Provincial Environment Minister Tim Halman is also taking on the roles of Deputy Premier as well as Minister of Finance, Communities, Culture and Heritage and Gaelic Affairs.
Halman was sworn in during a ceremony, yesterday.
Those are the posts Allan MacMaster held before he resigned from cabinet yesterday.
MacMaster says he’ll be seeking the Conservative nomination in the riding of Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish in the next federal election.
He says he’ll resign his seat as the MLA for Inverness if he wins the nomination.