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John Baird
A look at Stephen Harper’s new cabinet sworn in on Wednesday
Takes over the foreign
Tony Clement Julian Fantino
President of the Treasury Board Gets a major promotion, becoming
affairs portfolio from and Minister for the Federal Economic Associate Minister of Defence, working
the defeated Lawrence Development Initiative for Northern alongside Defence Minister Peter
The switches

Cannon. (Ottawa Ontario. (Parry Sound-Muskoka, Ont.) MacKay, who stays put. (Vaughan, Ont.)
West-Nepean, Ont.)

Peter Van Loan Denis Lebel Christian Paradis Keith Ashfield Gail Shea
Bumped back Minister of Transport, Infra- Minister of Industry Switches jobs with Minister of
into his old role structure and Communities and (and minister of fellow Maritimer National Revenue,
Minister of the Economic state for agriculture). Gail Shea, getting after switching
as house leader. Development Agency of Canada
(York-Simcoe, (Megantic–L'Erable, the Fisheries post. with Ashfield.
for the Regions of Quebec. (Egmont, P.E.I.)
Ont.) Que.) (Fredericton, N.B.)
(Roberval–Lac-Saint-Jean, Que.)

Joe Oliver Alice Wong Peter Penashue

Rookie MP from Toronto who gets to serve as Now the Minister of
knocked off Liberal Joe Volpe Minister of State Intergovernmental
gets the job of Minister of for Seniors. Affairs.
Natural Resources. (Richmond, B.C.) (Labrador, N.L.)
(Eglinton-Lawrence, Ont.)
The newbies

Edward Fast Steven Blaney Tim Uppal Bal Gosal

In a surprise Takes over Becomes Minister Steps into
move, Fast the Veterans of State for Democratic the role as
becomes an Affairs portfolio Reform, pushing Manitoban Minister of
international from Jean-Pierre Steven Fletcher to Minister State (Sport).
trade minister. Blackburn. (Levis- of State for Transport. (Bramalea,
(Abbotsford, Bellechasse, Que.) (Edmonton-Sherwood Ont.)
B.C.) Park, Alta.)
Returning

Bernard Valcourt Maxime Bernier

Minister of State (Atlantic Returns to cabinet as
Canada Opportunities Agency) Minsiter of State for Small
(La Francophonie). Business and Tourism.
(Madawaska–Restigouche,N.B.) (Beauce, Que.)

Robert Douglas Nicholson Beverley J. Oda Leona Aglukkaq Diane Ablonczy

Previous
1867
Minister of Justice and Minister of International Minister of Health and Minister of State of Foreign 1874
Attorney General of Canada Cooperation Minister of the Canadian Affairs (Americas and 1879
(Niagara Falls, Ont.)
Marjory LeBreton
(Durham, Ont.)
James Michael Flaherty
Northern Economic
Development Agency
(Nunavut)
Consular Affairs)
(Calgary-Nose Hill, Alta.)
1896
1912 Cabinet
sizes
Leader of the Government Minister of Finance Lynne Yelich Minister of 1918
in the Senate (Ont.) (Whitby-Oshawa, Ont.) Peter Kent State (Western Economic 1921
Peter Gordon MacKay Jason Kenney Minister of the Diversification) 1922
Minister of National Defence Minister of Citizenship, Environment (Blackstrap, Sask.)
(Thornhill, Ont.) 1927
(Central Nova, N.S.) Immigration and Steven John Fletcher
The rest of ’em

1930
Vic Toews Multiculturalism Lisa Raitt Minister of State (Transport) 1935
Minister of Public Safety (Calgary Southeast, Alta.) Minister of Labour (Charleswood-St. James- 1948
(Provencher, Man.) Gerry Ritz (Halton, Ont.) Assiniboia, Man.)
1957
Rona Ambrose Minister of Agriculture and John Duncan Gary Goodyear 1964
Minister of Public Works and Agri-Food and Minister for Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Minister of State (Science 1969
Government Services and the Canadian Wheat Board and Northern Development and Technology) (Federal
(Battlefords-Lloydminster, (Vancouver Island North, B.C.) Economic Development 1979
Minister for Status of Women 1980
(Edmonton-Spruce Grove, Alta.) Sask.) Gordon O’Connor Agency for Southern
Ontario) (Cambridge, Ont.) 1985
Diane Finley James Moore Minister of State and 1994
Minister of Human Minister of Canadian Chief Government Whip Ted Menzies
Heritage and Official (Carleton-Mississippi Minister of State (Finance) 2004
Resources and Skills 2008
Development Languages Mills, Ont.) (Macleod, Ont.)
(Port Moody-Westwood- 2011
(Haldimand-Norfolk, Ont.)
Port Coquitlam B.C.)
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