Ross Wetmore | |
Office1: | Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries |
Term Start1: | November 9, 2018 |
Term End1: | September 29, 2020 |
Premier1: | Blaine Higgs |
Predecessor1: | Andrew Harvey (Agriculture, Mines, and Rural Affairs) BenoƮt Bourque (Aquaculture and Fisheries) |
Successor1: | Margaret Johnson |
Office3: | Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Gagetown-Petitcodiac |
Term Start3: | September 27, 2010 |
Term End3: | September 19, 2024 |
Predecessor3: | Eugene McGinley |
Birth Date: | 1953 4, mf=yes |
Birth Place: | Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Frederick Ross Wetmore (born April 3, 1953) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Gagetown-Petitcodiac (formerly Grand Lake-Gagetown) as a member of the Progressive Conservatives until 2024.[1] From 2018 to 2020 he was Minister of Agriculture, Aquaculture, and Fisheries in the Higgs government.
Wetmore was born in Campbellton, New Brunswick. In 1979, he started a meat cutting business in Burton, and eventually expanded to a very successful grocery store in Gagetown.
Wetmore was named to the Select Committee on Cannabis, pursuant to Motion 31 of the 3rd session of the 58th New Brunswick Legislature.[2]
Wetmore was re-elected in the 2014, 2018, and 2020 provincial elections. He did not stand in the 2024 provincial election.
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