The Department of Agriculture was a department in the Government of New Brunswick, Canada. It was responsible for management of the Province's Agriculture industries. The member of the Executive Council responsible for the department was initially called the Commissioner of Agriculture. The department would become known as the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the late 1990s.
From 1882, the Department of Agriculture was also responsible for fisheries until 1963 when the government of Premier Louis Robichaud created a separate Department of Fisheries. This department would be renamed the Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture which in 2000 was merged with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to become the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture. This department lasted until October 3, 2006, when Premier Shawn Graham split the departments into the Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture and reestablished the separate Department of Fisheries.
| Minister | Term | Administration of: | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | George J. Colter | May 5, 1882 - February 26, 1883 | Daniel Lionel Hanington | |
| 2. | William Elder | 1883 - 1883 | Andrew George Blair | |
| 3. | James Mitchell | February, 1890–1897 | Andrew George Blair | |
| 4. | Charles H. LaBillois | July 1897 - 1900 | Henry Emmerson | |
| 5. | Lauchlin P. Farris | September 1, 1900 - March 20, 1908 | Tweedie/ Pugsley/Robinson | |
| 6. | David V. Landry | 1908–1914 | J. D. Hazen/J. K. Flemming | |
| 7. | James A. Murray | January 22, 1914 – 1917 | George J. Clarke | |
| 8. | J. F. Tweedale | April 4, 1917 - December 21, 1920 | Walter Foster | |
| 9. | D. W. Mersereau | December 21, 1920 - September 20, 1925 | Foster/Veniot | |
| 10. | Lewis Smith | September 20, 1925 - 12 July 1935 | Baxter/Richards/Tilley | |
| 11. | Austin C. Taylor | July 16, 1935 - October 8, 1952 | A. Dysart/J. B. McNair | |
| 12. | Cyril B. Sherwood | October 8, 1952 - July 12, 1960 | Hugh John Flemming | |
| 13. | J. Adrien Levesque | July 12, 1960 - November 12, 1970 | Louis Robichaud | |
| 14. | A. Edison Stairs | November 12, 1970 - July 18, 1972 | Richard Hatfield | |
| 15. | J. Stewart Brooks | July 18, 1972 - February 21, 1973 | Richard Hatfield | |
| 16. | George E. Horton | February 21, 1973 - December 3, 1974 | Richard Hatfield | |
| 17. | Malcolm MacLeod | December 3, 1974 - February 13, 1985 | Richard Hatfield | |
| 18. | Hazen Myers | October 3, 1985 - October 27, 1987 | Richard Hatfield | |
| 19. | Alan R. Graham | October 27, 1987 - October 9, 1991 | Frank McKenna | |
| 20. | Gérald Clavette | October 9, 1991 - April 25, 1994 | Frank McKenna | |
| 21. | Doug Tyler | April 28, 1994 - May 14, 1998 | Ray Frenette | |
| 22. | Stuart Jamieson | May 14, 1998 - June 21, 1999 | Camille Thériault | |
| 23. | Milton Sherwood | June 21, 1999 - March 23, 2000 | Bernard Lord |