Alberta Premier Danielle Smith named her first cabinet on Friday — rewarding leading challengers Todd Loewen, Brian Jean and Travis Toews, but giving the boot to Jason Kenney loyalist Jason Nixon..And unlike Kenney, Smith named a deputy premier, two of them in fact..Smith named a total of 24 UCP MLAs to cabinet..Toews will keep his job as finance minister after bringing in the first balanced budget in 10 years..Jean was named minister of Jobs, Economy and Northern Development..Loewen, a hunting outfitter, gets the job of minister of Forestry, Parks and Tourism..Airdrie MLA Peter Guthrie is the new minister of Energy..UCP leadership challenger Rebecca Schulz replaces Ric McIver as minister of Municipal Affairs..Leadership challenger Rajan Sawhney becomes minister of Trade, Immigration and Multiculturalism..Leadership challenger Leela Aheer has not been named..Devin Dreeshen returns to cabinet as minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors..Even though Jason Nixon was left out of cabinet, his brother, Jeremy Nixon, becomes minister of Seniors, Community and Social Supports. .Edmonton MLA Kaycee Madu was named deputy premier and minister of Skilled Trades and Professions..Lethbridge-East MLA Nathan Neudorf was named deputy premier and minister of Infrastructure..Keeping the same jobs they had under Kenney are Tyler Shandro as minister of Justice, Jason Copping as Health minister, Adriana LaGrange as minister of Education, Demetrios Nicolaides as minister of Advanced Education and Rick Wilson as minister of Indigenous Relations..The new position of minister of Public Safety goes to former Calgary police officer Mike Ellis.."This is going to be our election cabine," Smith told the Western Standard in an exclusive interview.."When you think about it, we're not getting together as a group again until next year, and so I wanted to I thought that that was respectful to our members and they knew which direction we were going.".NDP leader Rachel Notley was unimpressed..“Today’s changes to Danielle Smith’s cabinet will mean very little to Albertans, urban or rural. The UCP has inflicted chaos, conflict and costs onto families and businesses, and nothing in this cabinet suggests any change from that," Notley said..“Alberta’s NDP is focused on addressing the real issues in Albertans’ lives like getting through the worst affordability crisis in 40 years, repairing our healthcare system, and building a resilient jobs economy.”.Here's the full list of cabinet:.Deputy Premier and Minister of Skilled Trades and Professions — Kaycee Madu.Deputy Premier and Minister of Infrastructure — Nathan Neudorf.President of Treasury Board and Minister of Finance — Travis Toews.Minister of Jobs, Economy and Northern Development — Brian Jean.Minister of Justice — Tyler Shandro.Minister of Health — Jason Copping.Minister of Energy — Pete Guthrie .Minister of Environment and Protected Areas — Sonya Savage.Minister of Technology and Innovation — Nate Glubish.Minister of Affordability and Utilities — Matt Jones.Minister of Municipal Affairs — Rebecca Schulz.Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors — Devin Dreeshen.Minister of Public Safety — Mike Ellis.Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation — Nate Horner.Minister of Forestry, Parks and Tourism — Todd Loewen.Minister of Trade, Immigration and Multiculturalism — Rajan Sawhney.Minister of Education — Adriana LaGrange .Minister of Advanced Education — Demetrios Nicolaides.Minister of Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction — Dale Nally.Minister of Indigenous Relations — Rick Wilson.Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Supports — Jeremy Nixon .Minister of Children’s Services — Mickey Amery .Minister of Mental Health and Addictions — Nicholas Milliken.Minister of Culture — Jason Luan.Caucus leadership positions will include:.Whip (minister without portfolio) — Brad Rutherford.House Leader (minister without portfolio) — Joseph Schow.Deputy House Leaders — Kaycee Madu, Mickey Amery, David Hanson.Ministers will be assisted in their work by the following Parliamentary secretaries:.Parliamentary Secretary for Ukrainian Refugee Settlement — Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk.Parliamentary Secretary for EMS Reform — RJ Sigurdson.Parliamentary Secretary for Rural Health — Tany Yao.Parliamentary Secretary for Economic Corridors — Shane Getson.Parliamentary Secretary for Tourism — Miranda Rosin.Parliamentary Secretary for Agrifood Development — Glenn van Dijken.Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism — Devinder Toor.Parliamentary Secretary for Status of Women — Tanya Fir.Parliamentary Secretary for Community Outreach — Muhammad Yaseen.Parliamentary Secretary for Procurement Transformation — David Hanson.Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business — Martin Long.New Government committees will be chaired by:.Economy and Affordability Cabinet Policy Committee — Jason Nixon.Alberta First Cabinet Policy Committee — Garth Rowswell.Community Services Cabinet Policy Committee — Searle Turton.Strengthening Communities Cabinet Policy Committee — Pat Rehn.Legislative Review Committee Chair — Jason Stephan.Treasury Board members will include:.Travis Toews.Matt Jones.Nate Glubish.Rebecca Schulz.Devin Dreeshen.Jordan Walker.Rick Wilson.Nathan Neudorf.Pete Guthrie.Cabinet members will be sworn in Monday at 11 a.m. and will then begin to receive briefings from their departments.
