No Island MPs named to Carney's cabinet, but it does have a P.E.I. native

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For the archetypal clip successful galore decades, Prince Edward Island does not person an MP serving successful a national cabinet.

Most caller Islander successful furniture was Lawrence MacAulay, who isn't moving again.

Carolyn Ryan · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 14, 2025 12:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

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For the archetypal clip successful galore decades, Prince Edward Island does not person an MP serving successful a national cabinet.

A database of ministers released arsenic Prime Minister Mark Carney was being sworn successful did not see immoderate of the province's 4 Liberal MPs: Lawrence MacAulay, Sean Casey, Bobby Morrissey oregon Heath MacDonald.

MacAulay had been successful the cabinets of former premier ministers Jean Chrétien and Justin Trudeau, but announced past period that helium would not beryllium moving again successful the Cardigan riding erstwhile the adjacent national predetermination is held.

A campaign is apt to beryllium triggered wrong weeks, with an predetermination day successful precocious April oregon aboriginal May.

Carney had been highly expected to trim his furniture from the 37 MPs who were successful Trudeau's cabinet, including the premier curate himself.

Though nary MPs elected from Prince Edward Island are successful Carney's 24-member cabinet, there is immoderate Island content.

New Minister of Jobs and Family Steven MacKinnon represents the Quebec riding of Gatineau, but was calved successful Charlottetown and inactive has relatives connected the Island.

He had astir precocious been Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour nether Trudeau.

MacKinnon says helium supports Carney’s bid for Liberal leadership

Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon was asked wherefore astir furniture ministers are supporting Mark Carney alternatively of erstwhile lawman premier curate and concern curate Chrystia Freeland’s bid for Liberal leadership. MacKinnon said helium respects Freeland and her contributions.

MacKinnon had been an aboriginal protagonist of Carney's Liberal enactment run aft Trudeau said successful January that helium was stepping down. Carney won the enactment connected March 9 with astir 86 per cent of the votes cast.

All 4 Prince Edward Island MPs were Carney supporters as well.

In Conservative premier curate Stephen Harper's government, erstwhile Egmont MP Gail Shea was the furniture curate liable for Prince Edward Island.

Former Malpeque MP Wayne Easter besides spent clip successful furniture nether Chrétien.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Carolyn Ryan is the transcript exertion for CBC P.E.I.'s integer quality operation. A postgraduate of the University of Prince Edward Island and the Carleton University School of Journalism, she has spent decades writing, editing and assigning different unit arsenic a print, vigor and integer journalist.

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