Pallister’s freshened cabinet: Who’s moving, who’s staying put

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Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister has announced a minor cabinet shuffle which makes Indigenous and Northern Relations a stand-alone department.

Indigenous Relations was previously lumped in with Municipal Affairs.

Gimli MLA Jeff Wharton is the new minister of Municipal Relations, while his predecessor Eileen Clarke is now solely responsible for Indigenous Relations.

 

Changing roles

Eileen Clarke, Minister of Indigenous and northern relations

Clarke is the MLA for Agassiz. She was elected in 2016. She was previously the minister of Indigenous and municipal relations.

Ron Schuler, minister of infrastructure

Schuler is the MLA for St. Paul, where he was first elected in 1999. He was previously the minister of Crown services.

Cliff Cullen, minister of crown services, government house leader

Cullen is the MLA for Turtle Mountain, where he was first elected in 2004. He was previously the minister of growth, enterprise and trade.

Blaine Pederson, minister of growth enterprise and trade

Pederson is the MLA for Midland, where he was first elected in 2007. He was previously the minister of infrastructure.

Cathy Cox, minister of sports, culture and heritage

Cox is the MLA for River East. She was elected in 2016. She was previously the minister of sustainable development.

Rochelle Squires, minister of sustainable development

Squires is the MLA for Riel. She was elected in 2016. She was previously the minister of pport, culture and heritage. She keeps responsibility for women and Francophones.

 

Staying put

Heather Stefanson, minister of justice and attorney general

Stefanson is the MLA for Tuxedo, where she was first elected in 2000.

Cameron Friesen, minister of finance

Friesen is the MLA for Morden-Winkler, where he was first elected in 2011.

Kelvin Goertzen, minister of health, eniors and active living

Goertzen is the MLA for Steinbach, where he was first elected in 2003.

Ian Wishart, minister of education and training

Wishart is the MLA for Portage la Prairie, where he was first elected in 2011.

Scott Fielding, minister of families

Fielding is the MLA for Kirkfield Park. He was elected in 2016.

Ralph Eichler, minister of agriculture

Eichler is the MLA for Lakeside, where he was first elected in 2003.

 

A new face in cabinet

MLA Jeff Wharton, municipal affairs minister

Wharton, elected in Pallister’s sweep in 2016 in Gimli, is the only new face in cabinet.

 

— With files from the Canadian Press