Ross Wetmore

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Ross Wetmore

| honorific-suffix =

| image = Ross Wetmore in 2018.jpg

| caption = Wetmore in 2018

| office1 = Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries

| term_start1 = November 9, 2018

| term_end1 = September 29, 2020

| premier1 = Blaine Higgs

| predecessor1 = Andrew Harvey (Agriculture, Mines, and Rural Affairs)
Benoît Bourque (Aquaculture and Fisheries)

| successor1 = Margaret Johnson

| office3 = Member of the
New Brunswick Legislative Assembly
for Gagetown-Petitcodiac

| term_start3 = September 27, 2010

| term_end3 = September 19, 2024

| predecessor3 = Eugene McGinley

| successor3 =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1953|4|3}}

| birth_place = Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada

| party = Progressive Conservative

}}

Frederick Ross Wetmore (born April 3, 1953) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Gagetown-Petitcodiac (formerly Grand Lake-Gagetown) as a member of the Progressive Conservatives until 2024.[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nbvotes2010/ridings/041/ New Brunswick Votes 2010: Grand Lake-Gagetown]. cbc.ca, September 27, 2010. From 2018 to 2020 he was Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries in the Higgs government.

Wetmore was born in Campbellton, New Brunswick. In 1979, he started a meat cutting business in Burton, and eventually expanded to a very successful grocery store in Gagetown.

Wetmore was named to the Select Committee on Cannabis, pursuant to Motion 31 of the 3rd session of the 58th New Brunswick Legislature.[http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/committees/cannabis-e.asp gnb.ca: "Select Committee on Cannabis"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720210905/http://www1.gnb.ca/legis/committees/cannabis-e.asp |date=2017-07-20 }}

Wetmore was re-elected in the 2014, 2018, and 2020 provincial elections. He did not stand in the 2024 provincial election.