Department of Energy and Resource Development (New Brunswick)

Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	New Brunswick
Parent department	Government of New Brunswick

The Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development is the department in the Government of New Brunswick, Canada, that oversees matters related to natural resources and energy development.

It is responsible for management of the Province's forests including timber utilization; trail management; insect and disease protection including spruce budworm and gypsy moth; fire protection; management of the fish and wildlife resources and the issuing of hunting and angling licenses; management of mineral and hydrocarbon resources and associated support services including oil and natural gas development and production; geological surveys; management of Crown lands, including natural areas; oversight and development of the energy sector; and overseeing the delivery of the First Nations wood harvesting program.

History

The department, or a minister responsible for this area, has existed in one form or another since 1793. The Cabinet Minister responsible for the department was originally known as the Surveyor-General and later as Minister of Lands and Mines, Minister of Natural Resources, and also Minister of Natural Resources and Energy.

In 2016 cabinet shuffle by then premier Brian Gallant, the department changed its name from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Energy and Resource Development.

After the election of premier Blaine Higgs in the 2018 New Brunswick general election, the department was further renamed to the Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development.

Ministers

#	Minister	Term
1.	John Saunders	May 3, 1793 – October 19, 1824
2.	Thomas Baillie	October 19, 1824 – September 1851
3.	Robert Duncan Wilmot	September 1851 – November 1, 1854
4.	John Montgomery	July 29, 1856 – June 9, 1857
5.	James Brown	June 1, 1857 – July 26, 1861
6.	John McMillan	July 26, 1861 – April 5, 1865
7.	Bliss Botsford	April 5, 1865 – April 14, 1866
8.	Charles Connell	July 10, 1866 – July 17, 1867
9.	Richard Sutton	July 17, 1867 – February 13, 1869
10.	William P. Flewelling	February 13, 1869 – October 1870
11.	William Lindsay	October 1870 – February 22, 1871
12.	Benjamin R. Stephenson	February 22, 1871 -July 6, 1878
13.	Michael Adams	July 13, 1878 – February 26, 1883
14.	James Mitchell	March 3, 1883 – February 3, 1890
15.	L. J. Tweedie	February 3, 1890 – July 17, 1896
16.	Albert T. Dunn	July 17, 1896 – March 28, 1904
17.	L. J. Tweedie (acting)	March 1904 – ?
18.	Francis J. Sweeney	1904 – 1908?
19.	W.C.H. Grimmer	March 24, 1908 – October 16, 1911
20.	James K. Flemming	October 16, 1911 – December 6, 1914
21.	James A. Murray	?
22.	George J. Clarke	December 17, 1914 – February 1, 1917
23.	Arthur R. Slipp	February 2, 1917 – April 1, 1917
24.	Ernest A. Smith	April 4, 1917 – September 14, 1920
25.	Clifford W. Robinson	October 1, 1920 – 1923
26.	Judson E. Hetherington	?
27.	Peter J. Veniot	May 6, 1924 – ?
28.	A. Allison Dysart	July 10, 1925 – September 14, 1925
29.	Charles D. Richards	September 14, 1925 – May 18, 1931
30.	L. P. D. Tilley	June 1, 1933 – July 16, 1935
31.	Frederick W. Pirie	July 16, 1935 – April 18, 1945
32.	John B. McNair	?
33.	Richard J. Gill	May 1946 – October 8, 1952
34.	Norman B. Buchanan	October 8, 1952 – July 12, 1960
35.	Graham Crocker	July 12, 1960 – May 13, 1965
36.	Daniel A. Riley	May 13, 1965 – January 26, 1966
37.	William R. Duffie	March 21, 1966 – November 12, 1970
38.	Wilfred Bishop	November 12, 1970 – July 18, 1972
39.	A. Edison Stairs	July 18, 1972 – December 3, 1974
40.	Roland Boudreau	December 3, 1974 – November 21, 1978
41.	J. W. "Bud" Bird	November 21, 1978 – June 10, 1982
42.	Edwin G. Allen	June 10, 1982 – October 30, 1982
43.	Gerald Merrithew	October 30, 1982 – August 3, 1984
44.	Malcolm MacLeod	February 13, 1985 – October 27, 1987
Department of Lands and Mines
45.	Morris V. Green	October 27, 1987 – August 31, 1991	under Frank McKenna
Department of Natural Resources
46.	Alan R. Graham	August 31, 1991 – May 14, 1998	under Frank McKenna & Ray Frenette
Department of Natural Resources and Energy
47.	Doug Tyler	May 14, 1998 – June 21, 1999	under Camille Theriault
48.	Jeannot Volpé	June 21, 1999 – June 27, 2003	under Bernard Lord
49.	Keith Ashfield	June 27, 2003 – September 18, 2006	under Bernard Lord
Department of Natural Resources
50.	Donald Arseneault	September 18, 2006 – November 12, 2008	under Shawn Graham
51.	R. Wallis (Wally) Stiles	November 12, 2008 – October 12, 2010	under Shawn Graham
52.	Bruce Northrup	October 12, 2010 – September 23, 2013	under David Alward
53.	Paul Robichaud	September 23, 2013 - October 7, 2014	under David Alward
53.	Denis Landry	October 7, 2014 – June 6, 2016	under Brian Gallant
Department of Energy and Resource Development
54.	Rick Doucet	June 6, 2016 - November 9, 2018	under Brian Gallant
Department of Natural Resources and Energy Development
55.	Mike Holland	November 9, 2018 - present	under Blaine Higgs

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