Premier names new cabinet heading into election
Last Updated: Monday, June 23, 2008 | 6:17 PM PT
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British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, left, welcomes five new ministers following a cabinet shuffle at Government House in Victoria, B.C. Monday. The Canadian Press Premier Gordon Campbell shuffled his Liberal cabinet Monday in preparation for an election less than a year away.
Mary Polak, Minister of Healthy Living and Sport. (Legislative Assembly of British Columbia) The changes are designed to realign the provincial cabinet to provide more integrated services across the B.C. government, Campbell stated in a press release.
The changes include five new ministers and new portfolios for seven current ministers.
New ministers appointed on Monday:
- Joan McIntyre, minister for intergovernmental relations
- Blair Lekstrom, minister of community development
- Mary Polak, minister of healthy living and sport
- Iain Black, minister of labour and citizens' services
- Bill Bennett, minister of tourism, culture and the arts
Ministers with new portfolios:
Colin Hansen, Finance Minister and Minister Responsible for the Olympics. (Legislative Assembly of British Columbia) - Stan Hagen, minister of agriculture and lands
- Gordon Hogg, minister of state for mining
- Colin Hansen, minister of finance and minister responsible for the Olympics
- Pat Bell, minister of forests and range
- Rich Coleman, minister of housing and social development
- Kevin Krueger, minister of small business and revenue and minister responsible for deregulation
- Ida Chong, minister of technology, trade and economic development and minister responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative
The remaining cabinet ministers will retain their existing portfolios, including Attorney General Wally Oppal, Health Services Minister George Abbott and Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Kevin Falcon.
Four outgoing cabinet members previously announced they would not seek re-election next May, including finance minister Carole Taylor, labour minister Olga Illich, employment minister Claude Richmond and revenue minister Rick Thorpe.
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