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Department Of Environment And Local Government (New Brunswick)
The Department of Environment and Local Government is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with maintaining relationships with New Brunswick's municipalities, administering its unincorporated Local Service Districts and the administration of its environmental policy, including the Province's Environmental Impact Assessment Regulation. Province of New Brunswick, Accessed June 29, 2017 The department was established on March 23, 2000 when Bernard Lord restructured the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of New Brunswick
The Government of New Brunswick () is 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 Canada, Province of New Brunswick has a unicameral legislature, the New Brunswick Legislature, consisting of the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, Lieutenant Governor and the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, Legislative Assembly, which operates in the framework of a Westminster system, Westminster-style Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The political party that, either by itself or in combination with another party supporting them, wins the largest number of seats in the legislature normally forms the Government with the party's leader becoming Premier of New Brunswick, premier of the province, the head of government. Role of the Crown The functions of the sovereign, Charles III, King Charles III, Monarchy in Canada, King of Canada and Monarchy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevor Holder
Trevor Arthur Holder (born May 8, 1973) is a former Canadian politician. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2024. At the time of his resignation, he was the longest serving member of the legislature. A 1995 graduate of the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and history. Politics A member of the Progressive Conservative Party, Holder first ran for the legislature in the 1995 provincial election losing in Saint John Portland with 33.3% to 38.6% for the victorious Liberal candidate Leo McAdam. Holder faced McAdam in a re-match in 1999 and won with 59.7% of the vote to McAdam's 26%. Holder served as a backbencher for his first term and, following re- election in 2003 he became deputy speaker of the legislature. He was named to cabinet on November 21, 2005 as Minister of Environment and Local Government; he became Minister of Environment on February 14, 2006 when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaine Higgs
Blaine Myron Higgs (born March 1, 1954) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 34th premier of New Brunswick from 2018 to 2024 and leader of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party (PC Party) from 2016 to 2024. Higgs graduated from the University of New Brunswick as an engineer, going on to spend 33 years working for Irving Oil. Higgs, a unilingual, vehemently opposed bilingualism is his early political journey and joined the right-wing, anti-bilingual New Brunswick Confederation of Regions Party, of which he ran for leadership in 1989. As a Progressive Conservative, Higgs was first elected to the legislature in the 2010 provincial election and served as the Minister of Finance from 2010 to 2014 under the leadership of David Alward. In the 2018 provincial election, Higgs narrowly carried the PCs to a minority government, despite losing the popular vote. Higgs and the PC's were re-elected in the 2020 provincial election, though this time with a majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Carr (Canadian Politician)
Jeff Basil Carr (born February 7) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of New Maryland-Sunbury as a member of the Progressive Conservatives from 2014 until 2024. Throughout his political career, Carr spent three terms as a Member of the Legislative Assembly and was appointed twice as a cabinet minister, first as the Minister of Environment and Local Government and secondly as the Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure until being removed by Blaine Higgs in 2023 for supporting an opposing motion on Policy 713. On February 27, 2024, Carr announced that he would be leaving politics and would not run in the next election. Political career Following his re-election in 2018, Carr was appointed as Minister of Environment and Local Government. Carr was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election. Following premier Blaine Higgs's revision of Policy 713 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Harvey (politician)
Andrew Bruce Harvey is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Carleton-Victoria as a member of the Liberal Party until his defeat in the 2020 New Brunswick general election The 2020 New Brunswick general election was held on September 14, 2020, to elect members of the 60th New Brunswick Legislature. The Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick, led by Blaine Higgs, won a majority government. The writs of .... Harvey was named to the Select Committee on Cannabis, pursuant to Motion 31 of the 3rd session of the 58th New Brunswick Legislature. References Living people Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Year of birth missing (living people) {{LiberalAssociation-NewBrunswick-MLA-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serge Rousselle
Serge Rousselle is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2014 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Tracadie-Sheila as a member of the Liberal Party until 2018, when he did not run for reelection and was succeeded by his former constituency assistant Keith Chiasson. On October 7, 2014, Rousselle was appointed to the Executive Council of New Brunswick as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, and Attorney General. He holds undergraduate degrees in political science and law from the University of Ottawa as well as a Master of Law from the University of Cambridge and a Doctor of Law from McGill University. After being abroad for his studies, he returned to Tracadie, New Brunswick, and was a professor at the Université de Moncton law faculty from 1992 to 2014. He served as dean from 2000 to 2004. Rousselle has also held various positions in organizations at the provincial, federal, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Gallant
