Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
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| Minister of Natural Resources of Canada | |
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| Department of Natural Resources | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | |
| Appointer | Governor General of Canada |
| Term length | At Her Majesty's pleasure |
| Inaugural holder | Anne McLellan |
| Formation | 12 January 1995 |
| Salary | $255,300 (2017)[1] |
| 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 July 18, 2018, the Minister of Natural Resources is Amarjeet Sohi.[2]
Ministers
Key:
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | |
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| 1 | 
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Anne McLellan | January 12, 1995 | June 10, 1997 | Liberal | 26 (Chrétien) |
| 2 | 
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Ralph Goodale | June 11, 1997 | January 14, 2002 | Liberal | |
| 3 | 
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Herb Dhaliwal | January 15, 2002 | December 11, 2003 | Liberal | |
| 4 |
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John Efford | December 12, 2003 | September 25, 2005 | Liberal | 27 (Martin) |
| 5 |
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John McCallum | September 26, 2005 | February 3, 2006 | Liberal | |
| 6 | 
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Gary Lunn | January 6, 2006 | October 29, 2008 | Conservative | 28 (Harper) |
| 7 | _(cropped)2.jpg)
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Lisa Raitt | October 30, 2008 | January 19, 2010 | Conservative | |
| 8 |
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Christian Paradis | January 19, 2010 | May 18, 2011 | Conservative | |
| 9 | 
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Joe Oliver | May 18, 2011 | March 19, 2014 | Conservative | |
| 10 |
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Greg Rickford | March 19, 2014 | November 4, 2015 | Conservative | |
| 11 | 
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Jim Carr | November 4, 2015 [3] | July 17, 2018 | Liberal | 29 (J. Trudeau) |
| 12 | 
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Amarjeet Sohi | July 17, 2018[4] | Present | Liberal | |
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.
References
- ^ "Indemnities, Salaries and Allowances". Parliament of Canada.
- ^ Parliament of Canada. "Our Minister".
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ Parliament of Canada. "Ministry of Canada" (PDF).
- ^ Parliament of Canada. "Ministry of Canada" (PDF).
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