Minister of Natural Resources

The Minister of Natural Resources (French: Ministre des Ressources naturelles) is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for Natural Resources Canada (NRCan).

Minister of Natural Resources
Ministre des Ressources naturelles
Incumbent
Seamus O'Regan
since November 20, 2019
Natural Resources Canada
StyleThe Honourable
Member of
Reports to
AppointerMonarch (represented by the governor general);[3]
on the advice of the prime minister[4]
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Inaugural holderAnne McLellan
Formation12 January 1995
SalaryCA$269,800 (2019)[5]
Websitewww.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
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In addition to NRCan, the Minister oversees the federal government's Natural Resources portfolio, which includes: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited; the Canada Energy Regulator; and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission; as well as the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore and the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Boards. The Energy Supplies Allocation Board and the Northern Pipeline Agency also report to the Minister as required.[6]

The current Minister of Natural Resources is Seamus O'Regan.[7] This position was established in 1995 under the Department of Natural Resources Act, S.C. 1994, c. 41 (assented to 15 December 1994), which merged two posts and their respective portfolios: the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister of Forestry.[8]

Ministers of Natural Resources

Key:

  Liberal Party of Canada
  Conservative Party of Canada
No. Portrait Name Term of office Political party Ministry
1 Anne McLellan January 12, 1995June 10, 1997 Liberal 26 (Chrétien)
2 Ralph Goodale June 11, 1997January 14, 2002 Liberal
3 Herb Dhaliwal January 15, 2002December 11, 2003 Liberal
4 John Efford December 12, 2003September 25, 2005 Liberal 27 (Martin)
5 John McCallum September 26, 2005February 3, 2006 Liberal
6 Gary Lunn January 6, 2006October 29, 2008 Conservative 28 (Harper)
7 Lisa Raitt October 30, 2008January 19, 2010 Conservative
8 Christian Paradis January 19, 2010May 18, 2011 Conservative
9 Joe Oliver May 18, 2011March 19, 2014 Conservative
10 Greg Rickford March 19, 2014November 4, 2015 Conservative
11 Jim Carr November 4, 2015 [9]July 17, 2018 Liberal 29 (J. Trudeau)
12 Amarjeet Sohi July 17, 2018[10]November 20, 2019 Liberal
13 Seamus O'Regan November 20, 2019[11]Incumbent Liberal

Predecessors

Prior to 1995, the responsibilities of the current Natural Resources portfolio were divided between the Ministers of Energy, Mines and Resources and of Forestry, both posts which are now defunct.[8]

With the transfer of the Canadian Forest Service from the Department of Forestry to the Department of Agriculture, the Forestry portfolio came under the Minister of Agriculture between 1984 to 1985, then back to the Minister of Environment from 1985. It became a single department in 1989 and then designated to the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources in 1990.

In 1994, the Department of Natural Resources Act, S.C. 1994, c. 41, provided for the creation of the Minister of Natural Resources, with authority to carry out matters previously undertaken by the Minister of Forests and the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources.[8]

Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources

The Minister of Energy, Mines, and Resources (French: Ministre de l'Énergie, des Mines et des Ressources) was a member of the Cabinet of Canada from 1966 to 1995.

Prior to 1966, the responsibility related to Canadian mines and natural resources resided in various ministers:

The emerging role of energy development in federal policy would become more prominent in 1966, when that responsibility was adopted by the Natural Resources portfolio,[12] whereupon the Ministry of Mines and Technical Surveys was abolished and the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Resources was established in its place by Statute 14-15 Eliz. II, c. 25—which received royal assent on 16 June 1966 and proclaimed in-force on 1 October later that year.

Three decades later, in 1995, the Energy, Mines and Resources portfolio merged with that of the Minister of Forestry to form the current Minister of Natural Resources, under the Department of Natural Resources Act, S.C. 1994, c. 41—which received royal assent on 15 December 1994.[8]

Ministers of Energy, Mines, and Resources
No. Minister Term Ministry
1. Jean-Luc Pépin October 1, 1966 – April 20, 1968 under Pearson
Jean-Luc Pépin (cont'd) April 20, 1968 – July 5, 1968 under Trudeau Sr.
2. John James Greene July 6, 1968 – January 27, 1972
3. Donald Stovel Macdonald January 28, 1972 – September 25, 1975
4. Alastair William Gillespie September 26, 1975 – June 3, 1979
5. Ramon John Hnatyshyn June 4, 1979 – March 2, 1980 under Clark
6. Marc Lalonde March 3, 1980 – September 9, 1982 under Trudeau Sr.
7. Jean Chrétien September 10, 1982 – June 29, 1984
8. Gerald A. Regan June 30, 1984 – September 16, 1984 under Turner
9. Patricia Carney September 17, 1984 – June 29, 1986 under Mulroney
10. Marcel Masse June 30, 1986 – January 29, 1989
11. Arthur Jacob Epp January 30, 1989 – January 3, 1993
12. William Hunter McKnight January 4, 1993 – June 24, 1993
13. Barbara Jane Sparrow June 25, 1993 – November 3, 1993 under Campbell
14. Anne McLellan November 4, 1993 – January 11, 1995 under Chrétien

Minister of Forestry

The Minister of Forestry was an office in the Cabinet of Canada from 1962 to 1966 and again from 1990 to 1995. Between 1966 to 1990, it was known as the Minister of Forestry and Rural Development.

Prior to 1962, the responsibility for forestry resided in various ministers:

The original Ministry of Forestry was first created in 1962 by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and lasted into the government of Lester B. Pearson.

In 1971, responsibility for Forestry along with Fisheries merged into the Minister of Environment, briefly renamed as Minister of Fisheries and the Environment from 1976–79, Minister of State (Environment) from 1977–79, then back to the Minister of Environment from 1979–84.

In 1989, the second incarnation of the Department of Forestry was established under the Department of Forestry Act (assented to 21 December 1989).[13][14] In 1995, the forestry portfolio was merged with that of the Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources to create the post of Minister of Natural Resources.

No. Minister Term Ministry
Minister of Forestry (1960–66)
1. Hugh John Flemming 1962 – 1963[15] under Diefenbaker
2. Martial Asselin 1963[16]
3. John Robert Nicholson April 22, 1963 – 1964[17] under Pearson
4. Maurice Sauvé 1964 – 1966
Minister of Forestry and Rural Development
1. Maurice Sauvé 1966 – 1968
Jean Marchand 1968 – 1969
Minister of Fisheries and Forests
1. Jack Davis 1969 – 1971 under Trudeau Sr.
Minister of Forestry (1990–95)
1. Frank Oberle, Sr. February 23, 1990 – June 24, 1993 under Brian Mulroney
2. Bobbie Sparrow June 25, 1993 – November 3, 1993 under Kim Campbell
3. Anne McLellan November 4, 1993 – January 11, 1995 under Jean Chrétien

See also

References
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