The Department of Finance is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with New Brunswick's budgetary and tax policy and headed by the finance minister.

The department, or a minister responsible for this area, has existed in one form or another since the creation of New Brunswick as a crown colony in 1784. It has been called Provincial Treasurer and Provincial Secretary-Treasurer in the past.

Ministers since the establishment of parties in 1935

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!Minister

!Term

!Administration

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|Clovis T. Richard

|July 16, 1935 – January 10, 1940

|rowspan=2|under Allison Dysart

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|rowspan=2|J. J. Hayes Doone

|January 10, 1940 – March 13, 1940

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|March 13, 1940 – August 10, 1949

|rowspan=2|under John B. McNair

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|Joseph Gaspard Boucher

|August 10, 1949 – October 8, 1952

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|Donald D. Patterson

|October 8, 1952 – July 12, 1960

|under Hugh John Flemming

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|Lestock G. Desbrisay

|July 12, 1960 – November 12, 1970

|under Louis Robichaud

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|Jean-Maurice Simard

|November 12, 1970 – November 18, 1974

|rowspan=5|under Richard Hatfield

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|A. Edison Stairs

|December 3, 1974 – December 20, 1976

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|Lawrence Garvie

|December 20, 1976 – November 1, 1977

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|Fernand G. Dubé

|February 2, 1978 – October 30, 1982

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|John B. M. Baxter, Jr.

|October 30, 1982 – October 27, 1987

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|Allan E. Maher

|October 27, 1987 – September 26, 1995

|rowspan=2|under Frank McKenna

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|rowspan=3|Edmond Blanchard

|September 26, 1995 – October 13, 1997

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|October 13, 1997 – May 14, 1998

|under Ray Frenette

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|May 14, 1998 – June 21, 1999

|under Camille Thériault

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|Norman Betts

|June 21, 1999 – October 9, 2001

|rowspan=3|under Bernard Lord

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|Peter Mesheau

|October 9, 2001 – June 27, 2003

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|Jeannot Volpé

|June 27, 2003 – October 3, 2006

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|Victor Boudreau

|October 3, 2006 – July, 2009

|rowspan=2|under Shawn Graham

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|Greg Byrne

|June 22, 2009 – October 12, 2010

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|Blaine Higgs

|October 12, 2010 — October 7, 2014

|under David Alward

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|Roger Melanson

|October 7, 2014 — June 6, 2016

|under Brian Gallant

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|Cathy Rogers

|June 6, 2016 — November 8, 2018

|under Brian Gallant

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|Ernie Steeves

|November 9, 2018 - November 2, 2024

|under Blaine Higgs

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|René Legacy

|November 2, 2024 - present

|under Susan Holt

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