Former Liberal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan Named Consul General in Boston

Bernadette Jordan addresses the audience at the keel laying ceremony of the future HMCS William Hall at Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax on Feb. 17, 2021. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

Bernadette Jordan, a former Liberal member of Parliament, and a minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, has been named Canada’s new consul general in Boston.

Ms. Jordan, who was first elected in 2015 to represent South Shore-St. Margarets, is replacing Rodger Cuzner, another former Nova Scotia Liberal MP who was appointed to the Senate in October.