Department of Agriculture (New Brunswick)

The Department of Agriculture was a department in the Government of New Brunswick, Canada. It was responsible for management of the Province's Agriculture industries. The member of the Executive Council responsible for the department was initially called the Commissioner of Agriculture. The department would become known as the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the late 1990s.

From 1882, the Department of Agriculture was also responsible for fisheries until 1963 when the government of Premier Louis Robichaud created a separate Department of Fisheries. This department would be renamed the Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture which in 2000 was merged with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to become the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture. This department lasted until October 3, 2006, when Premier Shawn Graham split the departments into the Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture and reestablished the separate Department of Fisheries.

Ministers

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# Minister Term Administration of:
1. George J. Colter May 5, 1882 - February 26, 1883 Daniel Lionel Hanington
2. William Elder 1883 - 1883 Andrew George Blair
3. James Mitchell February, 1890–1897 Andrew George Blair
4. Charles H. LaBillois July 1897 - 1900 Henry Emmerson
5. Lauchlin P. Farris September 1, 1900 - March 20, 1908 Tweedie/ Pugsley/Robinson
6. David V. Landry 1908–1914 J. D. Hazen/J. K. Flemming
7. James A. Murray January 22, 1914 – 1917 George J. Clarke
8. J. F. Tweedale April 4, 1917 - December 21, 1920 Walter Foster
9. D. W. Mersereau December 21, 1920 - September 20, 1925 Foster/Veniot
10. Lewis Smith September 20, 1925 - 12 July 1935 Baxter/Richards/Tilley
11. Austin C. Taylor July 16, 1935 - October 8, 1952 A. Dysart/J. B. McNair
12. Cyril B. Sherwood October 8, 1952 - July 12, 1960 Hugh John Flemming
13. J. Adrien Levesque July 12, 1960 - November 12, 1970 Louis Robichaud
14. A. Edison Stairs November 12, 1970 - July 18, 1972 Richard Hatfield
15. J. Stewart Brooks July 18, 1972 - February 21, 1973 Richard Hatfield
16. George E. Horton February 21, 1973 - December 3, 1974 Richard Hatfield
17. Malcolm MacLeod December 3, 1974 - February 13, 1985 Richard Hatfield
18. Hazen Myers October 3, 1985 - October 27, 1987 Richard Hatfield
19. Alan R. Graham October 27, 1987 - October 9, 1991 Frank McKenna
20. Gérald Clavette October 9, 1991 - April 25, 1994 Frank McKenna
21. Doug Tyler April 28, 1994 - May 14, 1998 Ray Frenette
22. Stuart Jamieson May 14, 1998 - June 21, 1999 Camille Thériault
23. Milton Sherwood June 21, 1999 - March 23, 2000 Bernard Lord
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