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Department Of Municipal Affairs (New Brunswick)
The Department of Municipal Affairs was a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It was charged with the planning and supervision of local government in New Brunswick. From 1938 to 1954, this ministry was combined with Education. In 1986, the department became the Department of Municipal Affairs and Environment; the department was renamed back to the original name in 1989. In 1991, the department's functions were assumed by the new Department of Municipalities, Culture and Housing. Ministers {, class="wikitable" , - !# !Minister !Term !Government , - , 1. , A. P. Paterson , July 16, 1938 – January 10, 1940 , rowspan=2, under Allison Dysart , - , 2. , Charles H. Blakeney , January 10, 1940 – March 13, 1940 , - , , Charles H. Blakeney ''(cont'd)'' , March 13, 1940 - November 2, 1948 , rowspan=2, under John McNair , - , 3. , James W. Brittain , November 2, 1948 – October 8, 1952 , - , 4. , Claude Taylor , October 8, 1952 – June 1954 , rowspan=4, under Hugh John Fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry (government Department)
Ministry or department (also less commonly used secretariat, office, or directorate) are designations used by first-level Executive (government), executive bodies in the Machinery of government, machinery of governments that manage a specific sector of public administration." Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона", т. XIX (1896): Мекенен — Мифу-Баня, "Министерства", с. 351—357 :s:ru:ЭСБЕ/Министерства These types of organizations are usually led by a politician who is a member of a cabinet (government), cabinet—a body of high-ranking government officials—who may use a title such as Minister (government), minister, Secretary of state, secretary, or commissioner, and are typically staffed with members of a non-political civil service, who manage its operations; they may also oversee other Government agency, government agencies and organiza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norbert Thériault
L. Norbert Thériault (February 16, 1921 – June 19, 2016) was a Canadian politician. He was born in Eel River Bridge, New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Northumberland (1960–1974) and Baie-du-Vin (1974–1979) in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, and was a provincial cabinet minister in New Brunswick in the 1960s. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada on March 26, 1979 on the advice of then-Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, and served until his 75th birthday on February 16, 1996. His son Camille Thériault Camille Henri Thériault (born February 25, 1955) served as the 29th premier of New Brunswick from 1998 to 1999. Early life The son of Joséphine Martin and Norbert Thériault, a former provincial cabinet minister and Canadian Senator, Camille ... also served a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, and was premier of New Brunswick from May 14, 1998 until June 21, 1999. Thériault died on June 19, 2016. References Legislative A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank McKenna
Francis Joseph McKenna (born January 19, 1948) is a Canadian businessman and former politician and diplomat. He is currently Deputy Chairman of the Toronto-Dominion Bank. He served as Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 2005 to 2006. He served as the 27th premier of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1997, winning every seat in the province in his first election. Early life McKenna was born one of eight children of Olive and Joseph McKenna in Apohaqui, New Brunswick. McKenna was raised in his grandparents' home. They lived adjacent to his parents as his large family could not be wholly housed in his parents' home. Raised Catholic, after completing Sussex High School (in Sussex, New Brunswick), he completed a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Economics at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He began graduate studies at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, but after working for a stint with Allan MacEachen, he took MacEachen's advice th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaughn Blaney
Vaughn Blaney (born August 13, 1938) is a former educator and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented Queens South and then Oromocto-Gagetown in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1987 to 1999 as a Liberal member. He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick and was educated at the University of Moncton and University of New Brunswick. Blaney was a teacher and principal. He also served as mayor of Gagetown. Blaney was Minister of Municipal Affairs and Environment from 1987 to 1989, Minister of Environment from 1989 to 1991 and from 1995 to 1997, Minister of Advanced Education and Labour from 1991 to 1994, and Minister of Education and Minister of State for Youth from 1994 to 1995. In August 2005, Blaney was named to head an inquiry into the use of Agent Orange at CFB Gagetown 5th Canadian Division Support Base (5 CDSB) Gagetown, formerly known as and commonly referred to as CFB Gagetown, is a large Canadian Forces Base covering an area over , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jackson (Canadian Politician)
Robert C. Jackson (born March 13, 1936) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an deliberative assembly, assembly with the authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country or city. They are often contrasted with the Executive (government), executive and Judiciary, ... from 1982 to 1987 from the electoral district of St. Stephen-Milltown, a member of the Progressive Conservative party. References 1936 births Living people Members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick MLAs 20th-century Canadian politicians {{NewBrunswick-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvon Poitras
Yvon Poitras (born July 13, 1948) is a Canadian businessman, politician and lobbyist. He served as the Minister of Municipal Affairs of New Brunswick for 3 years, as well as Treasury Board chairman for two until 1985 under Premier Richard Hatfield. (pdf) Poitras was born in Grand Falls, New Brunswick
Grand Falls (french: Grand-Sault) is a town located in Victoria County, New Brunswick, Canada. Grand Falls is situated on the Saint John River. The town derives its name from a waterfall created ...
