31st Alberta Legislature

Majority parliament
8 June 2023 - present
Parliament leaders
Premier| Danielle Smith
11 October 2022 – present
Cabinet| Smith ministry
Leader of the
Opposition| Rachel Notley
30 April 2019 – present
Party caucuses
Government| United Conservative Party
Opposition| New Democratic Party
Legislative Assembly

Seating arrangements of the Legislative Assembly
Speaker of the
Assembly| Nathan Cooper
21 May 2019 – present
Government
House Leader| Joseph Schow
24 October 2022 – present
Opposition
House Leader| Christina Gray
8 February 2021 – present
Members| 87 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch| Charles III
8 September 2022 – present
Lieutenant
Governor| Salma Lakhani
26 August 2020 – present
Sessions
1st session
October 30, 2023 – present
| ← 30th | → 32nd

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The 31st Alberta Legislative Assembly was constituted after the general election on May 29, 2023. The United Conservative Party (UCP), led by incumbent Premier Danielle Smith, won a majority of seats and formed the government. The New Democrats, led by former Premier Rachel Notley, won the second most seats and formed the official opposition.The first session began on October 30.

## Members of the 31st Legislative Assembly[edit]

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Peter Guthrie |  | United Conservative | Airdrie-Cochrane | 2019
Angela Pitt |  | United Conservative | Airdrie-East | 2015
Glenn van Dijken |  | United Conservative | Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock | 2015
Sarah Elmeligi |  | New Democratic | Banff-Kananaskis | 2023
Scott Cyr |  | United Conservative | Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul | 2015, 2023
Danielle Smith |  | United Conservative | Brooks-Medicine Hat | 2012,[a] 2022
Diana Batten |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Acadia | 2023
Amanda Chapman |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Beddington | 2023
Irfan Sabir |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Bhullar-McCall | 2015
Demetrios Nicolaides |  | United Conservative | Calgary-Bow | 2019
Joe Ceci |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Buffalo | 2015
Mickey Amery |  | United Conservative | Calgary-Cross | 2019
Janet Eremenko |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Currie | 2023
Peter Singh |  | United Conservative | Calgary-East | 2019
Julia Hayter |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Edgemont | 2023
Samir Kayande |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Elbow | 2023
Parmeet Singh Boparai |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Falconridge | 2023
Myles McDougall |  | United Conservative | Calgary-Fish Creek | 2023
Court Ellingson |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Foothills | 2023
Nagwan Al-Guneid |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Glenmore | 2023
Ric McIver |  | United Conservative | Calgary-Hays | 2012
Lizette Tejada |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Klein | 2023
Eric Bouchard |  | United Conservative | Calgary-Lougheed | 2023
Kathleen Ganley |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Mountain View | 2015
Muhammad Yaseen |  | United Conservative | Calgary-North | 2019
Gurinder Brar |  | New Democratic | Calgary-North East | 2023
Rajan Sawhney |  | United Conservative | Calgary-North West | 2019
Tanya Fir |  | United Conservative | Calgary-Peigan | 2019
Rebecca Schulz |  | United Conservative | Calgary-Shaw | 2019
Matt Jones |  | United Conservative | Calgary-South East | 2019
Luanne Metz |  | New Democratic | Calgary-Varsity | 2023
Mike Ellis |  | United Conservative | Calgary-West | 2014
Jackie Lovely |  | United Conservative | Camrose | 2019
Joseph Schow |  | United Conservative | Cardston-Siksika | 2019
Todd Loewen |  | United Conservative | Central Peace-Notley | 2019
Chantelle de Jonge |  | United Conservative | Chestermere-Strathmore | 2023
Justin Wright |  | United Conservative | Cypress-Medicine Hat | 2023
Andrew Boitchenko |  | United Conservative | Drayton Valley-Devon | 2023
Nathan Horner |  | United Conservative | Drumheller-Stettler | 2019
Peggy Wright |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | 2023
Nicole Goehring |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Castle Downs | 2015
David Shepherd |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-City Centre | 2015
Sharif Haji |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Decore | 2023
Rod Loyola |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Ellerslie | 2015
Sarah Hoffman |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Glenora | 2015
Marlin Schmidt |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Gold Bar | 2015
Janis Irwin |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood | 2019
Heather Sweet |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Manning | 2015
Lorne Dach |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-McClung | 2015
Jasvir Deol |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Meadows | 2019
Christina Gray |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Mill Woods | 2015
David Eggen |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-North West | 2004,[b] 2012
Lori Sigurdson |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Riverview | 2015
Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Rutherford | 2023
Rhiannon Hoyle |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-South | 2023
Nathan Ip |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-South West | 2023
Rachel Notley |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Strathcona | 2008
Brooks Arcand-Paul |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-West Henday | 2023
Rakhi Pancholi |  | New Democratic | Edmonton-Whitemud | 2019
Brian Jean |  | United Conservative | Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche | 2015,[c] 2022
Tany Yao |  | United Conservative | Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | 2015
Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk |  | United Conservative | Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville | 2019
Nolan Dyck |  | United Conservative | Grande Prairie | 2023
Ron Wiebe |  | United Conservative | Grande Prairie-Wapiti | 2023
RJ Sigurdson |  | United Conservative | Highwood | 2019
Devin Dreeshen |  | United Conservative | Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | 2018
Shane Getson |  | United Conservative | Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland | 2019
Jennifer Johnson |  | Independent | Lacombe-Ponoka | 2023
Brandon Lunty |  | United Conservative | Leduc-Beaumont | 2023
Scott Sinclair |  | United Conservative | Lesser Slave Lake | 2023
Nathan Neudorf |  | United Conservative | Lethbridge-East | 2019
Shannon Phillips |  | New Democratic | Lethbridge-West | 2015
Chelsae Petrovic |  | United Conservative | Livingstone-Macleod | 2023
Rick Wilson |  | United Conservative | Maskwacis-Wetaskiwin | 2019
Dale Nally |  | United Conservative | Morinville-St. Albert | 2019
Nathan Cooper |  | United Conservative | Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | 2015
Dan Williams |  | United Conservative | Peace River | 2019
Adriana LaGrange |  | United Conservative | Red Deer-North | 2019
Jason Stephan |  | United Conservative | Red Deer-South | 2019
Jason Nixon |  | United Conservative | Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre | 2015
Kyle Kasawski |  | New Democratic | Sherwood Park | 2023
Searle Turton |  | United Conservative | Spruce Grove-Stony Plain | 2019
Marie Renaud |  | New Democratic | St. Albert | 2015
Nate Glubish |  | United Conservative | Strathcona-Sherwood Park | 2019
Grant Hunter |  | United Conservative | Taber-Warner | 2015
Garth Rowswell |  | United Conservative | Vermilion-Lloydminster-Wainwright | 2019
Martin Long |  | United Conservative | West Yellowhead | 2019

