Department of Industry, Energy and Technology

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Industry, Energy and Technology
Agency overview
FormedFebruary 20, 2004 (2004-02-20)
Preceding agencies
  • Department of Mines and Energy
  • Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods
  • Department of Natural Resources
Jurisdiction Newfoundland and Labrador
Headquarters St. John's
Minister responsible
Website www.nr.gov.nl.ca

The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology is a government department in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The department is headed by a member of the provincial cabinet, typically a Member of the House of Assembly, who is chosen by the premier and formally appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The current Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology is Andrew Parsons.

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The department was formerly known as the Department of Mines and Energy, however its name was changed in 2004, to Natural Resources under the government of Danny Williams. [1] The department is responsible for the provinces energy, mines, forestry and agrifoods sectors. [2] Due to the significance of Newfoundland and Labrador's natural resources sector the Minister of Natural Resources is considered to be one of the most high-profile positions in the Provincial Cabinet. [3] [4]

On August 19, 2020 the department was renamed Industry, Energy and Technology. [5]

Ministers

Key:

   Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
   Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
PortraitNameTerm of officePolitical partyPremier
  No image.svg Rex Gibbons March 14, 1996April 29, 1997 Liberal Brian Tobin
  No image.svg Chuck Furey July 4, 1997December 15, 1998 Liberal Brian Tobin
  Roger Grimes cropped.jpg Roger Grimes December 15, 1998February 13, 2001 Liberal Brian Tobin
  No image.svg Paul Dicks January 13, 2000February 13, 2001 Liberal Brian Tobin
  No image.svg Lloyd Matthews February 13, 2001February 17, 2003 Liberal Roger Grimes
  No image.svg Walter Noel February 17, 2003November 6, 2003 Liberal Roger Grimes
  No image.svg Ed Byrne November 6, 2003July 5, 2006 Progressive Conservative Danny Williams
  Kathy Dunderdale 31May2011.jpg Kathy Dunderdale July 5, 2006December 6, 2010 Progressive Conservative Danny Williams
  No image.svg Shawn Skinner December 6, 2010October 28, 2011 Progressive Conservative Kathy Dunderdale
  No image.svg Jerome Kennedy October 28, 2011January 16, 2013 Progressive Conservative Kathy Dunderdale
  No image.svg Tom Marshall January 16, 2013October 9, 2013 Progressive Conservative Kathy Dunderdale
  No image.svg Derrick Dalley October 9, 2013December 14, 2015 Progressive Conservative Kathy Dunderdale
Tom Marshall
Paul Davis
  Siobhan Coady at the opening of the Team Gushue Highway Extension - November 2018 - Copy.jpg Siobhán Coady December 14, 2015August 19, 2020 Liberal Dwight Ball
  Andrews Parsons speaking to a crowd of supporters. June 2014.jpg Andrew Parsons August 19, 2020present Liberal Andrew Furey

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References

  1. ↑ "Premier announces departmental restructuring". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 20 February 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  2. ↑ "About the Department". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  3. ↑ McLeod, James (2 November 2011). "Lots to think about in Natural Resources". The Telegram. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Dunderdale unveils leaner cabinet". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . 28 October 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Newfoundland and Labrador's new premier doesn't clear the deck, but he certainly shuffled it | SaltWire".
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