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Horace Smith (New Brunswick Politician)
Horace Smith (March 17, 1914 – March 22, 2001) was a Canadian politician in the Province of New Brunswick. In the 1970 New Brunswick general election Smith was elected as the Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the Sunbury riding. He would be reelected three more times, serving for seventeen years until 1987. He was secretary of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick and also served as President of the Union of New Brunswick Municipalities. Premier Richard Hatfield appointed Horace Smith to the Cabinet as a Minister without portfolio and on July 18, 1972 to Minister of Municipal Affairs, a position he held for more than ten years until October 30, 1982. Smith was defeated in the 1987 election by Liberal Party candidate, Doug Harrison Douglas Harrison (born October 22, 1949) is Canadian former politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Hatfield
Richard Bennett Hatfield (April 9, 1931 – April 26, 1991) was a New Brunswick politician and the longest serving premier of New Brunswick from 1970 to 1987.Richard Starr, ''Richard Hatfield, The Seventeen Year Saga,'' 1987, Early life The youngest of five children of Heber Hatfield and Dora Robinson, Richard was brought up with politics in the household. His father, already a well known potato shipper, was Hartland's mayor when he was born. In 1938, at 7 years old, his father brought him to the Conservative Party of Canada leadership convention in Winnipeg where he met his namesake, R. B. Bennett. In 1940 Heber was elected Victoria-Carleton county Conservative Member of Parliament and served until his death due to cancer in 1952. Young Richard spent a lot of time in Ottawa even getting to know John Diefenbaker and his first wife Edna. After graduating from high school in 1948 in his home town Hartland, Hatfield attended Acadia University for four years majoring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Paul LeBlanc (politician)
Jean-Paul LeBlanc (August 16, 1923 – November 28, 2021) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1970 to 1974 from the electoral district of Moncton, a member of the Progressive Conservative party. LeBlanc died in Moncton, New Brunswick on November 28, 2021, at the age of 98. References 1923 births 2021 deaths Acadian people 20th-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian politicians Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick politicians Members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick People from Westmorland County, New Brunswick {{NewBrunswick-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert J
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Nadeau
B. Fernand Nadeau (April 2, 1924 – May 30, 2005) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick A legislature is an deliberative assembly, assembly with the authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country or city. They are often contrasted with the Executive (government), executive and Judiciary, ... from 1967 to 1970, as a Liberal member for the constituency of Edmundston. He was also mayor of Edmundston. He died in hospital at Edmundston in 2005. References New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs 1924 births 2005 deaths {{NewBrunswick-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Robichaud
Louis Joseph Robichaud (October 21, 1925 – January 6, 2005), popularly known as "Little Louis" or "P'tit-Louis", was the second (but first elected) Acadian premier of New Brunswick, serving from 1960 to 1970. With the Equal Opportunity program, the language rights act of 1969 establishing New Brunswick as an officially bilingual province, and for his role in the creation of the Université de Moncton, Robichaud is credited with ushering in major social reform in New Brunswick. Life and achievements At the age of 14, Robichaud left home to enter the Juvénat Saint-Jean-Eudes in Bathurst to study for a career in the Church. After his third year at the school, he decided instead to pursue a political career. He attended the Collège du Sacré-Coeur (now part of the Université de Moncton) and graduated in 1947 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. He then went on to study economics and political science at Université Laval. He articled with a law firm in Bathurst for three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
