The Government House Leader for the Province of New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 is the provincial cabinet minister responsible for planning and managing the government's legislative program in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

. The position is not legally entitled to cabinet standing on its own, so all Government House Leaders must simultaneously hold another portfolio (or be specifically designated as a Minister without Portfolio

Minister without Portfolio

A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry...

).

The current Government House Leader in New Brunswick is Mike Murphy.

List of recent government house leaders

• Mike Murphy 2007-present
• Stuart Jamieson 2006-2007
• Bev Harrison
  Bev Harrison
  Beverly John "Bev" Harrison, is a former teacher and New Brunswick politician.-Early life:The son of William and Jean Harrison, Harrison received bachelor degrees in Arts and Education from the University of New Brunswick....
  
   2006
• Brad Green
  Brad Green (politician)
  Bradley V. Green, QC is a Canadian lawyer, judge and a former politician in the Province of New Brunswick....
  
   1999-2006
• Greg Byrne 1998-1999
• Doug Tyler
  Doug Tyler
  Doug Tyler is a political figure in the province of New Brunswick, Canada.Tyler was a member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from the 1987 election until his defeat in the 1999 election...
  
   1997-1998
• Ray Frenette 1987-1997
• Malcolm MacLeod
  Malcolm MacLeod (politician)
  Malcolm Noble "Mac" MacLeod was a Canadian politician. He served as a longtime member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick representing the electoral district of Albert from 1970 to his defeat in 1987 when his Progressive Conservatives lost every seat in the legislature.He was the second...
  
   xD-1987

See also

• Government House Leader
  Leader of the Government in the House of Commons (Canada)
  The Leader of the government in the House of Commons , more commonly known as the Government House Leader, is the Cabinet minister responsible for planning and managing the government's legislative program in the Canadian House of Commons...
  
   for the equivalent position in the federal House of Commons
  Canadian House of Commons
  The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
  
  
• House Leader
  House Leader
  In Canada, each political party with representation in the House of Commons has a House Leader who is a front bench Member of Parliament and an expert in parliamentary procedure...