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Mike Ellis (Canadian politician)
| The HonourableMike EllisECA MLA |
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| Ellis in 2018 |
| Incumbent |
| Assumed office June 9, 2023 |
| Danielle Smith |
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| Incumbent |
| Assumed office October 24, 2022 |
| Danielle Smith |
| Office created |
| Incumbent |
| Assumed office October 27, 2014 |
| Ken Hughes |
| (1973-01-09) January 9, 1973Calgary, Alberta |
| United Conservative |
| Progressive Conservative (until 2017) |
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Michael George Ellis ECA MLA (born January 9, 1973) is a Canadian politician who has represented Calgary-West in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta since 2014, sitting as a member of the Progressive Conservatives and later the United Conservative Party (UCP). Ellis was sworn in as Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services in Alberta. Prior to entering politics, he worked as a police officer.
Ellis was born and raised in Calgary, where he was a police sergeant with the Calgary Police Service between 2003 and 2015.
He is married with three children.
Ellis was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in a by-election on October 27, 2014, as a Progressive Conservative (PC). He was re-elected in the 2015, 2019, and 2023 provincial elections and has also been the government whip.
He had previously challenged his predecessor, Ken Hughes, in a nomination contest in the same district for the 2012 Alberta general election,
Premier Jason Kenney named Ellis as Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions in a 2021 cabinet shuffle.
Ellis was appointed Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services by Premier Danielle Smith on October 24, 2022, upon Smith's victory of the 2022 United Conservative Party leadership election.
In December 2022 Ellis updated the Alberta Police Act to include an independent committee that handles complaints made towards police.
Ellis has introduced plans to have police carry mandatory body cams.
Ellis gave the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) $4.4 million to combat gang and gun violence.
Ellis supported Danielle Smith during her leadership bid, saying she shared his "values for improving public safety."
During the 2023 Alberta general election, Ellis joined the far-right Rebel News' hosts Ezra Levant and Sheila Gunn Reid for their live-coverage of the event. Ellis continued as Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services in the June 2023 cabinet shuffle. In April 2025, the National Police Federation and RCMP Deputy Commissioner Rob Hill said that comments made by Ellis in the Legislative Assembly about the state of rural policing misled the public.
Following the defeat of Kaycee Madu in the 2023 Alberta general election and the cabinet reshuffling of Nathan Neudorf, Ellis was sworn in as the sole Deputy Premier of Alberta on June 9, 2023, replacing both Madu and Neudorf, who had served jointly as Deputy Premier of Alberta under Premier Danielle Smith from October 24, 2022 until June 9, 2023.
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| United Conservative | Mike Ellis | 12,793 | 56.67 | -9.44 | |
| New Democratic | Joan Chand'oiseau | 9,468 | 41.94 | +16.48 | |
| Green | Jason McKee | 313 | 1.39 | – | |
| Total | 22,574 | 99.15 | – | ||
| Rejected and declined | 193 | 0.85 | |||
| Turnout | 22,767 | 66.25 | |||
| Eligible voters | 34,363 | ||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -12.96 | |||
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| Source: Elections Alberta |
| vte2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Conservative | Mike Ellis | 14,974 | 66.11 | -6.08 | |
| New Democratic | Gulshan Akter | 5,768 | 25.47 | -2.34 | |
| Alberta Party | Frank Penkala | 1,610 | 7.11 | – | |
| Liberal | Yasna Oluic-Kovacevic | 298 | 1.32 | – | |
| Total | 22,651 | – | – | ||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 65 | 40 | 6 | ||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 32,570 | 69.76% | 13.25% | ||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Source(s) | |||||
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| vte2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Ellis | 8,312 | 46.79% | 2.50% | |
| New Democratic | Mizanur Rahman | 4,940 | 27.81% | 24.72% | |
| Wildrose | Gerard Lucyshyn | 4,512 | 25.40% | -16.18% | |
| Total | 17,764 | – | – | ||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 75 | 20 | 22 | ||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 31,604 | 56.51% | 20.78% | ||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Source(s) | |||||
| Source: "27 - Calgary-West, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. |
| vteAlberta provincial by-election, October 27, 2014: Calgary-WestResignation of Ken Hughes on September 26, 2014 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Mike Ellis | 4,836 | 44.29 | −5.56 | |
| Wildrose | Sheila Taylor | 4,530 | 41.58 | +4.25 | |
| Liberal | David Khan | 927 | 8.51 | +1.05 | |
| New Democratic | Brian Malkinson | 337 | 3.09 | +0.08 | |
| Alberta Party | Troy Millington | 264 | 2.42 | +1.45 | |
| Total | 10,894 | — | — | ||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 17 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 30,541 | 35.73 | — | ||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | − | |||
| Source(s) | |||||
| Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2015). Report on the October 27, 2014 By-elections in: Calgary-Elbow, Calgary-Foothills, Calgary-West, Edmonton-Whitemud (PDF) (Report). Edmonton: Legislative Assembly of Alberta; Chief Electoral Officer. ISBN 978-098653678-6. |
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