Department of Agriculture (New Brunswick)
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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: |
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| 1.
|May 5, 1882 - February 26, 1883 |
| 2.
|1883 - 1883 |
| 3.
|February, 1890–1897 |
| 4.
|July 1897 - 1900 |
| 5.
|September 1, 1900 - March 20, 1908 |
| 6.
|1908–1914 |
| 7.
|January 22, 1914 – 1917 |
| 8.
|April 4, 1917 - December 21, 1920 |
| 9.
|December 21, 1920 - September 20, 1925 |
| 10.
|Lewis Smith |September 20, 1925 - 12 July 1935 |
| 11.
|July 16, 1935 - October 8, 1952 |
| 12.
|October 8, 1952 - July 12, 1960 |
| 13.
|July 12, 1960 - November 12, 1970 |
| 14.
|November 12, 1970 - July 18, 1972 |
| 15.
|July 18, 1972 - February 21, 1973 |Richard Hatfield |
| 16.
|February 21, 1973 - December 3, 1974 |Richard Hatfield |
| 17.
|December 3, 1974 - February 13, 1985 |Richard Hatfield |
| 18.
|October 3, 1985 - October 27, 1987 |Richard Hatfield |
| 19.
|October 27, 1987 - October 9, 1991 |
| 20.
|October 9, 1991 - April 25, 1994 |Frank McKenna |
| 21.
|April 28, 1994 - May 14, 1998 |
| 22.
|May 14, 1998 - June 21, 1999 |
| 23.
|June 21, 1999 - March 23, 2000 |
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Category:Defunct government agencies of New Brunswick
Category:Ministries established in 1882
Category:Agricultural organizations based in Canada