Clark Cabinet Sworn into Office Monday

B.C. Premier Christy Clark unveiled her 19 cabinet ministers this afternoon in front of a crowd of hundreds of supporters at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
The appointments were:
Deputy Premier and Minister for Natural Gas Development, and Minister Responsible for Housing Rich Coleman. Finance Minister and House Leader Mike de Jong. Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Minister Steve Thomson. Health Minister Terry Lake. Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister John Rustad. Education Minister Peter Fassbender. Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk. Transportation and Infrastructure Minister and Deputy House Leader Todd Stone. Social Development and Social Innovation Minister Don McRae. Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services Minister Andrew Wilkinson. Children and Family Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux. Energy and Mines Minister and Minister Responsible for Core Review Bill Bennett. Community Sport and Cultural Development Minister Coralee Oakes. International Trade and Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism Minister Teresa Wat. Justice Minister and Attorney General Suzanne Anton. Jobs, Tourism, and Skills Training Minister and Minister Responsible for Labour Shirley Bond. Environment Minister Mary Polak. Agriculture Minister Pat Pimm. Small Business and Tourism Minister Naomi Yamamoto.
Nine former Liberal cabinet members, seven newcomers and two from the back benchers in the previous legislature.
Rich Coleman will lead the development of the province’s liquefied natural gas industry as the first-ever minister in the new portfolio.
“Rich has been our point man for developing a liquefied natural gas industry in British Columbia and this is a crucial opportunity for us and it needs a man of Rich’s talents, someone who can work with his colleagues all across government,” Clark said.
The previous cabinet had 18 ministers, not including the premier,  the new cabinet has 19.
The new ministers will officially be sworn in on Monday at Government House by Her Honour, Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon.
Clark, who lost her own Vancouver-Point Grey seat in the election, announced earlier this week that she will be seeking a new seat in an upcoming byelection in Westside-Kelowna.

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