Ethnically diverse and with a 50/50 male to female ratio, Trudeau’s cabinet is truly the first of its kind.
NAVDEEP SINGH BAINS
Missisauga-Malton, Ontario
Innovation, Science and Economic Development
Background:
Mr.Bains is a former accountant for Ford Motors and a former professor as Ryerson’s Management school. He represented a Mississauga riding from 2004-2011 and was elected again in 2015.
CAROLYN BENNETT
St. Paul’s, Ontario
Indigenous and Northern Affairs
Background:
Ms.Bennett has been an MP since 1997. She is a former physician as a minister of Public Health under PM Paul Martin.
MARIE-CLAUDE BIBEAU
Compton-Stanstead, Quebec
International development and La Francophonie
Background:
Ms.Bibeau was an officer for the Canadian International Development Agency stationed in Morocco and then Benin.She later became the executive director of the Sherbrooke Museum of Nature and Science.
SCOTT BRISON
Kings-Hants, Nova Scotia
Treasury Board president
Background:
Mr. Brison has been an MP in Novia Scotia since 1997. He originally represented the Progressive Conservartives in King-Hants and ran for party leadership before the merger with the Canadian alliance. He later joined the Liberal party. He was also PM Paul Martin’s Minister of Public Works.
JIM CARR
Winnipeg-South Centre, Manitoba
Natural resources
Background:
Mr. Carr is a Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra trustee, journalist and member of the Manitoba Legislative Assembly. He served as the deputy leader and critic of several portfolios for the Liberal party. He founded the Business Council of Manitoba in 1997 and served as CEO until 2014. He’s worked with business leaders on issues including energy, northern development and aboriginal affairs.
BARDISH CHAGGER
Waterloo, Ontario
Small Business and Tourism
Background:
Ms. Chagger is the daughter of Indian immigrants who settled in the Waterloo region in the 1970s. She served as executive assistant to former MP Andrew Telegdi from 2004 to 2008 and has helped at the Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre, which helps Canadian immigrants settle into their new communities.
STÉPHANE DION
Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Foreign affairs
Background:
Mr. Dion is a former political science professor and author who entered federal politics in 1996. He served as Jean Chrétien’s intergovernmental affairs minister and Paul Martin’s environment minister. He was the leader of the Liberal party from 2006 to 2008.
JEAN-YVES DUCLOS
Quebec, Quebec
Families, Children and Social Development
Background:
Mr. Duclos was head of the department of economics at Laval University and has written extensively on the impact of public policies on the poor. He co-authored a study warning that the Conservatives’ amendments to the Old Age Security Pension would force more elderly people to live in poverty.
KIRSTY DUNCAN
Etobicoke, Ontario
Minister of Science
Background:
Ms. Duncan has been a Liberal MP since 2008. She is a medical geographer and former professor at the University of Windsor and University of Toronto. She served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which won a Nobel-peace prize.
JUDY FOOTE
Bonavista-Burin-Trinity, Newfoundland
Public services and procurement
Background:
Mrs. Foote is a former TV journalist who was elected in Newfoundland’s legislature in 1996 and held multiple cabinet roles under premier Brian Tobin. She was elected to the House of Commons in 2008. Over the years she has served as the Liberals’ deputy house leader and party whip.
CHRYSTIA FREELAND
University-Rosedale, Ontario
International trade
Background:
Ms. Freeland is a Ukrainian-Canadian who was born in Peace River, Alta. She was one of the dozen Canadian paliamenterians who were barred from entering Russia because of their stance on the Ukraine crisis. After earning degrees at Harvard and Oxford, she became a journalist, reporting from Moscow and Eastern Europe for the Financial Times. She is a former deputy editor of The Globe and Mail.
MARC GARNEAU
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount, Quebec
Transport
Background:
Mr. Garneau is a former astronaut and the first Canadian to go to outer space. He was president of the Canadian Space Agency from 2001 to 2006. He unsuccessfully ran for the Liberals in 2006, but then won in Ville-Marie in 2008.
RALPH GOODALE
Regina-Wascana, Saskatchewan
Public safety and emergency preparedness
Background:
Mr. Goodale has been representing the Liberals in Saskatchewan, both federally and provincially in intervals since the 1970s. He held cabinet positions under Jean Chrétien which included agriculture, public work, and natural resources. He was also the finance minister under Paul Martin.
PATTY HAJDU
Thunder Bay-Superior North, Ontario
Status of Women
Background:
Ms. Hajdu ran a homeless shelter in Thunder Bay and was active in shaping public policy on harm reduction, public health and affordable housing. She also served as executive director of Shelter House. In addition, she was a member of the implementation panel for Thunder Bay’s drug strategy and former chair of the city’s drug awareness committee.
