Mickey Amery

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The Honourable
Mickey Amery
ECA KC MLA
Alberta Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Alberta
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 9, 2023
Relations Moe Amery (father)
Children3
Occupationlawyer

Mickey Amery ECA KC MLA (born April 26, 1982) is a Canadian politician and former lawyer who has been the Alberta Minister of Justice since June 9, 2023. [1] Amery was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Cross in the 30th Alberta Legislature. [2]

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He is on the Social Services Cabinet Policy Committee and the Legislative Review Committee. [3] On October 21, 2022, Amery was appointed Alberta Minister of Children Services. [4]

Amery was re-elected in the 2023 Alberta general election, [5] and was appointed justice minister on June 9, 2023. [1]

Prior to his engagement in the Alberta Legislature, Amery was a practising lawyer and business owner in Calgary, Alberta. [6] He has practised in the areas of family, criminal, civil and administrative law. He has worked on a number of cases of national significance in the areas of aboriginal law and consumer protection. [7] Amery also was a director for the Learning Disability Association of Alberta and a member of various local community boards and organizations. [8] A University of Calgary alumnus, Amery holds a bachelor's degree in political science, a bachelor's degree in economics, and a Juris Doctor degree in law. [9]

Amery is the son of longtime Calgary-East MLA Moe Amery. [10]

Electoral history

2023 general election

2023 Alberta general election : Calgary-Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Conservative Mickey Amery 7,53350.19-4.07
New Democratic Gurinder Singh Gill7,01946.77+9.39
Green Aman Sandhu2541.69–
Solidarity Movement Kathryn Lapp2021.35–
Total15,00899.14–
Rejected and declined1300.86
Turnout15,13849.81
Eligible voters30,393
United Conservative hold Swing -6.73
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [11]

2019 general election

2019 Alberta general election : Calgary-Cross
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
United Conservative Mickey Amery 8,90754.26+2.75†$39,209
New Democratic Ricardo Miranda 6,13537.38+1.25$54,925
Alberta Party Braham Luddu9625.86–$6,936
Liberal Naser Kukhun4102.50-6.88$4,299
Total16,41499.27–
Rejected, spoiled and declined1210.73–
Turnout16,53553.61
Eligible voters 30,844
United Conservative notional hold Swing -2.25
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta [12] [13] [14]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.
†Comparison for UCP is to the combined Wildrose & PC redistributed vote in 2015

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  2. ↑ "Alberta election: Calgary-Cross results - Calgary". Global News. March 17, 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
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  5. ↑ "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Cross | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  6. ↑ "Amery Law". amerylaw.ca. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  7. ↑ "Minister of Children's Services". www.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  8. ↑ "Legislative Assembly of Alberta". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  9. ↑ ucpcaucus_mla (2019-10-02). "Mickey Amery". United Conservative Caucus. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  10. ↑ "Son of longtime MLA Moe Amery ready to take over Calgary-Cross". Calgary Herald , April 18, 2019.
  11. ↑ "05 - Calgary-Cross". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  12. ↑ "05 - Calgary-Cross, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta . Retrieved May 21, 2020.
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