Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his new cabinet today.

Here’s a spatial look at the geographic base of his ministers.

The following table breaks down the number of ministers by province and how that compares to the size of the LPC caucus in each province/territories (P/T), and how cabinet representation relates to the proportion of that P/T’s share of the LPC national caucus and share of seats overall.

	# of Ministers	# of Liberal MPs	# of MPs (Total)	% of seats from P/T in HOC (all)	% of LPC seats from P/T in LPC caucus	% of P/T Lib MPs as share of cabinet	% of LPC MPs from P/T in Cabinet	LPC MPs as % of P/T
BC	3	17	42	12%	9%	10%	18%	40%
AB	2	4	34	10%	2%	6%	50%	12%
SK	1	1	14	4%	1%	3%	100%	7%
MB	2	7	14	4%	4%	6%	29%	50%
ON	11	80	121	36%	43%	35%	14%	66%
QUE	7	40	78	23%	22%	23%	18%	51%
NB	1	10	10	3%	5%	3%	10%	100%
NS	1	11	11	3%	6%	3%	9%	100%
PEI	1	4	4	1%	2%	3%	25%	100%
NFLD	1	7	7	2%	4%	3%	14%	100%
NORTH	1	3	3	1%	2%	3%	33%	100%
TOTAL	31	184	338	100%	100%	100%	17%	54%

BC’s share of Cabinet in line with House of Commons / Liberal Caucus

• BC’s share of the House of Commons (HOC) is 12%.
• BC’s Liberal MPs make up 9% of the national Liberal Caucus
• BC’s federal cabinet ministers make up 10% of the PM Justin Trudeau’s cabinet

Ontario has most ministers but lower proportion of MPs in Cabinet

• Ontario’s share of HOC is 36%
• Ontario Liberal MPs make up 43% of national Liberal Caucus
• Ontario ministers make up 35% of federal cabinet

Quebec’s proportion of HOC, proportion of Lib MPs as share of national Caucus and Cabinet are very consistent at 22-23%.

Atlantic Canada makes up 17% of the Liberal Caucus compared to 9% of overall seats, and 13% of cabinet.

The Prairies make up 18% of the HOC, but only 7% of the Liberal Caucus.  Their share of cabinet seats is 16%.

Which regions have the most MPs utilized in Cabinet?

• 42% of Prairie Liberal MPs serving in Cabinet, compared to
• 18% BC
• 18% Quebec
• 14% Ontario
• 13% Atlantic

Overall, PM Trudeau has carefully balanced regional delegations as a proportion of his Cabinet.  He has chosen to ensure cabinet is balanced by region, not by proportion of Liberal MPs by region.  If he had done so, there would be more cabinet ministers from Atlantic Canada (where he swept) and fewer from the Prairies where he took 12 of 62.

UPDATED:

Adding Ottawa Citizen graphic which tells the story of Cabinet diversity: