Premier-designate Kathleen Wynne will be sworn in Monday afternoon at Queen’s Park as Ontario’s 25th premier.
Wynne spent Sunday making calls and finalizing her new cabinet.
“Gender balance, you want some diversity in terms of minority groups, you’ve got urban and rural to balance. You just can’t have a cabinet of just people from the GTA,” Wiseman said Wynne would be considering when choosing her cabinet.
One of the high profile positions available is Finance Minister after Dwight Duncan announced he was resigning last week.
There are a few names being tossed around for that job, including Deb Matthews, according to Nelson Wiseman, professor of political science at University of Toronto.
“I wouldn’t be surprised, when you put it that way, if Charles Sousa ends up in finance,” said Wiseman.
Sousa was one of Wynne’s competitors in the leadership race.
Wiseman also expects fellow leadership contenders Eric Hoskins and Glen Murray will remain in cabinet.
Wynne plans to have the Ontario Legislature resume sitting on Feb. 19.
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There seems to be this misconception among a lot of commenters that since they didn’t vote for Kathleen Wynne, she isn’t entitled to be premier of Ontario. It would appear you all need a lesson in civics. In this country we don’t vote for the premier (or prime minister for that matter), we vote for a person in our riding running for a seat in the parliament. Members of the party vote for the leader. It was the same for all previously elected premiers. Ms. Wynne has a seat in parliament. She was elected by her riding. The fact is that we can have a new premier chosen without a general election. That’s the law pure and simple.
So who voted for her?? She will likely be another sacrificial lamb, like Kim Campbell !!