- Department of Natural Resources (New Brunswick)
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The Department of Natural Resources is a department in the Government of New Brunswick, Canada. 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 licences, 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, plus oversee the delivery of the First Nations wood harvesting program.
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 & Energy.
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 G. 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 45. Morris V. Green October 27, 1987 – August 31, 1991 46. Alan R. Graham August 31, 1991 – May 14, 1998 47. Doug Tyler May 14, 1998 – June 21, 1999 48. Jeannot Volpé June 21, 1999 – June 27, 2003 49. Keith Ashfield June 27, 2003 – September 18, 2006 50. Donald Arseneault September 18, 2006 – November 12, 2008 51. R. Wallis (Wally) Stiles November 12, 2008 – October 12, 2010 52. Bruce Northrup October 12, 2010 – present References
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