Department of Industry, Energy and Technology explained

Agency Name:	Industry, Energy and Technology
Preceding1:	Department of Mines and Energy
Preceding2:	Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods
Preceding3:	Department of Natural Resources
Jurisdiction:	Newfoundland and Labrador
Headquarters:	St. John's
Minister1 Name:	Andrew Parsons
Website:	www.nr.gov.nl.ca

The Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology is a government department in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The department is headed by a member of the provincial cabinet, typically a Member of the House of Assembly, who is chosen by the premier and formally appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. The current Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology is Andrew Parsons.

The department was formerly known as the Department of Mines and Energy, however its name was changed in 2004, to Natural Resources under the government of Danny Williams.^[1] The department is responsible for the provinces energy, mines, forestry and agrifoods sectors.^[2] Due to the significance of Newfoundland and Labrador's natural resources sector the Minister of Natural Resources is considered to be one of the most high-profile positions in the Provincial Cabinet.^{[3] [4]}

On August 19, 2020 the department was renamed Industry, Energy and Technology.^[5]

Ministers

Key:

	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Political party	Premier		Rex Gibbons	March 14, 1996	April 29, 1997	Liberal	Brian Tobin		Chuck Furey	July 4, 1997	December 15, 1998	Liberal	Brian Tobin		Roger Grimes	December 15, 1998	February 13, 2001	Liberal	Brian Tobin		Paul Dicks	January 13, 2000	February 13, 2001	Liberal	Brian Tobin		Lloyd Matthews	February 13, 2001	February 17, 2003	Liberal	Roger Grimes		Walter Noel	February 17, 2003	November 6, 2003	Liberal	Roger Grimes		Ed Byrne	November 6, 2003	July 5, 2006	Progressive Conservative	Danny Williams		Kathy Dunderdale	July 5, 2006	December 6, 2010	Progressive Conservative	Danny Williams		Shawn Skinner	December 6, 2010	October 28, 2011	Progressive Conservative	Kathy Dunderdale		Jerome Kennedy	October 28, 2011	January 16, 2013	Progressive Conservative	Kathy Dunderdale		Tom Marshall	January 16, 2013	October 9, 2013	Progressive Conservative	Kathy Dunderdale		Derrick Dalley	October 9, 2013	December 14, 2015	Progressive Conservative	Kathy Dunderdale Tom Marshall Paul Davis		Siobhán Coady	December 14, 2015	August 19, 2020	Liberal	Dwight Ball		Andrew Parsons	August 19, 2020	present	Liberal	Andrew Furey

See also

• Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Newfoundland Ranger Force, a former law enforcement agency while the Dominion of Newfoundland's Department of Natural Resources

External links

• Industry, Energy and Technology website

Notes and References

1. News: Premier announces departmental restructuring. 6 December 2011. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 20 February 2004.
2. Web site: About the Department. Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 6 December 2011.
3. News: McLeod. James. Lots to think about in Natural Resources. 6 December 2011. The Telegram. 2 November 2011. https://archive.today/20130204063113/http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-11-02/article-2793905/Births-1847. 4 February 2013. dead.
4. News: Dunderdale unveils leaner cabinet. 6 December 2011. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 October 2011.
5. Web site: Newfoundland and Labrador's new premier doesn't clear the deck, but he certainly shuffled it SaltWire.