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Premier of Alberta

First minister for the Canadian province of Alberta

Field	Value
post	Premier
body	Alberta
native_name	Premier ministre de l'Alberta
image	Danielle Smith 2014.jpg
incumbent	Danielle Smith
incumbentsince	October 11, 2022
department	Office of the Premier
style	{{plainlist
status	Head of Government
member_of
reports_to
seat	Edmonton
appointer	Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
appointer_qualified	with the confidence of the Alberta Legislature
termlength	genderp=~}}}} Majesty's pleasure
termlength_qualified	contingent on the premier's ability to command confidence in the legislative assembly
formation	September 2, 1905
first	Alexander Cameron Rutherford
deputy	Deputy Premier of Alberta
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The Honourable (formal)
Premier (informal)

The premier of Alberta is the head of government and first minister of the Canadian province of Alberta. The current premier is Danielle Smith, leader of the governing United Conservative Party, who was sworn in on October 11, 2022.

The premier of Alberta is the leader of the legislative majority in the Alberta Legislature. The premier selects ministers of the Crown to the Executive Council of Alberta (the "cabinet") and as such is the head of the government in Alberta. The premier is the first minister representing Alberta towards the federal government and the other provinces and territories in Canada.

By constitutional convention the premier is normally a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA).

Duties and functions

To be effective, accountable and in line with custom, the premier is expected to hold a seat in the legislature, so the premier serves as the MLA for a riding and is elected as MLA by the constituents of that constituency. As with most government leaders in a parliamentary system, the premier usually wins their own election as MLA easily. However, on occasion, a premier has not been re-elected to their seat in a general election, forcing them to run in a by-election in a constituency that comes empty by the resignation of the sitting MLA or other incident. The most recent case of this was Don Getty, who lost his Edmonton-Whitemud seat in the 1989 election and then ran and was elected in a by-election in Stettler. In 2022 Danielle Smith was elected party leader without holding a seat in the legislative assembly, thus becoming premier, and within a few weeks won a seat in a by-election.

List of premiers

Main article: List of premiers of Alberta

References

(30 May 2023). "After a Hard-Right Turn, Alberta's Conservatives Retain Power".

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