Minister of Natural Resources (Canada)

Minister of Natural Resources (Canada)
Minister of Natural Resources
Ministry
Federal
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Incumbent
Joe Oliver
PC, MP

Style The Honourable
Appointed by Michaëlle Jean
as Governor General of Canada
First Anne McLellan
Formation 12 January 1995
Term length At Her Majesty's pleasure

Website www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
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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. As of January 19, 2010, the Minister of Natural Resources is Joe Oliver.

Ministers

Key:

No. Name Term of office Political party Ministry
1 Anne McLellan January 12, 1995 June 10, 1997 Liberal 26 (Chrétien)
2 Ralph Goodale June 11, 1997 January 14, 2002 Liberal
3 Herb Dhaliwal January 15, 2002 December 11, 2003 Liberal
4 John Efford December 12, 2003 September 25, 2005 Liberal 27 (Martin)
5 John McCallum September 26, 2005 February 3, 2006 Liberal
6 Gary Lunn January 6, 2006 October 29, 2008 Conservative 28 (Harper)
7 Lisa Raitt October 30, 2008 January 19, 2010 Conservative
8 Christian Paradis January 19, 2010 May 18, 2011 Conservative
9 Joe Oliver May 18, 2011 Incumbent Conservative

Prior to 1995, the responsibilities of the current Natural Resources portfolio were divided between the now-defunct posts of Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources and Minister of Forestry.



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