Executive Council of New Brunswick
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The Executive Council of New Brunswick (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of New Brunswick) is the cabinet of the Canadian province.
Almost always made up of members of the Legislative Assembly of the province. The cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size. As federal and provincial responsibilities differ there are a number of different portfolios between the federal and provincial governments.
The cabinet is selected by the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick on the advice of the Premier of New Brunswick. Most cabinet ministers are the head of a ministry, but this is not always the case.
Current Cabinet
The current cabinet has been in place since a cabinet shuffle on February 14 2006. Premier Bernard Lord has said he plans for this to be the cabinet the leads the province into the next election.Ministers' names are listed in the order their departments appear in the Executive Council Act (New Brunswick).
| Portfolio | Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| President of the Executive Council, Premier of New Brunswick, Minister responsible for Communications New Brunswick, Minister responsible for the Premier's Council on the Status of Disabled Persons, and Minister responsible for the New Brunswick Advisory Council on Youth |
Bernard Lord | (1999-) | |||
| Attorney General of New Brunswick | Brad Green | (1999-) | |||
| Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs | Bruce Fitch | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Public Safety | Wayne Steeves | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Finance, Minister responsible for the Regional Development Corporation and Chairman of the Board of Management |
Jeannot Volpé | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Supply and Services and Government House Leader |
Bev Harrison | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Transportation | Paul Robichaud | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Natural Resources | Keith Ashfield | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Energy | Brenda Fowlie | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture | David Alward | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Health | Brad Green | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Wellness, Culture and Sport, Minister responsible for the Immigration and Repatriation Secretariat and Minister responsible for La Francophonie |
Percy Mockler | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Family and Community Services and Minister responsible for Seniors |
Madeline Dubé | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Human Resources, Deputy Premier of New Brunswick, Minister responsible for Service New Brunswick and Chair of the Policy and Priorities Committee |
Dale Graham | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Post-secondary Education and Training | Jody Carr | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Education | Claude Williams | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Environment | Trevor Holder | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Local Government and Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs |
Rose-May Poirier | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Business New Brunswick | Kirk MacDonald | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Tourism and Parks and Minister responsible for the Status of Women |
Joan MacAlpine-Stiles | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs | Bernard Lord | (2006-) | |||
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