Justin Trudeau has kept two B.C. political veterans out of cabinet and appointed three rookie MPs instead.

Vancouver Granville MP Jody Wilson-Raybould has been named justice minister in the Trudeau government.

She's a fomer regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations and a former prosecutor.

Another newcomer in cabinet is Vancouver South MP Harjit Sajjan, who's the defence minister.

He's a former Vancouver police gang squad investigator and the first Sikh to command a military regiment.

The third B.C. cabinet minister is Delta MP Carla Qualtrough, a lawyer and former Paralympian. She's responsible for sport and persons with disabilities.

Qualtrough has been president of the Canadian Paralympic Committee and has worked as an adjudicator with the Workers' Compensation Appeals Tribunal.

Two political veterans, Vancouver Centre MP Hedy Fry and Vancouver Quadra MP Joyce Murray, are among 14 Liberals from B.C. on the back benches.

Trudeau named himself as the minister responsible for youth.

Businessman and Toronto Centre rookie MP Bill Morneau is the finance minister. Another Toronto-area MP, Chrystia Freeland, oversees international trade. Markham-Stouffville MP and physician Jane Philpott, is the health minister.

Mississauga-Malton MP Navdeep Bains, a major Liberal organizer in the South Asian community, is the minister of innovation, science and economic development.

Several veteran Liberal MPs are in cabinet: Stéphane Dion (foreign affairs), Ralph Goodale (public safety and emergency preparedness), Scott Brison (treasury board president), Marc Garneau (transport), John McCallum (immigration, citizenship and refugees), Carolyn Bennett (indigenous and northern affairs), Dominc Leblanc (house leader), and Lawrence MacAulay (agriculture and agri-food).

Ottawa MP Catherine McKenna is the minister of environment and climate change. Mélanie Joly oversees the heritage portfolio, which includes responsibility for arts and culture and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Edmonton-area MP Amarjeet Sohl is the minister of infrastructure and communities. Hunter Tootoo, who represents Nunavut, oversees fisheries and oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard. He's the cousin of hockey player Jordin Tootoo.

Peterborough-Kawartha MP Maryam Monsef has been appointed minister of democratic institutions. She's the first Canadian MP born in Afghanistan. At 30 years of age, Monsef is the youngest cabinet minister in the Trudeau cabinet.

Patricia Hajdu, MP for Thunder Bay-Superior North, is the minister for the status of women.

The remaining members of cabinet are Judy Foote (public services and procurement), Jean-Yves Duclos (families, children and social development), Marie-Claude Bibeau (international development and la francophonie), James Carr (natural resources), Dianne Lebouthillier (national revenue), Kent Hehr (veterans affairs and associate minister of national defence), MaryAnn Mihychuck (employment workforce development and labour), Kirsty Duncan (science), and Bardish Chagger (small business and tourism).