Premier Smith appoints new Alberta cabinet with many familiar faces in different portfolios
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith named her new cabinet Friday, about two weeks after her United Conservative Party took the majority of seats in Alberta.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith named her new cabinet Friday, about two weeks after her United Conservative Party took the majority of seats in Alberta.
The UCP won in 49 ridings, down from 63 captured in the 2019 election.
The government caucus is expected to be 48, however, because one MLA has already been told she will not be allowed to sit with the party.
The Opposition NDP swept all 20 seats in Edmonton and flipped 14 seats, mostly in Calgary.
Former cabinet ministers Kaycee Madu, Tyler Shandro, Jason Copping, Jeremy Nixon, Nicholas Milliken and Jason Luan all lost their seats and ministers Travis Toews and Sonya Savage chose not to run again.
That meant new ministers had to be appointed in health, justice, finance, mental health and addiction, culture, environment, skilled trades, and social services.
Smith's new cabinet consists of 25 people, including herself as minister of intergovernmental relations. That number is down from 27 pre-election.
