Department of Justice and Public Safety (New Brunswick)

The Department of Justice and Public Safety in the Canadian province of New Brunswick was formed when Premier Brian Gallant restructured government departments in 2016. It was a merger of all of the former Department of Public Safety with most of the former Department of Justice with the exception of the responsibilities for financial consumer services which transferred from Justice to the Department of Finance. Public Safety had been created in an earlier restructuring project by the Bernard Lord government on March 23, 2000. Largely created from the former Department of the Solicitor General, it also took on responsibilities for road safety and driver's licenses from the Department of Transportation, liquor and lottery regulation from the Department of Finance and safety code monitoring from the Department of Municipalities.Government of New Brunswick, News Release

The department is headed by a Minister of Justice and Public Safety who also continues to hold the title of Solicitor General of New Brunswick (French: Ministre de la Sécurité Publique et Solliciteur Général).

It runs the Office of the Provincial Security Adviser and the New Brunswick Emergency Management Organization.

Ministers

MinisterTermAdministrationSolicitor GeneralConrad LandryOctober 27, 1987 – October 9, 1991under Frank McKennaBruce SmithOctober 9, 1991 – April 2, 1994Jane BarryApril 27, 1994 – October 14, 1997October 14, 1997 – May 14, 1998under Ray FrenetteJames E. LockyerMay 14, 1998 – June 21, 1999under Camille ThériaultPercy MocklerJune 21, 1999 – March 23, 2000under Bernard LordMinister of Public Safety and Solicitor GeneralMilt SherwoodMarch 23, 2000 – October 9, 2001under Bernard LordMargaret-Ann BlaneyOctober 9, 2001 – June 27, 2003Wayne SteevesJune 27, 2003 – October 3, 2006John ForanOctober 3, 2006 - October 12, 2010under Shawn GrahamRobert TrevorsOctober 12, 2010 - September 23, 2013under David AlwardBruce NorthrupSeptember 23, 2013 – October 7, 2014Stephen HorsmanOctober 7, 2014 - June 6, 2016under Brian GallantMinister of Justice and Public SafetyDenis LandryJune 6, 2016 - November 9, 2018under Brian GallantMinister of Public SafetyCarl UrquhartNovember 9, 2018 - September 29, 2022under Blaine HiggsTed FlemmingSeptember 29, 2020 - February 23, 2022Bill HoganFebruary 23, 2022 - October 13, 2022Kris AustinOctober 13, 2022 - November 2, 2024Robert GauvinNovember 2, 2024 - presentunder Susan Holt

References

External links Department of Public Safety