Minister of Natural Resources (Canada)

Minister of Natural Resources
Ministry
Federal
Incumbent Joe Oliver PC, MP
Style	The Honourable
Appointed by	Michaëlle Jean as Governor General of Canada
First	Anne McLellan
Formation	12 January 1995
Term length	At Her Majesty's pleasure
Website	www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca

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The Minister of Natural Resources (French: Ministre des Ressources naturelles) is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for Natural Resources Canada. As of January 19, 2010, the Minister of Natural Resources is Joe Oliver.

Ministers

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada

  Conservative Party of Canada

No.	Name	Term of office		Political party	Ministry
1	Anne McLellan	January 12, 1995	June 10, 1997	Liberal	26 (Chrétien)
2	Ralph Goodale	June 11, 1997	January 14, 2002	Liberal
3	Herb Dhaliwal	January 15, 2002	December 11, 2003	Liberal
4	John Efford	December 12, 2003	September 25, 2005	Liberal	27 (Martin)
5	John McCallum	September 26, 2005	February 3, 2006	Liberal
6	Gary Lunn	January 6, 2006	October 29, 2008	Conservative	28 (Harper)
7	Lisa Raitt	October 30, 2008	January 19, 2010	Conservative
8	Christian Paradis	January 19, 2010	May 18, 2011	Conservative
9	Joe Oliver	May 18, 2011	Incumbent	Conservative

Prior to 1995, the responsibilities of the current Natural Resources portfolio were divided between the now-defunct posts of Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister of Forestry.