The president and CEO of NB Power is once again the highest-paid civil servant in New Brunswick.
Keith Cronkhite earned between $400,000 and $424,999 in 2020, according to the unaudited list of employee salaries recently released by the province.
Making between $325,000 and $349,000 was NB Power vice-president Darren Murphy and former Vitalité Health president and CEO Gilles Lanteigne.
Four other NB Power employees earned between $300,000 and $324,999: Lori Clark, Mark Power, Robert Stears, and James Christopher Wilson.
Also in that salary bracket is Dr. Jennifer Russell, the province’s chief medical officer of health, current Vitalité president and CEO France Desrosiers, and former Horizon Health president and CEO Karen McGrath.
Patrick Parent, the former president and CEO of NB Liquor, is one of 11 employees who earned between $275,000 and $299,999. Also in that salary bracket is Judge Jolène Richard, the former chief judge of the provincial court.
A total of 30 current and former provincial court judges earned between $250,000 and $274,999, along with former NB Power president and CEO Gaëtan Thomas, who retired in May 2020.
Among those who earned between $200,000 and $224,999 were former deputy minister Cheryl Hansen — who is now the province’s top civil servant — and former deputy minister Kelly Cain.
More than 3,300 employees earned more than $100,000 in 2020, including nearly 150 who received more than $200,000.
The full list can be found here on the Government of New Brunswick’s website.
