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The Eby ministry is the combined Cabinet (formally the
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) that has governed
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since November 18, 2022. It is chaired by the 37th
premier of British Columbia Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of govern ...
,
David Eby David Robert Patrick Eby (born July 21, 1976) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has been serving as the 37th and current premier of British Columbia since November 18, 2022, and has been serving as the leader of the British Columbia New De ...
. The Cabinet is made up of members of the
British Columbia New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a social-democratic provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. As of 2017, it governs the province. It is the British Columbia provincial arm of the federal New Democrati ...
(NDP), which commands a majority in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The ministry replaced the
Horgan ministry The Horgan ministry is the combined Cabinet (formally the Executive Council of British Columbia) that governed British Columbia from July 18, 2017, to November 18, 2022. It was chaired by the 36th premier of British Columbia, John Horgan. The C ...
after
John Horgan John Joseph Horgan (born August 7, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 36th premier of British Columbia from 2017 to 2022, and also as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party from 2014 to 2022. Horgan has been the ...
stepped down as premier and NDP leader and Eby was selected to succeed him. Eby was sworn into office on November 18, 2022, and appointed his first cabinet on December 7, 2022.


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Cabinet composition and shuffles

After being sworn in on November 18, 2022, Eby announced his new cabinet on December 7, 2022. His cabinet consisted of 23 ministers and four ministers of state, and established two new ministries: a standalone Ministry of Housing and the Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness. Among the changes, former forests minister
Katrine Conroy Katrine Conroy (' Thor-Larsen; born 1957 or 1958) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2005 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Kootenay West as a member of t ...
was named the new finance minister;
Ravi Kahlon Ravinder "Ravi" Kahlon (born May 15, 1979) is a Canadian politician and athlete. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia, representing the riding of Delta North since 2017, and member of the British Columbia New Democ ...
, former jobs minister and a close ally of Eby's, became the inaugural housing minister;
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, former parliamentary secretary for community development, was promoted to Attorney General. A total of eight ministers were elevated from parliamentary secretary or the backbenches — Sharma,
Pam Alexis Pam Alexis is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election.
, Brenda Bailey,
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, Dan Coulter,
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, Andrew Mercier and Rachna Singh — while eight ministers kept the portfolios they held under Horgan:
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,
Lisa Beare Lisa Marie Beare (born 1975 or 1976) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows as a member of the ...
,
Mitzi Dean Mitzi Jayne Dean is a British people, British-Canadians, Canadian non-profit administrator and politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 British Columbia general election, 2017 provincial election.< ...
, Adrian Dix,
Mike Farnworth Michael C. Farnworth (born July 23, 1959) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 15th and current deputy premier of British Columbia since 2021, and the minister of public safety and solicitor general since 2017. A member of the British ...
,
Rob Fleming Rob Fleming is a Canadian politician who represents the riding of Victoria-Swan Lake in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. From July 2017 to November 2020, during the 41st Parliament, he was the Minister of Education. Fleming is a m ...
,
George Heyman George Heyman is a former social, environmental and labour activist and now a politician in British Columbia. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election,Murray Rankin. After the shuffle, Eby's cabinet included more women than men.


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Executive Council & Parliamentary Secretaries of B.C.
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