Department of Education (New Brunswick)

The Department of Education is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the administration of the New Brunswick public education system. Its primary and secondary schools are divided into14 districts in separate units; 9 anglophone districts and 5 francophone districts.

On May 14, 1998 it also took over responsibility for universities and community colleges however community colleges were later moved to the Department of Training and Employment Development on March 23, 2000. On February 14, 2006 it was returned to its pre-1998 configuration with responsbilitiy for just primary and secondary schools when universities were moved to the new Department of Post-secondary Education and Training .

Ministers

#	Minister	Term	Government
1.	A. P. Paterson	July 16, 1938 – January 10, 1940	under Allison Dysart
2.	Charles H. Blakeney	January 10, 1940 – March 13, 1940
	Charles H. Blakeney (cont'd)	March 13, 1940 - November 2, 1948	under John McNair
3.	James W. Brittain	November 2, 1948 – October 8, 1952
4.	Claude Taylor	October 8, 1952 – July 8, 1960	under Hugh John Flemming
5.	Henry Irwin	July 8, 1960 – April 5, 1966	under Louis Robichaud
6.	W. Wynn Meldrum	April 5, 1966 – November 12, 1970
7.	Lorne McGuigan	November 12, 1970 – December 3, 1974	under Richard Hatfield
8.	Gerald Merrithew	December 3, 1974 – December 20, 1976
9.	Charles Gallagher	December 20, 1976 – October 30, 1982
10.	Clarence Cormier	October 30, 1982 – October 3, 1985
11.	Jean-Pierre Ouellet	October 3, 1985 – October 27, 1987
12.	Shirley Dysart	October 27, 1987 – October 8, 1991	under Frank McKenna
13.	Paul Duffie	October 9, 1991 – April 27, 1994
14.	Vaughn Blaney	April 27, 1994 – September 26, 1995
15.	James E. Lockyer	September 26, 1995 – July 23, 1997
16.	Bernard Richard	July 23, 1997 – October 13, 1997
	Bernard Richard (cont'd)	October 13, 1997 – February 6, 1998	under Ray Frenette
	Bernard Thériault (interim)	February 6, 1998 – May 14, 1998
	Bernard Richard (2nd time)	May 14, 1998 – June 21, 1999	under Camille Thériault
17.	Elvy Robichaud	June 21, 1999 – October 9, 2001	under Bernard Lord
18.	Dennis Furlong	October 9, 2001 – June 27, 2003
19.	Madeleine Dubé	June 27, 2003 - February 14, 2006
20.	Claude Williams	February 14, 2006 - October 3, 2006
21.	Kelly Lamrock	October 3, 2006 - October 2010	under Shawn Graham
22.	Jody Carr	October 12, 2010 - Present	under David Alward See also New Brunswick Department of Education District 17 External links Department of Education