The department was established on February 14, 2006 when PremierBernard Lord restructured government under the name Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs. It was created out of necessity as Lord wanted to appoint Brad Green, the only lawyer in his caucus, as Minister of Health. In order to facilitate this the Office of the Attorney General, which Green continued to occupy as Health Minister, was severed from the Department of Justice which was in turn renamed the Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs.
On October 3, 2006, new Premier Shawn Graham named T. J. Burke as both Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs, however in legislation to realign government departments passed on March 2, 2007 the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs remained separate entities.
On March 15, 2012 it was merged back together with the Office of Attorney General to form the Department of Justice and Attorney General. However, it was again created in September 2013 when non-lawyer Troy Lifford was appointed minister of justice. In 2016, its separation from the functions of the Office of the Attorney General were further confirmed when it was merged into a new Department of Justice and Public Safety.
* Burke, Murphy and Blais each served jointly as Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs and Attorney General of New Brunswick, while Lamrock served as Attorney General when serving as acting Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs. † Blais continued as Minister of Justice and Attorney General.
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^"Premier announces changes to cabinet". 22 June 2009.
^"Minister steps down; changes made to cabinet". 4 January 2010.
^"Acting minister of justice and consumer affairs appointed". 11 February 2010.
^"New ministerial role, appointments and changes to cabinet announced". 10 May 2010.
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department, justice, consumer, affairs, department, justice, part, government, brunswick, charged, with, protection, public, interest, such, oversees, insurance, industry, financial, institutions, pensions, rental, housing, department, established, february, 2. The Department of Justice is a part of the Government of New Brunswick It is charged with the protection of the public interest and as such oversees the insurance industry financial institutions pensions and rental housing The department was established on February 14 2006 when Premier Bernard Lord restructured government under the name Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs It was created out of necessity as Lord wanted to appoint Brad Green the only lawyer in his caucus as Minister of Health In order to facilitate this the Office of the Attorney General which Green continued to occupy as Health Minister was severed from the Department of Justice which was in turn renamed the Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs On October 3 2006 new Premier Shawn Graham named T J Burke as both Attorney General and Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs however in legislation to realign government departments passed on March 2 2007 the Office of the Attorney General and the Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs remained separate entities On March 15 2012 it was merged back together with the Office of Attorney General to form the Department of Justice and Attorney General However it was again created in September 2013 when non lawyer Troy Lifford was appointed minister of justice In 2016 its separation from the functions of the Office of the Attorney General were further confirmed when it was merged into a new Department of Justice and Public Safety Ministers edit Minister Term Administration1 Bruce Fitch February 14 2006 October 3 2006 under Bernard Lord2 T J Burke October 3 2006 June 22 2009 1 under Shawn Graham3 Mike Murphy June 22 2009 January 4 2010 2 4 Bernard LeBlanc January 4 2010 February 11 2010 3 Kelly Lamrock acting February 11 2010 May 10 2010 4 Bernard LeBlanc second time May 10 2010 October 12 20105 Marie Claude Blais October 12 2010 March 15 2012 under David Alward6 Troy Lifford September 23 2013 October 7 20147 Stephen Horsman October 7 2014 June 6 2016 Burke Murphy and Blais each served jointly as Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs and Attorney General of New Brunswick while Lamrock served as Attorney General when serving as acting Minister of Justice and Consumer Affairs Blais continued as Minister of Justice and Attorney General External links editDepartment of JusticeReferences edit Premier announces changes to cabinet 22 June 2009 Minister steps down changes made to cabinet 4 January 2010 Acting minister of justice and consumer affairs appointed 11 February 2010 New ministerial role appointments and changes to cabinet announced 10 May 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Department of Justice and Consumer Affairs amp oldid 1135233671, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