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## Seating plan[edit]

* Party leaders are italicized. Bold indicates cabinet minister.

|  | Loyola | Hoffman | Eremenko | Goehring | Pancholi | Batten |  | Calahoo Stonehouse | Dach | Ganley | Brar | Schmidt |  |  |  |

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| Shepherd | Ellingson | Boparai | Hayter | Deol | Kayande | Eggen |  | Ip | Irwin | Tejada | Renaud | Haji | Chapman |  |  |
| Al-Guneid | Elmeligi | Arcand-Paul | P. Wright | Hoyle | Phillips | Gray | Notley | Ceci | Sabir | L. Sigurdson | Kasawski | Sweet | Metz |  |  | Johnson
Cooper |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Guthrie | Glubish | Nicolaides | Schulz | Williams | LaGrange | Horner | Schow | Smith | Ellis | Amery | Neudorf | Loewen | Wilson | Jean | Dreeshen | Nixon
|  | Pitt | van Dijken | Rowswell | Hunter | Yaseen | RJ Sigurdson | Getson |  | Sawhney | Jones | Fir | McIver | Nally | Turton | Yao | Long
| Cyr | Lunty | Wiebe | Boitchenko | McDougall | J. Wright | Petrovic | Lovely |  | Dyck | Armstong-Homeniuk | de Jonge | Sinclair | Bouchard | Singh | Stephan |

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## Officeholders[edit]

