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The Executive Council of Alberta (the Cabinet) is a body of ministers of the Crown in right of Alberta, who along with the lieutenant governor, exercises the powers of the Government of Alberta. Ministers are selected by the premier and typically (but not always) sit as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).
Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction United Conservative: Nate Glubish: April 30, 2019 October 24, 2022 Kenney: Minister of Service Alberta New Democratic: Brian Malkinson: June 18, 2018 April 29, 2019 Notley: Minister of Service Alberta New Democratic: Stephanie McLean: February 2, 2016 June 17, 2018 Notley: Minister of Service ...
The Smith ministry is the combined Cabinet (formally the Executive Council of Alberta), chaired by 19th Premier of Alberta Danielle Smith, that has governed Alberta since October 11, 2022. The Cabinet consists of members of the United Conservative Party , which holds a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta .
The Government of Alberta (French: gouvernement de l'Alberta) is the body responsible for the administration of the Canadian province of Alberta.In modern Canadian use, the term Government of Alberta refers specifically to the executive—political ministers of the Crown (the Cabinet/Executive Council) who are appointed on the advice of the premier.
The Conservatives' former leader and ex–Prime Minister Stephen Harper, moved to Alberta in the 1980s and represented a Calgary riding; Rona Ambrose, the party's interim leader and Leader of the Opposition (2015–17), is also an Albertan. Alberta elected no Liberal MP 1958–1963, 1965–1968, 1972–1993, 2006–2015, 2019 to 2021.
On November 20, 2024, Alberta MP Randy Boissonnault resigned following allegations that he ran a business seeking federal contracts and falsely claimed to be Indigenous. [26] On December 15, 2024, Housing Minister Sean Fraser announced his intention to leave the federal cabinet during the next shuffle, citing personal reasons.
Like the Canadian federal government, Alberta uses a Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which members are sent to the Legislative Assembly after general elections and the lieutenant governor appoints the person who can command a majority of the members of the Assembly, typically the leader of the party with the most seats, as ...
Current members of the King's Privy Council for Canada resident in Alberta, with precedence given to current members of the federal cabinet; Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta with precedence governed by the date of their first election to the Legislature; Members of the Senate of Canada who represent Alberta, by date of appointment