Department of Environment (New Brunswick)

The Department of Environment was the Government of New Brunswick ministry charged with planning land use, zoning development and waste management as well as the enforcement of environmental legislation and regulations.

It was created in its current form on February 14, 2006 when it was separated from the Department of Environment and Local Government. It has however existed in this form on previous occasions.

It was first formed by Premier Richard Hatfield when he took office following the 1970 election. In 2000, then Premier Bernard Lord fused it with the Department of Municipalities to create the aforementioned Department of Environment and Local Government only to split them back in two six years later.^{[ citation needed ]}

Ministers

1970 - 2000

#	Minister	Term	Government
1.	G. W. N. Cockburn	November 12, 1970 - December 3, 1974	under Richard Hatfield
2.	Fernand Dube	December 3, 1974 - November 21, 1978
3.	Eric Kipping	November 21, 1978 - October 30, 1982
4.	C. W. Harmer	October 30, 1982 - October 3, 1985
5.	Robert Jackson	October 30, 1985 - October 27, 1987
6.	Vaughn Blaney	October 27, 1987 - October 9, 1991	under Frank McKenna
7.	Jane Barry	October 9, 1991 - April 25, 1994
8.	Marcelle Mersereau	April 27, 1994 - September 26, 1995
	Vaugh Blaney (2nd time)	September 26, 1995 - July 23, 1997
9.	Joan Kingston	July 23, 1997 - October 13, 1997
		October 13, 1997 - May 14, 1998	under Ray Frenette
10.	Gene Devereux	May 14, 1998 - June 21, 1999	under Camille Thériault
11.	Kim Jardine*	June 21, 1999 - March 23, 2000	under Bernard Lord

* Jardine became Minister of Environment and Local Government

2000 - 2006

See Department of Environment and Local Government (New Brunswick)

2006 - 2012

#	Minister	Term	Government
1.	Trevor Holder*	February 14, 2006 - October 3, 2006	under Bernard Lord
2.	Roland Haché	October 3, 2006 - October 12, 2010	under Shawn Graham
3.	Margaret-Ann Blaney	October 12, 2010 – March 15, 2012	under David Alward
Merged with Department of Local Government

* Holder previously served as Minister of Environment and Local Government

2012 - 2020

See Department of Environment and Local Government (New Brunswick)

2020 - Present

#	Minister	Term	Government
1.	Gary Crossman	September 29, 2020 - Present	under Blaine Higgs

External links

• Department of Environment Archived 2006-10-14 at the Wayback Machine