Department of Energy and Mines

The Ministry of Energy and Mines 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 is Lloyd Parrott.^[1]

Energy and Mines

Agency overview
Formed	February 20, 2004 (2004-02-20)
Preceding agencies	Department of Mines and Energy Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods Department of Natural Resources Department of Industry, Energy and Technology
Jurisdiction	Newfoundland and Labrador
Headquarters	St. John's
Minister responsible	Lloyd Parrott
Website	www.gov.nl.ca/iet/

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.^[2] The department is responsible for the provinces energy, mines, forestry and agrifoods sectors.^[3] 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.^[4][5]

On August 19, 2020 the department was renamed Industry, Energy and Technology.^[6] On October 29, 2025, the department was renamed Energy and Mines.^[7]

Ministers

Key:

  Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

  Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

	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	May 1, 2025	Liberal	Andrew Furey
		Steve Crocker	May 3, 2025	October 29, 2025	Liberal	Andrew Furey John Hogan
		Lloyd Parrott	October 29, 2025		Progressive Conservative	Tony Wakeham

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