KENT HEHR
Calgary Centre, Alberta
Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence
Background:
At 19, Mr. Hehr was paralyzed when a bullet struck him in the neck during a drive-by shooting. He claims that the incident caused him to turn to public service. He became a lawyer, community activist and member of the Alberta Legislature who championed many causes like affordable housing for the poor.
MÉLANIE JOLY
Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Quebec
Canadian Heritage
Background:
Ms. Joly is a former managing partner at the public-relations firm Cohn & Wolfe, where she worked for Andrew Molson.
DOMINIC LEBLANC
Beauséjour, New Brunswick
Government House Leader
Background:
Mr. LeBlanc is a former lawyer who has served in the House of Commons since 2000. He’s also held parliamentary secretary roles under Jean Chrétien and Paul Martin.
DIANE LEBOUTHILLIER
Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Quebec
Revenue
Background:
Ms. Lebouthillier was the warden of the Regional County Municipality of Rocher-Percé in the Gaspé Peninsula. Because of her extensive work as a social worker she worked with people with addictions and mental illness. She also runs an outfitting lodge.
LAWRENCE MACAULAY
Cardigan, P.E.I.
Agriculture and agri-food
Background:
He’s been a Liberal MP for 25 years. He has served as veterans affairs minister and solicitor-general under Jean Chrétien.
JOHN MCCALLUM
Markham-Thornhill, Ontario
Immigration, refugees and citizenship
Background:
Mr. Mccalum is a former economics professor and dean of arts at McGill University. He was elected to the House in 2000 and has held roles in the cabinet including defence and veterans affairs.
CATHERINE MCKENNA
Ottawa Centre, Ontario
Environment and Climate Change
Background:
Ms. McKenna is an international trade and competition lawyer who has served as a legal adviser and negotiator for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in East Timor on treaty negotiations. She taught at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and was a leader at the high-profile Banff Forum and the charitable group Level at the University of Ottawa. The department she leads now includes climate change.
MARYANNE MIHYCHUK
Kildonan-St. Paul, Manitoba
Employment, Workforce Development and Labour
Background:
Ms. Mihychuk is a former school trustee, geoscientist and founder of organizations promoting women in the minerals exploration and mining sector. She has a lot of experience as an NDP member of the Manitoba Legislature for nine years and minister in the former Gary Doer government. She was responsible for intergovernmental affairs and industry, trade and mines. In 2014, she switched to the Liberal Party.
MARYAM MONSEF
Peterborough-Kawartha, Ontario
Democratic Institutions
Background:
She is the first Afghan-Canadian to be elected in Canadian Parliament and came to Canada at 11 as a refugee from the Taliban. She is a community organizer and co-founder of the Red Pashmina Campaign, which raises money for the education of women and girls in Afghanistan.
BILL MORNEAU
Toronto Centre, Ontario
Finance
Background:
He is the chief executive officer at Morneau Shepell, a firm founded by his father. It is the country’s largest manager of private-sector pensions. He was also chairman of the C.D. Howe Institute.
JANE PHILPOTT
Markham-Stouffville, Ontario
Health
Background:
Ms. Philpott is a physician and was the chief of family medicine at Markham Stouffville Hospital. She also served as a general doctor in Niger from 1989 to 1998 after the death of her eldest daughter. She returned in 2005 to work for Doctors without Borders.
CARLA QUALTROUGH
Delta, B.C.
Sport and Persons with Disabilities
Background:
Ms. Qualtrough is a three time Paralympics Games medalist in swimming who competed in 1988 and 1992. She also holds four world championship medals. She served as chair of the British Columbia Minister’s Council on Employment and Accessibility and president of the Canadian Paralympic Committee. She is a lawyer with a focus on human rights. She is vice-chair of the B.C. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal. She was also born with a visual impairment.
HARJIT SINGH SAJJAN
Vancouver South, B.C.
National Defence
Background:
Mr. Sajjan is a retired lieutenant-colonel with three tours in Afghanistan and one in Bosnia. He was the first Sikh to command a Canadian army regiment. He is also a former Vancouver police officer.
AMARJEET SOHI
Edmonton Mill-Woods, Alberta
Infrastructure and Communities
Background:
Mr. Sohi is a former city bus driver and a twice elected Edmonton councillor. He is also an Indian immigrant who arrived in Canada as a teenager.
HUNTER TOOTOO
Nunavut, Nunavut
Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
Background:
Mr. Tootoo served as an MLA in the territory’s legislative assembly for 14 years before leaving in 2013. Before his political career, he helped found the Iqaluit branch of Arctic Insurance Brokers Ltd. He also unsuccessfully ran for the NDP in 1997.
JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD
Vancouver Granville, B.C.
Justice and attorney-general
Background:
She was the regional chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations for six years. She is also a former prosecutor from Vancouver’s Main Street courthouse.
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