Smith ministry

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 Smith Ministry replaced the Kenney Ministry, following the 2022 United Conservative Party leadership election.

Cabinet composition
Smith's inaugural cabinet was sworn in on October 21, 2022. It numbered 25 ministers, an increase from the Kenney Ministry's 20 members. Five of the six rivals that Smith faced for the leadership were included in cabinet: Travis Toews was named finance minister; Brian Jean was appointed to a revamped ministry of jobs, economy and northern development; Todd Loewen headed a newly combined ministry of forestry, parks and tourism; Rebecca Schulz gained municipal affairs; and Rajan Sawhney took the ministry of trade, immigration and multiculturalism. Leela Aheer, who placed seventh, did not join cabinet. Adriana LaGrange, Demetrios Nicolaides and Tyler Shandro retained their portfolios from the Kenney Ministry, while Tanya Fir, Whitney Issik, Ric McIver, Jason Nixon and Prasad Panda were dropped entirely. The labour and housing ministries were eliminated. The number of female cabinet ministers dropped from eight to five.

Following the 2023 election, Smith shuffled her cabinet on June 9. Several ministers had been defeated for re-election or chose not to run again, necessitating their replacements. Among the changes, Nate Horner was appointed the new minister of finance, Mickey Amery the new justice minister, and Mike Ellis was named deputy premier. Amery was the first Muslim to be justice minister. RJ Sigurdson, Searle Turton and Dan Williams joined cabinet for the first time, while Fir, McIver and Muhammad Yaseen returned to cabinet. The number of women ministers remained stable at five.