Goertzen named as new health minister

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Steinbach MLA Kelvin Goertzen has been chosen as the next Minister of Health by Premier Brian Pallister. He will also assume the duties of government house leader.

Goertzen and 11 other PC MLAs who will form Pallister’s cabinet were sworn in today, along with the new premier, at a ceremony held at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg.

Cabinet members include:

– Brian Pallister (MLA for Fort Whyte) – premier and president of the executive council; minister of intergovernmental affairs and international relations

– Heather Stefanson (MLA for Tuxedo) – minister of justice and attorney general, Keeper of the Great Seal of the Province of Manitoba, deputy premier;

– Cameron Friesen (MLA for Morden-Winkler) – minister of finance;

– Kelvin Goertzen (MLA for Steinbach) – minister of health, seniors and active living;

– Ian Wishart (MLA for Portage la Prairie) – minister of education and training;

– Scott Fielding (MLA for Kirkfield Park) – minister of families;

– Blaine Pedersen (MLA for Midland) – minister of infrastructure;

– Eileen Clarke (MLA for Agassiz) – minister of Indigenous and municipal relations;

– Cathy Cox (MLA for River East) – minister of sustainable development;

– Cliff Cullen (MLA for Spruce Woods) – minister of growth, enterprise and trade;

– Ralph Eichler (MLA for Lakeside) – minister of agriculture;

– Rochelle Squires (MLA for Riel) – minister of sport, culture and heritage and minister responsible for francophone affairs and status of women; and

– Ron Schuler (MLA for St. Paul) – minister of Crown services.

In addition to cabinet appointments, Jon Reyes (MLA for St Norbert) has been named the military envoy.

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