A quarter of Carney’s new cabinet comes from Quebec: who are they?

PM Mark Carney's cabinet includes 9 Quebec MPs -- seven ministers and two secretaries of state.

A quarter of Canada’s new cabinet ministers are from Quebec.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney swore in his new 28-minister cabinet, seven of whom are from Quebec, with the support of 10 secretaries of state.

Political analysts have attributed the Liberal Party’s election win in large part to Quebec voters after most of the province went red in April.

Of Quebec’s 78 ridings, 44 went to the Liberals while the Bloc Québécois lost a third of its seats.

Ontario has the most representation in Carney’s new cabinet, with 11 ministers and three secretaries of state.

Six of former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s 39-person cabinet were from Quebec as of March 2025.

Carney said he wants to focus on economic security and the ongoing trade war with the U.S.

New and returning ministers

New Quebec faces include Nunavik MP Mandy Gull-Masty as Minister of Indigenous Services and lawyer Joël Lightbound of Louis-Hébert as Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement.

Gull-Masty, former grand chief of the Eeyou Istchee Cree First Nation, is representing one of Canada’s largest ridings, covering more than 850,000 square kilometres. She is the first Indigenous person to head Indigenous Services.

She said her priority is to bring the riding’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities together.

Papineau’s Marjorie Michel was sworn in as Minister of Health.

She was the first Black woman to be appointed Chief of Staff under Trudeau.

Michel has been actively involved with the Réseau des Femmes d’Affaires du Québec since 2005.

Mélanie Joly, François-Philippe Champagne, Steven Guilbeault and Steven Mackinnon are all staying on. As Finance Minister, Champagne will take part in negotiations with Trump.

Joly swapped portfolios with Anita Annand and will be Minister of Industry, as well as overseeing economic affairs for the Quebec region.

Guilbeault lost the environment and climate change portfolio to his former secretary of state, Julie Dabrusin, but remains Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, and will be responsible for official languages.

Mackinnon was named government house leader.

Montreal’s Rachel Bendayan and Quebec MP Jean-Yves Duclos were dumped from cabinet.

Two new secretaries of state from La belle province

While Carney cut down on cabinet ministers, 10 secretaries of state were sworn in.

They will serve as junior ministers and assist parliament’s central team while working on files that were removed from Carney’s cabinet, like labour and seniors.

Trained engineer Nathalie Provost may be new to parliament, but is well-known to Canadians as a survivor of the 1989 Polytechnique massacre.

She has been an outspoken activist for gun control and preventing violence against women and children.

She will serve as secretary of state overseeing nature.

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount MP Anna Gainey will work as secretary of state in charge of children and youth.

Gainey succeeded astronaut and former Liberal MP Marc Garneau in a 2023 byelection, and served on the Standing Committees on Indigenous and Northern Affairs and Canadian Heritage.

She is the daughter of former Montreal Canadiens player and general manager Bob Gainey.