New Brunswick’s next premier is a fiscal hawk and former Irving Oil executive

Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs was hired by Irving Oil a week after he graduated from the University of New Brunswick. His resume includes 33 years as a senior executive working for one of Canada’s richest families: the Irving clan.

The company is one of New Brunswick’s largest employers, with interests in forestry, pulp and paper, transportation, oil refining and distribution, retail, media outlets and shipbuilding. Canadian Business magazine says the privately owned empire was thought to be worth $7.8 billion, making the Irving family the eighth richest in Canada.

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The following is a list of divisions of J.D. Irving Ltd.

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Irving Forest Products & Services

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Irving Pulp & Paper Ltd.
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Irving Paper Ltd.
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Irving Tissue Co. Ltd.
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Lake Utopia Paper
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Irving Sawmill Division
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Irving Woodlands Division
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Irving Transportation Services

New Brunswick Railway Co. Ltd.

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Midland Transport
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Midland Courier
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RST Industries
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Sunbury Transport
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Atlantic Towing
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Kent Line
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JDI Logistics
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Harbour Development
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Irving Shipbuilding & Fabrication Services

Irving Retail & Distribution Services

Irving Consumer Products

Irving Tissue (Royale, Majesta, Scotties, private labels)

Irving Personal Care (diapers, training pants)

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Cavendish Produce (fresh vegetables)
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Cavendish Farms (frozen potato processing)

Industrial Equipment & Construction

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Irving Wallboard
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Gulf Operators
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Irving Equipment (crane rental, heavy lifting, specialized transportation, pile driving and project management services)

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CFM
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Specialty Printing

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Plasticraft
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Personnel Services

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Protrans Personnel Services Inc.
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Security Services

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Industrial Security Limited
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Professional Sports

Telegraph-Journal (Saint John NTimes & Transcript (Moncton NB)

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The Daily Gleaner (Fredericton NB)
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The Tribune (Campbellton NB
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La Voix du Restigouche (Campbellton NB)
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The Bugle-Observer (Woodstock NB)
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Le Journal Madawaska (Edmundston NB)
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L'Étoile (various editions)

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Édition provinciale
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Édition La Cataracte (Grand Falls NB)
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Édition Chaleur (Bathurst NB)
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Édition Dieppe (Dieppe NB)
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Édition Kent (Bouctouche NB)
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Édition Péninsule (Shippagan NB)
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Édition République (Edmundston NB)
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Édition Restigouche (Campbellton NB)
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Édition Shédiac (Shediac NB)
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Kings County Record (Sussex NB)
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Miramichi Leader (Miramichi NB)
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The Northern Light (Bathurst NB)
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Here (Saint John NB, Moncton NB, Fredericton NB)

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Money Saver (St. Stephen NB)
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James C Irving is also Chair of the Board of Governors of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery