Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s new cabinet was reportedly unveiled today with 16 men and 14 women in addition to the premier himself including mostly familiar faces from his party’s first mandate and a handful of newly elected members after his Coalition Avenir Quebec won 90 of the legislature’s 125 seats in the Oct. 3 provincial election.
Among the key returning names are Christian Dube in health, Eric Girard in finance, and Genevieve Guilbault, who takes on transport while conserving her deputy premier post.
Former Parti Quebecois cabinet minister Bernard Drainville in education and Kateri Champagne Jourdain, the first Indigenous woman elected to the national assembly, as employment minister are entering the cabinet as newcomers.
In 2018, Legault announced a 26-member cabinet and achieved gender parity for about three months before a cabinet shuffle.
Legault’s aim as he said previously was to have a cabinet composed of between 40 and 60 percent women,
#Quebec; #FrancoisLegault
