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Rachel Notley after being sworn in as the 17th Premier of Alberta alongside her cabinet on the steps of the Alberta Legislature Building. Notley was sworn in as the 17th premier of Alberta along with her cabinet on May 24, 2015. [41] Her twelve-member cabinet was the smallest in the country, containing only 14% of the legislature's members. [42]
On May 5, 2015, Rachel Notley successfully led the New Democratic party to a majority government in the 2015 Alberta general election, defeating the incumbent government led by Jim Prentice of the Progressive Conservative Party, with 54 seats and 41% of the popular vote and securing only the fourth change of government in Alberta's political ...
Rachel Notley: 3 years, 341 days May 24, 2015 April 30, 2019 1 New Democratic: 12 Charles Stewart: 3 years, 287 days October 30, 1917 August 13, 1921 0 Liberal: 13 Jason Kenney: 3 years, 164 days April 30, 2019 October 11, 2022 1 United Conservative: 14 Harry Strom: 2 years, 272 days December 12, 1968 September 10, 1971 0
The Notley Ministry was the combined Cabinet (called Executive Council of Alberta), chaired by 17th Premier of Alberta Rachel Notley, that governed Alberta from May 24, 2015 to April 30, 2019. It was made up of members of the New Democratic Party (NDP).
An Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election was held on June 22, 2024, due to leader Rachel Notley's announcement on January 16, 2024, that she would be resigning as leader of the New Democratic Party of Alberta, after a decade in the position, as soon as her successor is chosen.
Chosen as party leader—and therefore premier—by the 2013 party leadership election upon the retirement of Premier Dalton McGuinty. Then led her party to victory in the 2014 general election. Lost re-election in the 2018 general election. Wynne was also the first lesbian woman to serve as a premier in Canada. Rachel Notley: Alberta: 24 May 2015
The 31st Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after the general election on 29 May 2023. The United Conservative Party (UCP), led by incumbent Premier Danielle Smith, won a majority of seats (49) and formed the government. The New Democrats, led by former Premier Rachel Notley, won the second most seats (38) and formed the official ...
Peter Lougheed in 1971 and Jason Kenney in 2019 are the only leaders of the Opposition to become Premier of Alberta. Harry Strom in 1971 and Rachel Notley in 2019 are the only premiers to become opposition leader.