Kenney ministry

This article is about the membership of Kenney Ministry. For Jason Kenney's time as premier of Alberta and his policies, see Premiership of Jason Kenney.

Kenney Ministry
18th ministry of Alberta
Jason Kenney in 2018
Date formed	April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30)
Date dissolved	October 11, 2022 (2022-10-11)
People and organisations
Monarch	Elizabeth II Charles III
Lieutenant Governor	Lois Mitchell (2019–2020) Salma Lakhani (2020–2022)
Premier	Jason Kenney
Premier's history	Premiership of Jason Kenney
Member party	United Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	New Democratic Party
Opposition leader	Rachel Notley
History
Election	2019 Alberta general election
Legislature term	30th Alberta Legislature
Predecessor	Notley Ministry
Successor	Smith Ministry

The Kenney Ministry was the combined Cabinet (called Executive Council of Alberta), chaired by 18th Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney, that governed Alberta from April 2019 until October 2022.

During Kenney's tenure, the Executive Council (commonly known as the Cabinet) was made up of members of the United Conservative Party, which held a majority of the seats in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Cabinet was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta, Lois Mitchell, on the advice of the premier.

In September 2021, the United Conservative Party board announced a leadership review would take place at the Party's annual general meeting in April 2022, ahead of the previous plans for a leadership review to take place in Fall 2022.[1] In March 2022, the United Conservative Party changed the format for the leadership review, moving to a mail-in ballot beginning in April 2022, with results to be announced on May 18, 2022.[2]

On May 18, 2022, after receiving support from 51.4 per cent of the United Conservative Party members, Kenney announced he would step down as leader of the United Conservative Party.[3][4] The United Conservative Party caucus met on May 19, 2022, and caucus chair Nathan Neudorf released a statement affirming that Kenney would remain as leader of the party until a new leader is elected.[5] Kenney subsequently sent a letter to the party secretary informing her of his intention to resign as leader of the party after a new leader is elected.[5]

Danielle Smith was selected as the leader of the United Conservative Party in the October 2022 United Conservative Party leadership election, and was sworn in as the 19th Premier of Alberta on October 11, 2022.[6] Smith appointed a new ministry one week later.[7]

List of members of the Ministry of Jason Kenney

Name	Ministry	Date Appointed	Date Departed
Jason Kenney	Premier of Alberta	April 30, 2019	October 11, 2022
Travis Toews	President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Finance	April 30, 2019	May 31, 2022
Jason Nixon		June 21, 2022	October 11, 2022
Jason Nixon	Minister of Environment and Parks	April 30, 2019	June 20, 2022
Whitney Issik		June 21, 2022	October 11, 2022
Sonya Savage	Minister of Energy	April 30, 2019	October 11, 2022
Leela Aheer	Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women	April 30, 2019	July 7, 2021
Ron Orr	Minister of Culture	July 8, 2021	October 11, 2022
Doug Schweitzer	Minister of Justice	April 30, 2019	August 24, 2020
Kaycee Madu		August 25, 2020	February 24, 2022
Tyler Shandro		February 25, 2022	October 11, 2022
Devin Dreeshen	Minister of Agriculture and Forestry	April 30, 2019	November 5, 2021
Nate Horner	Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Economic Development	November 5, 2021	October 11, 2022
Tanya Fir	Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism	April 30, 2019	August 24, 2020
Doug Schweitzer	Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation	August 25, 2020	August 5, 2022
Tanya Fir		August 26, 2022	October 11, 2022
Nate Glubish	Minister of Service Alberta	April 30, 2019	October 11, 2022
Adriana LaGrange	Minister of Education	April 30, 2019	October 11, 2022
Kaycee Madu	Minister of Municipal Affairs	April 30, 2019	August 24, 2020
Tracy Allard		August 25, 2020	January 4, 2021
Ric McIver		January 4, 2021	October 11, 2022
Demetrios Nicolaides	Minister of Advanced Education	April 30, 2019	October 11, 2022
Prasad Panda	Minister of Infrastructure	April 30, 2019	June 20, 2022
Nicholas Milliken		June 21, 2022	October 11, 2022
Josephine Pon	Minister of Seniors and Housing	April 30, 2019	October 11, 2022
Rajan Sawhney	Minister of Community and Social Services	April 30, 2019	July 7, 2021
Jason Luan		July 8, 2021	October 11, 2022
Ric McIver	Minister of Transportation	April 30, 2019	July 7, 2021
Rajan Sawhney		July 8, 2021	June 13, 2022
Prasad Panda		June 21, 2022	October 11, 2022
Rebecca Schulz	Minister of Children's Services	April 30, 2019	June 11, 2022
Matt Jones		June 21, 2022	October 11, 2022
Jason Copping	Minister of Labour and Immigration	April 30, 2019	September 20, 2021
Tyler Shandro		September 21, 2021	February 24, 2022
Kaycee Madu		February 25, 2022	October 11, 2022
Tyler Shandro	Minister of Health	April 30, 2019	September 20, 2021
Jason Copping		September 21, 2021	October 11, 2022
Rick Wilson	Minister of Indigenous Relations	April 30, 2019	October 11, 2022
Brad Rutherford	Minister Without Portfolio	June 21, 2022	October 11, 2022

