The

Department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

is a part of the

Government of New Brunswick The Government of New Brunswick (french: Gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick) refers to the provincial government of the province of New Brunswick. Its powers and structure are set out in the Constitution Act, 1867. The Provinces and territories of ...

. It is charged with

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

budget A budget is a calculation play, usually but not always financial, for a defined period, often one year or a month. A budget may include anticipated sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities including time, costs and expenses, environmenta ...

ary and

tax A tax is a compulsory financial charge or some other type of levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization in order to fund government spending and various public expenditures (regional, local, or n ...

policy and headed by the

finance minister A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

. The department, or a minister responsible for this area, has existed in one form or another since the creation of New Brunswick as a

crown colony A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony administered by The Crown within the British Empire. There was usually a Governor, appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the UK Government, with or without the assistance of a local Counci ...

in 1784. It has been called

Provincial Treasurer In Canadian politics the Provincial Treasurer is a senior portfolio in the Executive Council (or cabinet) of provincial governments. The position is the provincial equivalent of the Minister of Finance and is responsible for setting the provinc ...

and Provincial Secretary-Treasurer in the past.

Ministers since the establishment of parties in 1935

{, class="wikitable" , - !Minister !Term !Administration , - , Clovis T. Richard , July 16, 1935 – January 10, 1940 , rowspan=2, under

Allison Dysart Albert Allison Dysart (March 22, 1880 – December 8, 1962) was a New Brunswick politician, lawyer and judge. Dysart was born in Cocagne, New Brunswick and was educated at University of St. Joseph's College in Memramcook, the Ontario Agricul ...

, - , rowspan=2, J. J. Hayes Doone , January 10, 1940 – March 13, 1940 , - , March 13, 1940 – August 10, 1949 , rowspan=2, under John B. McNair , - , Joseph Gaspard Boucher , August 10, 1949 – October 8, 1952 , - , Donald D. Patterson , October 8, 1952 – July 12, 1960 , under Hugh John Flemming , - , Lestock G. Desbrisay , July 12, 1960 – November 12, 1970 , under

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 p ...

, - , Jean-Maurice Simard , November 12, 1970 – November 18, 1974 , rowspan=5, under

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 T ...

, - , A. Edison Stairs , December 3, 1974 – December 20, 1976 , - ,

Lawrence Garvie Lawrence R. Garvie (June 23, 1933 – March 11, 2011) was a lawyer and former politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the City of Fredericton and then Fredericton North in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1968 to 197 ...

, December 20, 1976 – November 1, 1977 , - , Fernand G. Dubé , February 2, 1978 – October 30, 1982 , - ,

John B. M. Baxter, Jr. John Babington Macaulay Baxter, Junior (November 4, 1924 – March 9, 2000) known as J.B.M. Baxter Jr. and Jack Baxter, was a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He served as minister of a variety of portfolios under Premier of New Brunswick ...

, October 30, 1982 – October 27, 1987 , - , Allan E. Maher , October 27, 1987 – September 26, 1995 , rowspan=2, under

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 ...

, - , rowspan=3, Edmond Blanchard , September 26, 1995 – October 13, 1997 , - , October 13, 1997 – May 14, 1998 , under

Ray Frenette Joseph Raymond Frenette (April 16, 1935 – July 13, 2018) was a Canadian politician in New Brunswick. He was a Liberal representative for the riding of Moncton East in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1974 until 1998 when he reti ...

, - , May 14, 1998 – June 21, 1999 , under

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 ...

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Norman Betts Norman M. Betts (born April 1, 1954 in Doaktown, New Brunswick) is a Chartered Accountant, university professor, and former provincial politician. Norman Betts graduated from the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in 1978 with a Bachelor of Bus ...

, June 21, 1999 – October 9, 2001 , rowspan=3, under Bernard Lord , - ,

Peter Mesheau Peter Mesheau (born in Sackville, New Brunswick) is a politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the electoral district of Tantramar in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1997 to 2006. Mesheau was elected in a tight three- ...

, October 9, 2001 – June 27, 2003 , - ,

Jeannot Volpé Jeannot Volpé (born June 28, 1950) is a Canadian politician in the Province of New Brunswick. Born in Saint-Jacques, New Brunswick, Volpé graduated from the University of Moncton in 1973 with a Bachelor of Physical Education degree and tau ...

, June 27, 2003 – October 3, 2006 , - , Victor Boudreau , October 3, 2006 – July, 2009 , rowspan=2, under

Shawn Graham Shawn Michael Graham (born February 22, 1968) is a Canadian politician, who served as the 31st premier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010. He was elected leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party in 2002 and became premier after his party captur ...

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Greg Byrne Greg Byrne, K.C. (born April 14, 1960, in Harvey, New Brunswick) is a lawyer and former MLA in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Byrne was educated at Fredericton High School, Saint Thomas University (where he received a Bachelor of Ar ...

, June 22, 2009 – October 12, 2010 , - , Blaine Higgs , October 12, 2010 — October 7, 2014 , under

David Alward David Nathan Alward (born December 2, 1959) is a Canadian politician, who served as the 32nd premier of New Brunswick, 2010 to 2014. Alward has been a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick since 1999 and has been the leader of the P ...

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Roger Melanson Roger Melanson is a former Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election, and Leader of the Opposition. He represented the electoral district of Dieppe as a member of the Li ...

, October 7, 2014 — June 6, 2016 , under Brian Gallant , - ,

Cathy Rogers Cathy Rogers (born 28 May 1968) is an English television executive, producer, presenter and musician. She is best known as the presenter of the British reality competition series '' Scrapheap Challenge'' and its American counterpart ''Junkyar ...

, June 6, 2016 — November 8, 2018 , under Brian Gallant , - ,

Ernie Steeves Ernest Lawrence Steeves (born February 12, 1961) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. He represents the electoral district of Moncton Northwest Moncton North ...

, November 9, 2018 - present , under Blaine Higgs

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