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VICTORIA — B.C.’s New Democrats will introduce a gender-balanced cabinet Tuesday, as the party transitions to power a day after laying off more than 100 Liberal political appointees at the legislature.

The cabinet will be a mix of old and new NDP MLAs, but will also maintain a balanced proportion of male and female ministers. Yet the NDP will stop short of creating a stand-alone ministry of women’s equality, which the party has operated in past governments. Instead, the new government is expected to consider women’s equality and gender equity issues in each ministry separately.

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Premier-designate John Horgan will become B.C.’s 36th premier during a ceremony at 2 p.m. at Government House, where his cabinet will then be officially unveiled. NDP MLAs who made the cut received phone calls late Monday evening telling them of their portfolio.

Horgan’s first public event will be an “open house” at the legislature Tuesday evening, where the new premier and his cabinet will mingle with the crowd.