Associate Ministers

Name	Ministry	Date Appointed	Date Departed
Grant Hunter	Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction	April 30, 2019	July 7, 2021
Tanya Fir		July 8, 2021	October 11, 2022
Jason Luan	Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions	April 30, 2019	July 7, 2021
Mike Ellis		July 8, 2021	October 11, 2022
Muhammad Yaseen	Associate Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism	July 8, 2021	October 11, 2022
Whitney Issik	Associate Minister for Status of Women	July 8, 2021	June 20, 2022
Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk		June 21, 2022	October 11, 2022
Dale Nally	Associate Minister of Natural Gas and Electricity	April 30, 2019	October 11, 2022

Cabinet shuffles

On August 25, 2020, Doug Schweitzer moved from the Department of Justice to a newly formed ministry—Jobs, Economy and Innovation. The new ministry—Jobs, Economy and Innovation replaced the ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism the former Economic Development, Trade and Tourism ministries. Kaycee Madu replaced Schweitzer as Minister of Justice. Tracy Allard became the Minister of Municipal Affairs.[8]

On July 8, 2021, Premier Kenney announced a major cabinet shuffle, moving Rajan Sawhney from Community and Social Services to Transportation; promoting Jason Luan to Community and Social Services; permanently moving Ric McIver to Municipal Affairs; promoting Ron Orr to Culture; dropping Grant Hunter and Leela Aheer from cabinet roles; and adding Nate Horner as Associate Minister of Rural Economic Development, and Mike Ellis as Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions.[9][10]

See also

• Executive Council of Alberta
• List of Alberta provincial ministers

References

1. Cryderman, Kelly (September 29, 2021). "Jason Kenney to face leadership review in April". The Globe and Mail. Calgary. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
2. Snowdon, Wallis (March 23, 2022). "Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's rival slams shift to mail-in ballot for leadership review". CBC News. Edmonton. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
3. Williams, Nia (May 19, 2022). "Alberta premier Jason Kenney resigns after party leadership review". Reuters. Retrieved July 2, 2022.
4. Bellefontaine, Michelle (May 18, 2022). "Alberta Premier Jason Kenney resigning as UCP leader despite narrow win in leadership review". CBC News. Retrieved October 22, 2022.
5. French, Janet (May 19, 2022). "Jason Kenney to remain as premier, party leader until new UCP leader is chosen". CBC News. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
6. Black, Matthew (October 12, 2022). "Smith stresses fight versus Ottawa, party unity after becoming Alberta's 19th premier". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
7. Bennett, Dean (October 21, 2022). "Alberta premier's new cabinet includes familiar faces in prominent roles". Global News. The Canadian Press. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
8. "Alberta Premier Jason Kenney shuffles cabinet, moving two ministers". CBC News. August 25, 2020. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
9. von Scheel, Elise; Bellefontaine, Michelle (July 8, 2021). "Alberta Premier Jason Kenney shuffles his cabinet". CBC News. Edmonton. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
10. "Cabinet (July 8, 2021)". Alberta.ca. Government of Alberta. July 9, 2021. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021.

External links

• Kenney cabinet