The Executive Council of British Columbia (the Cabinet) is the cabinet of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Almost always composed of members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, the Cabinet is similar in structure and role as the federal Cabinet of Canada is to the Canadian House of Commons.
Executive power is vested in the Crown: the lieutenant governor of British Columbia, as representative of the Crown, exercises executive power on the advice of the Cabinet as the lieutenant governor in Council. Members of the Cabinet are selected by the premier of British Columbia, who chairs the Cabinet.
History Prior to their union in 1866, the Executive Councils of the separate crown colonies of British Columbia and Vancouver Island were largely appointed by the governor and included military and judicial officials, their role that of the governor's cabinet, similar to the present except that the governor took part in cabinet meetings and political decisions, whereas the modern-day lieutenant governor does not. The colonial Legislative Assemblies were subordinate to the governor and the Council and served more as a sounding-board than a legislative body.
Cabinet
The current Cabinet consists of members of the Legislative Assembly representing the province's governing party, the British Columbia New Democratic Party. David Eby was sworn in as premier of British Columbia by Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin on November 13, 2024. His cabinet was sworn in on November 18, 2024.
Lieutenant governor Viceregent since Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia 2025 Portfolio Minister Minister sincePremier of British ColumbiaDavid Eby2022Attorney General of British Columbia and Deputy PremierNiki Sharma2022Minister of Agriculture and FoodLana Popham2024Minister of State for Child Care and Youth with Support NeedsJodie Wickens2024Minister of Children and Family DevelopmentGrace Lore2024Minister of Citizens' ServicesGeorge Chow2024Minister of State for Community Safety and Integrated ServicesTerry Yung2024Minister of Education and Child CareLisa Beare2024Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions (and Francophone Affairs)Adrian Dix2024Minister of Environment and ParksTamara Davidson2024Minister of Emergency Management and Climate ReadinessKelly Greene2024Minister of FinanceBrenda Bailey2024Minister of ForestsRavi Parmar2024Minister of HealthJosie Osborne2024Minister of Housing Ravi Kahlon2022Minister of Indigenous Relations and ReconciliationChristine Boyle2024Minister of InfrastructureBowinn Ma2024Minister of Jobs, Economic Development and InnovationDiana Gibson2024Minister of State for TradeRick Glumac2024Minister of LabourJennifer Whiteside2024Minister of State for Local Governments and Rural CommunitiesBrittny Anderson2024Minister of Mining and Critical MaterialsJagrup Brar2024Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future SkillsAnne Kang2024Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor GeneralGarry Begg2024Minister of Social Development and Poverty ReductionSheila Malcolmson2022Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and SportSpencer Chandra Herbert2024Minister of Transportation and TransitMike Farnworth2024Minister of Water, Land and Resource StewardshipRandene Neill2024
List of historical cabinets
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