Iain Rankin is officially the province’s new premier.
Lt.-Gov. Arthur J. LeBlanc conducted the swearing-in ceremony in Halifax Tuesday morning.
Rankin is the 29th premier of the province; his cabinet, which has 16 ministers, is a mix of new and old faces.
It includes the two other candidates he beat for the provincial Liberal leadership Feb. 6- Randy Delorey is the province’s new justice minister and the minister of labour relations, while Labi Kousoulis becomes finance minister.
Other familiar faces include Kelly Regan as deputy premier, Zach Churchill as health and wellness minister, which includes the new office of mental health and addictions, and Lloyd Hines, the former transportation minister whose portfolio becomes transportation and active transit.
Keith Irving, Ben Jessome and Brendan Maguire are new to the cabinet table.
A full list of ministers and their portfolios from Communications Nova Scotia:
-Iain Rankin, Premier, president of the Executive Council, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Regulatory Affairs and Service Effectiveness, Minister of the Department of L’Nu Affairs, formally the Office of Aboriginal Affairs, and responsible for youth, military relations and the Office of Citizen-Centered Approaches
-Kelly Regan, Deputy Premier, Minister of Community Services with responsibility for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women, Department of Seniors
-Labi Kousoulis, Minister of Finance and Treasury Board, Minister of Inclusive Economic Growth, the renamed Department of Business (also responsible for trade)
-Randy Delorey, Attorney General, Minister of Justice, Minister of Labour Relations
-Keith Irving, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Chair of Treasury and Policy Board
-Ben Jessome, Minister of the Public Service Commission
-Brendan Maguire, Minister of Municipal Affairs
-Zach Churchill, Minister of Health and Wellness (will oversee the new Office of Mental Health and Addictions)
-Chuck Porter, Minister of Lands and Forestry and Energy and Mines
-Derek Mombourquette, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
-Tony Ince, Office of Equity and Anti-Racism, Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs, Communications Nova Scotia
-Lena Metlege Diab, Minister of Immigration and Population Growth, Minister of Labour and Advanced Education, Minister of Acadian Affairs and Francophonie
-Geoff MacLellan, Minister of Department of Infrastructure and Housing
-Lloyd Hines, Minister of Department of Transportation and Active Transit
-Keith Colwell, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture
-Patricia Arab, Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services
-Suzanne Lohnes-Croft, Minister of Communities, Culture and Heritage, Minister of Gaelic Affairs, responsibility for the Voluntary Sector
