Trudeau puts 3 B.C. MPs in new cabinet

At least 3 B.C. MPs have been appointed to the federal cabinet by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today in Ottawa.

Read more on the new cabinet ministers:

• Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould, from Vancouver Granville.
• Minister of Defence Harjit Sajjan, from Vancouver South.
• Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities Carla Qualtrough, from Delta.

• Read a full list of the new cabinet

Three high-profile B.C. Liberals MPs who did not get cabinet posts were Hedy Fry, Joyce Murray and Pamela Goldsmith-Jones.

Liberal MPs won 17 of 42 seats in B.C. in the Oct. 19 federal election, the party's best result since 1968, when Pierre Trudeau swept to power, taking 16 of 23 seats in the province at the time.

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