Burnaby North-Seymour MP Terry Beech will no longer hold a ministerial portfolio.
Beech, who was serving as the minister of citizens' services, was not selected for new Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet, which was unveiled after his official swearing in on Friday morning.
Beech has also previously served as:
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Economic Development and Official Languages (B.C.)
- Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport
- Parliamentary Secretary for Science
"Thank you for all the notes everyone," Beech posted on X, formerly Twitter, after Carney's cabinet unveiling.
"I am honestly Canada's happiest ex-cabinet minister. We did great work at Citizens' Services and that work will continue.
"PM @MarkJCarney and our new cabinet is the right team for the moment, and we are committed to making our government more efficient while continuing to improve services for Canadians."
Thank you for all the notes everyone. I am honestly Canada's happiest ex-cabinet minister. We did great work at Citizens' Services and that work will continue. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/zjJqrVBj3I
— Terry Beech 黃志峰 (@terrybeech) March 14, 2025
Beech was elected as MP in 2015, when he beat NDP candidate Carol Baird Ellan by 3,401 votes (he garnered 18,938).
In the 2019 federal election, he won by 1,585 votes with a total of 17,770, and in 2021, he won by 5,127 votes with a total of 19,445, according to Elections Canada.
Notable cabinet selections by Carney include François-Philippe Champagne as minister of finance, Dominic LeBlanc as minister of international trade and intergovernmental affairs, Mélanie Joly as minister of foreign affairs and international development, Bill Clair as minister of national defence and Chrystia Freeland as minister of transport and internal trade.
