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Nickname | Cabinet of British Columbia |
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Formation | July 20, 1871 |
Membership | |
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Represented by | Janet Austin, lieutenant governor |
Chair | David Eby, premier |
Staff | Government of British Columbia |
Website | www2 |
The Executive Council of British Columbia (the Cabinet) is the Cabinet of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Almost always composed of members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, the Cabinet is similar in structure and role as the federal Cabinet of Canada is to the Canadian House of Commons.
Executive power is vested in the Crown; the lieutenant governor of British Columbia, as representative of the Crown, exercises executive power on behalf of the Cabinet, acting as the lieutenant governor in Council. Members of the Cabinet are selected by the premier of British Columbia, who chairs the Cabinet.
Prior to their union in 1866, the Executive Councils of the separate crown colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island were largely appointed by the governor and included military and judicial officials, their role that of the governor's cabinet, similar to the present except that the governor took part in cabinet meetings and political decisions, whereas the modern-day lieutenant governor does not. The colonial Legislative Assemblies were subordinate to the governor and the Council and served more as a sounding-board than a legislative body.
The current Cabinet consists of members of the Legislative Assembly representing the province's governing party, the British Columbia New Democratic Party. David Eby was sworn in as premier of British Columbia by Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin on November 18, 2022. [1] His initial cabinet was sworn in on December 7, 2022. [2]
Lieutenant governor | Viceregent since | |
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Janet Austin | 2018 | |
Portfolio | Minister | Minister since |
Premier of British Columbia | David Eby | 2022 |
Attorney General of British Columbia | Niki Sharma | 2022 |
Minister of Agriculture and Food | Pam Alexis | 2022 |
Minister of State for Child Care | Mitzi Dean | 2024 |
Minister of Children and Family Development | Grace Lore | 2024 |
Minister of Citizens' Services | George Chow | 2024 |
Minister of Education and Child Care | Rachna Singh | 2022 |
Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation | Josie Osborne | 2022 |
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy (including TransLink) | George Heyman | 2017 |
Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness | Bowinn Ma | 2022 |
Minister of Finance | Katrine Conroy | 2022 |
Minister of Forests | Bruce Ralston | 2022 |
Minister of Health (and Francophone Affairs) | Adrian Dix | 2017 |
Minister of Housing | Ravi Kahlon | 2022 |
Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation | Murray Rankin | 2020 |
Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation | Brenda Bailey | 2022 |
Minister of State for Trade | Jagrup Brar | 2022 |
Minister of Labour | Harry Bains | 2017 |
Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship | Nathan Cullen | 2022 |
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions | Jennifer Whiteside | 2022 |
Minister of Municipal Affairs | Anne Kang | 2022 |
Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills | Lisa Beare [3] | 2024 |
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Deputy Premier | Mike Farnworth | 2017 |
Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction | Sheila Malcolmson | 2022 |
Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport | Lana Popham | 2022 |
Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure | Rob Fleming | 2020 |
Minister of State for Transportation and Infrastructure | Dan Coulter | 2022 |
Minister of State, Forestry | Andrew Mercier | 2024 |
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. The party espouses social democracy and sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. The NDP is one of the two major parties in British Columbia (BC); since the 1990s, its rival is the centre-right BC United. The BC NDP is formally affiliated with the federal New Democratic Party and serves as its provincial branch.
The Canadian order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the governing institutions of Canada. It has no legal standing, but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol.
The premier of British Columbia is the first minister and head of government for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s, the title prime minister of British Columbia was often used. The word premier is derived from the French word of the same spelling, meaning "first"; and ultimately from the Latin word primarius, meaning "primary".
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the deliberative assembly of the Parliament of British Columbia, in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The other component of Parliament is the lieutenant governor of British Columbia. The assembly has 87 elected members and meets in Victoria. Members are elected from provincial ridings and are referred to as members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor in the name of the King of Canada.
The lieutenant governor of British Columbia is the representative of the monarch in the province of British Columbia, Canada. The office of lieutenant governor is an office of the Crown and serves as a representative of the monarchy in the province, rather than the governor general of Canada. The office was created in 1871 when the Colony of British Columbia joined Confederation. Since then the lieutenant governor has been the representative of the monarchy in British Columbia. Previously, between 1858 and 1863 under colonial administration the title of lieutenant governor of British Columbia was given to Richard Clement Moody as commander of the Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment. This position coexisted with the office of governor of British Columbia served by James Douglas during that time.
The Politics of British Columbia involve not only the governance of British Columbia, Canada, and the various political factions that have held or vied for legislative power, but also a number of experiments or attempts at political and electoral reform.
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