Ross Wetmore | |
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![]() Wetmore in 2018 | |
Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries | |
In office November 9, 2018 –September 29, 2020 | |
Premier | Blaine Higgs |
Preceded by | Andrew Harvey (Agriculture,Mines,and Rural Affairs) Benoît Bourque (Aquaculture and Fisheries) |
Succeeded by | Margaret Johnson |
Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Gagetown-Petitcodiac | |
In office September 27,2010 –September 19,2024 | |
Preceded by | Eugene McGinley |
Personal details | |
Born | Campbellton,New Brunswick,Canada | April 3,1953
Political 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. [1] 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. [2]
Wetmore was re-elected in the 2014,2018,and 2020 provincial elections. He did not stand in the 2024 provincial election.
retired