Fellowship of the ring: Famous alumni of St. Francis Xavier University
Ellen Costello is chief executive officer of BMO Financial Corp.JOE TABACCA/The Globe and Mail
Trudeau-era finance minister Allan MacEachen, shown at middle with prime minister Pierre Trudeau and Quebec premier René Lévesque in 1981, is a St. Francis Xavier graduate.RON POLING/The Canadian Press
Frank McKenna was premier of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1997, and Canada’s ambassador to the United States in 2005-06.ANDREW VAUGHAN/The Canadian Press
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is a graduate of the class of 1959.FRED LUM/The Globe and Mail
Canadian broadcaster Seamus O’Regan graduated from St. Francis Xavier in political science in 1992.
Lisa Raitt is Canada’s Labour Minister.ADRIAN WYLD/The Canadian Press
Annette Verschuren, currently the CEO of energy-storage firm NRstor Inc., led Home Depot’s nationwide growth from 19 stores to 180 between 1996 and 2011.FRED LUM/The Globe and Mail