Premier Iain Rankin; screengrab courtesy Communications NS livestream
Iain Rankin is officially the province’s new premier.
Lt.-Gov. Arthur J. LeBlanc conducted the swearing-in ceremony in Halifax Tuesday morning.
Rankin is the 29th premier of the province; his cabinet, which has 16 ministers, is a mix of new and old faces.
It includes the two other candidates he beat for the provincial Liberal leadership Feb. 6- Randy Delorey is the province’s new justice minister and the minister of labour relations, while Labi Kousoulis becomes finance minister.
Other familiar faces include Kelly Regan as deputy premier, Zach Churchill as health and wellness minister, which includes the new office of mental health and addictions, and Lloyd Hines, the former transportation minister whose portfolio becomes transportation and active transit.