Brian Alexander Gallant (born April 27, 1982) is a Canadian retired politician who served as the 33rd premier of New Brunswick from October 7, 2014, until November 9, 2018. Of Acadian and Dutch descent, Gallant practised as a lawyer before winning the Liberal leadership in October 2012, securing the riding of Kent in a by-election on April 15, 2013, shortly followed by his swearing in as Leader of the Opposition. After the 2014 election, in which the Progressive Conservative government of David Alward was defeated, Gallant was sworn in as Premier at the age of 32. Gallant announced on November 15, 2018, that he would be stepping down as Liberal leader as soon as a leadership election was held to choose his successor. He resigned as MLA for Shediac Bay-Dieppe on October 7, 2019. At age 32, he was the second youngest Premier of New Brunswick to assume office ( George Edwin King became premier at age 30 in 1870). When Gallant left office at age 36, he was the youngest premier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Kenny (politician)
Brian Andrew Kenny is a politician in the province (Canada), province of New Brunswick, Canada. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2003 New Brunswick general election, 2003 election and re-elected in 2006 New Brunswick general election, 2006. Kenny was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, the son of David Kenny. He is a licensed real estate broker. He married Wendy McParland. He represented the electoral district of Bathurst (electoral district), Bathurst as a member of the New Brunswick Liberal Association, Liberal Party. Kenny was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2003 New Brunswick general election, 2003 provincial election. He is a member of the Standing Committee on Ombudsman and, as a member of the official opposition, he was the critic for interests relating to the Regional Development Corporation and was also a critic for mines. He was re-elected to the 56th Legislature in the provincial election held Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Soucy
Daniel Soucy is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick () is the deliberative assembly of the New Brunswick Legislature, in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. The assembly's seat is located in Fredericton. It was established in Saint John ''de jure'' ... in the 2010 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Grand Falls-Drummond-Saint-André as a member of the Progressive Conservatives cbc.ca, September 27, 2010. until the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. His party was defeated on September 22, 2014, and Alward resigned as Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick leader on September 23, 2014. On April 24, 2015, Alward was named Canadian consul general in Boston. Early life Alward was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, United States. The son of a minister, Alward moved to Atlantic Canada in his youth where he graduated from high school in Nackawic, New Brunswick. Alward received his post-secondary education in psychology in the United States at Bryan College in Dayton, Tennessee. Career Alward worked as a federal civil servant from 1982 to 1996 when he went into business on his own. He operates a hobby farm where he raises purebre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Department Of Local Government (New Brunswick)
The Department of Local Government is a former department of the government of New Brunswick. It was created on February 14, 2006 by the Graham Government with the separation of the Departments of Environment and of Local Government. The Lord Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power (social and political), power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the Peerage o ... Government had combined the Departments of Environment and Municipalities and Housing in 2000 to form the Department of Environment and Local Government. On March 15, 2012, the Department of Environment and Department of Local Government re-merged, once again forming the Department of Environment and Local Government under the Alward government. Ministers References External linksLocal Government website {{NewBrunswick-stub Local Government, Department of 2006 establishments in New B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Graham
Dale Allison Graham (born October 6, 1951''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1997'', Kathryn O'Handley ) is a former politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He served as an MLA from 1993 to 2014, as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 2010 to 2014, and as a member of the provincial cabinet from 1999 to 2006. Early life and career Born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, the son of Robert Graham and Letha Delong, Graham attended school in Centreville. He became a small business owner and was involved in local politics at the school board level. He married Shelley McDougall in 1972. In the 1991 provincial election, Graham was defeated by Liberal incumbent Fred Harvey, however Harvey's victory was later declared void when Harvey was convicted of violating election spending laws. Graham was successful in a by-election in 1993 winning the Carleton North seat. Graham went on to be re-elected in the new electoral district of Carleton in the 1995, 1999, 2003, 2006 and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |