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Prentice Ministry
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16th ministry of Alberta
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Jim Prentice in 2014
Date formedSeptember 15, 2014 (2014-09-15)
Date dissolvedMay 24, 2015 (2015-05-24)
People and organisations
Monarch Elizabeth II
Lieutenant Governor Donald Ethell
Premier Jim Prentice
Member party Progressive Conservative
Status in legislature Majority
Opposition party Wildrose Party
Opposition leader
History
Legislature term 28th Alberta Legislature
Predecessor Hancock Ministry
Successor Notley Ministry

The Prentice Ministry was the combined Cabinet (called Executive Council of Alberta), chaired by 16th Premier of Alberta Jim Prentice, that governed Alberta from September 15, 2014 to May 24, 2015. It was made up of members of the Progressive Conservative Party (PC).

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Cabinet composition and shuffles

Prentice's cabinet was sworn in on September 15, 2014. [1] At 16 ministers and three associate ministers, it was significantly smaller than the Redford Ministry, which numbered 19 ministers and 10 associate ministers. [2] Prentice took two portfolios himself: international and intergovernmental relations and aboriginal relations. [1] Prentice dropped several high-profile ministers from cabinet, such as Doug Horner and Fred Horne, and brought in six new members: Gordon Dirks, David Dorward, Stephen Khan, Maureen Kubinec, Stephen Mandel and Ric McIver. Dirks, a former Calgary school board chair, and Mandel, former mayor of Edmonton, were not MLAs at the time of their appointment, becoming the first unelected cabinet ministers in Alberta since the 1930s. Prentice defended their appointments, saying "bringing in new government means bringing in new blood", and stressed that they would run in by-elections before the legislature resumed. [3] Of the ten cabinet ministers who were held over from the Hancock and Redford ministries, six were moved to new portfolios and four — Naresh Bhardwaj, Jonathan Denis, Wayne Drysdale and Verlyn Olson — stayed put. [3]

On April 25, 2015, in the middle of the 2015 Alberta general election, Jonathan Denis resigned as justice minister due to "legal proceedings" against him by his estranged wife. Prentice asked for Denis' resignation due to the involvement of the courts. Agriculture minister Verlyn Olson took over the justice portfolio in an acting capacity. [4]

List of ministers

NameDate AppointedDate Departed
Jim Prentice President of the Executive Council (Premier)September 15, 2014May 24, 2015
Robin Campbell President of Treasury Board and Minister of FinanceSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Jim Prentice Minister of Aboriginal RelationsSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Maureen Kubinec Minister of Culture and TourismSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Gordon Dirks Minister of EducationSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Frank Oberle Jr. Minister of EnergySeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Kyle Fawcett Minister of Environment and Sustainable Resource DevelopmentSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Stephen Mandel Minister of HealthSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Heather Klimchuk Minister of Human ServicesSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Manmeet Bhullar Minister of InfrastructureSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Don Scott Minister of Innovation and Advanced EducationSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Jim Prentice Minister of International and Intergovernmental RelationsSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Ric McIver Minister of Jobs, Skills, Training and LabourSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Jonathan Denis Minister of Justice and Solicitor General May 8, 2012April 25, 2015
Diana McQueen Minister of Municipal AffairsSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Jeff Johnson Minister of SeniorsSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Stephen Khan Minister of Service AlbertaSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
David Dorward Associate Minister of Aboriginal RelationsSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015
Everett McDonald Associate Minister of Agriculture and Rural DevelopmentMarch 17, 2015May 23, 2015
Teresa Woo-Paw Associate Minister of Asia Pacific RelationsSeptember 15, 2014May 23, 2015

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