Vickers resigned as leader after failing to either win his seat of Miramichi in the September 14,2020 New Brunswick general election or prevent Premier Blaine Higgs's Progressive Conservative minority government from gaining enough seats to become a majority, as the Liberals lost three seats.
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Kevin Vickers endorsed Karina Gould in the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.
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Kevin Vickers has been recognized by the United States Drug Enforcement Administration for his "Outstanding Contribution to Drug Enforcement".
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Kevin Vickers received an extended standing ovation in the House of Commons for his role in ending the 2014 shootings at Parliament Hill, Ottawa.
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Comedian Stephen Colbert had high praise for Kevin Vickers, comparing his actions to those of Bruce Willis in the movie Die Hard and praising his stoic reaction to the standing ovation in Parliament.