The Horgan ministry is the combined

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(formally the

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) that governed

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from July 18, 2017, to November 18, 2022. It was chaired by the 36th

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. The Cabinet was made up of members of the

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(NDP), which commands a majority in the

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. The ministry replaced the

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following the aftermath of the

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. That election resulted in a

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and the Clark ministry attempting to remain in office as a

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; however, it was defeated by a

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on June 29. As the NDP had made a

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deal with the

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, enabling them to command a majority in the Legislature,

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invited Horgan to form government. The Horgan ministry was formally sworn in on July 18, 2017. The ministry governed through all but the first several weeks of the

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and part of the

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, until Horgan announced his intention to retire. It was succeeded by the

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on November 18, 2022.

List of ministers

Cabinet shuffles

On October 4, 2019,

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resigned as minister of Citizens' Services due to an on-going

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investigation;

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temporarily assumed her portfolio. On January 22, 2020, Horgan appointed

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to fill the vacancy and had

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(then minister of Energy and Mines) and

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(then minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation) swap portfolios. Following the 2020 election, Horgan initiated a major cabinet shuffle on November 26, 2020. The cabinet expanded from 23 to 25 ministers, including Horgan. On February 25, 2022,

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was appointed the first minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship;

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took on her prior role as minister of Municipal Affairs. In 2022, columnist Keith Baldry noted that the Horgan ministry stood apart from its predecessors due to its "no-shuffle approach". Where it was previously unusual for a minister to stay in one portfolio for more than two or three years, the Horgan ministry had eight ministers who had held their posts for the entirety of the ministry to that point: Harry Bains (labour), Katrine Chen (child care), George Chow (trade), Adrian Dix (health), David Eby (attorney general), Mike Farnworth (solicitor general), George Heyman (environment) and Lana Popham (agriculture). Bains, Eby, Farnworth, Heyman and Popham each became the longest-serving minister of their portfolios in several decades. On July 19, 2022, Eby stepped down from cabinet in order to stand in the

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;

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stepped in as attorney general and housing minister, initially on an interim basis before being appointed to the role on an ongoing basis on August 2. On September 28, 2022,

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resigned from cabinet to go on medical leave;

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assumed responsibility for tourism.

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