Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador
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The Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of Newfoundland and Labrador) is the cabinet of the Canadian province.
Almost always made up of members of the province's House of Assembly the cabinet is similar in structure and role to the Cabinet of Canada while being smaller in size. As federal and provincial responsibilities differ there are a number of different portfolios between the federal and provincial governments.
The cabinet is selected by the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and is sworn in by the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador. Most cabinet ministers are the head of a ministry, but this is not always the case.
Like at the federal level the most important cabinet post after that of the leader is Minister of Finance. Today the next most powerful position is certainly the health portfolio which has a vast budget and is of central political import. Other powerful porfolios include Education and Energy.
Current Cabinet
The current cabinet has been in place since soon after the 2003 provincial election. The cabinet is derived from the caucus of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. There was a cabinet shuffle on October 1 2004, several days after Elizabeth Marshall announced her resignation as Health Minister. There was another cabinet shuffle on November 8, 2005, there was another cabine shuffle as well on March 15, 2006
| Portfolio | Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and Minister Responsible for Business |
Danny Williams | (2003-) | |||
| Deputy Premier and Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture and Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs |
Thomas Rideout | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Education and Minister responsible for the Status of Women |
Joan Burke | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Environment and Conservation | Clyde Jackman | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board |
Loyola Sullivan | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Government Services | Dianne Whalen | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Health and Community Services | Tom Osborne | (2006-) | |||
| Minister Human Resources and Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister responsible for Labrador Affairs and Minister responsible for the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation |
Paul Shelley | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Industry, Trade and Rural Development and Minister responsible for the Rural Secretariat |
Kathy Dunderdale | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General or Newfoundland and Labrador |
Tom Marshall | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs | John Ottenheimer | (2006-) | |||
| Minister of Municipal Affairs | Jack Byrne | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Natural Resources and Government House Leader |
Ed Byrne | (2003-) | |||
| Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation | Tom Hedderson | (2005-) | |||
| Minister of Transportation and Works | Trevor Taylor | (2005-) | |||