### Presiding officers[edit]

Office  | Photo  | Party  | Officer  | Riding  | Since  | Until

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Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |  | UCP | Nathan Cooper | Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills | 21 May 2019  | present
Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees  |  | UCP  | Angela Pitt | Airdrie-East | 21 May 2019  | present
Deputy Chair of Committees  |  | UCP  | Glenn van Dijken | Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock | 20 June 2023  | present

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### Government leadership (United Conservative)[edit]

Office  | Photo  | Officer  | Riding  | Since  | Until

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Premier of Alberta |  | Danielle Smith | Brooks-Medicine Hat | 11 October 2022  | present
Deputy Premier |  | Mike Ellis | Calgary-West | 9 June 2023  | present
House Leader |  | Joseph Schow | Cardston-Siksika | 24 October 2022  | present
Deputy House Leader  |  | Mickey Amery | Calgary-Cross | 24 October 2022  | present
| Dan Williams | Peace River | 13 July 2023  | present
Whip |  | Shane Getson | Lac Ste. Anne-Parkland | 9 June 2023  | present
Deputy Whip  |  | Tany Yao | Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo | 18 October 2023  | present
Caucus Chair  |  | Nathan Neudorf | Lethbridge-East | June 2021  | present

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### Opposition leadership (New Democratic)[edit]

Office  | Photo  | Officer  | Riding  | Since  | Until

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Leader of the Opposition |  | Rachel Notley | Edmonton-Strathcona | 30 April 2019  | present
Deputy Leader  |  | Sarah Hoffman | Edmonton-Glenora | 13 May 2019  | 27 January 2024
| Christina Gray | Edmonton-Mill Woods | 13 February 2024  | present
House Leader  |  | Christina Gray | Edmonton-Mill Woods | 8 February 2021  | present
Deputy House Leader  |  | Irfan Sabir | Calgary-Bhullar-McCall | 20 October 2020  | present
| Heather Sweet | Edmonton-Manning | 27 February 2023  | 28 January 2024
Whip  |  | David Eggen | Edmonton-North West | 21 May 2019  | present
Deputy Whip  |  | Sarah Hoffman | Edmonton-Glenora | 27 June 2023  | 27 January 2024
| Heather Sweet | Edmonton-Manning | 28 January 2024  | present
Deputy Assistant Whip  |  | Samir Kayande | Calgary-Elbow | 27 June 2023  | present
Caucus Chair  |  | Joe Ceci | Calgary-Buffalo | 13 May 2019  | present
Deputy Caucus Chair  |  | Peggy Wright | Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview | 27 June 2023  | present

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "Members of the Legislative Assembly". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
2. ^ "Chamber Seating Plan". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
3. ^ "Honourable Nathan Cooper". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
4. ^ "Ms Angela Pitt". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
5. ^ "Mr. Glenn van Dijken". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
6. ^ "Premier Smith appoints new Alberta cabinet with many familiar faces in different portfolios". Edmonton. 2023-06-09. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
7. ^ "Honourable Dan Williams, ECA". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
8. ^ "Mr. Tany Yao". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
9. ^ Herald (July 20, 2021). "Neudorf takes on challenge as UCP caucus chair". Lethbridge Herald. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
10. ^ Heidenreich, Phil (June 27, 2023). "NDP announces shadow cabinet for largest Official Opposition in Alberta history". Global News. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
11. ^ Bellefontaine, Michelle (May 13, 2019). "'Challenging and exciting, fun and frustrating': NDP MLAs look ahead to next 4 years". CBC News. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
12. ^ @shoffmanAB (January 28, 2024). "Following today's Alberta NDP meeting to finalize our leadership contest, I have resigned my positions as Deputy Leader, Assistant Whip, and Municipal Affairs Critic for Edmonton and Calgary, effective immediately. I am filled with hope and optimism for the future of our party!" (Tweet) - via Twitter.
13. ^ Staff, rdnewsNOW. "Alberta NDP announces changes to caucus leadership team and critic roles". EverythingGP. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
14. ^ "Alberta NDP announce interim changes to caucus". Lethbridge News Now. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
15. ^ "Member Information". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2024-03-12.

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