New faces will occupy new spaces when the Nova Scotia legislature reconvenes next month. Three new cabinet ministers will take their seats in the front ...
Preston MLA Twila Grosse answers questions from reporters at One Government Place in Halifax on Thursday after she was sworn in as minister of African Nova Scotia Affairs, becoming the first Black female cabinet minister in Nova Scotia. - Ryan TaplinNew faces will occupy new spaces when the Nova Scotia legislature reconvenes next month.
First-term MLAs Trevor Boudreau and Kent Smith , will ascend to cabinet posts, with Boudreau taking over MacFarlane’s ministerial portfolios while Smith becomes minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture. Grosse said she hasn’t given a lot of thought to being the first female African Nova Scotian cabinet minister.
MacFarlane, first elected in 2013, said she always aspired to but did not covet an opportunity to be the province’s first female Speaker. Eastern Shore MLA Kent Smith was sworn in as Fisheries and Aquaculture minister on Thursday. - Ryan Taplin / The Chronicle Herald
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