Jason Kenny’s UCP Alberta Cabinet By The Numbers

We reviewed Jason Kenny’s selections for his first UCP Cabinet and came up with some interesting statistics:

• 3 or 15% – The number and percentage of previously elected Progressive Conservatives (PC) that are now Cabinet Ministers
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• 2 or 10% – The number and percentage of previously elected Wildrose party members that are now Cabinet Ministers
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• 7 or 35% – The number and percentage of women in the 2019 Alberta Cabinet
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• 7 or 50% – The number and percentage of women given Cabinet roles from the total number of UCP females elected (14)
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• 14 or 80% – The number and percentage of of UCP Alberta Cabinet Ministers with a University degree
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• 4 or 20% – The number and percentage of lawyers; the most common degree in the UCP Cabinet
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• 15 or 75% – The number and percentage of Ministers the were elected in Urban ridings – There is some subjectivity on this number as what defines Rural and Urban is not hard set
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• 15 or 75% – The number and percentage of Caucasian Ministers
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• 3 or 15% – The number and percentage of Ministers of Indian decent
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• 15 or 75% – The number and percentage of newly elected UCP members that are now Cabinet Ministers
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• 166% – The size of Jason Kenny’s first Cabinet in 2019 compared to Rachel Notley’s first Cabinet in 2015.  The small Notley Cabinet was expanded to 20 in the coming years and then shrunk back to 19 Ministers by the summer of 2018
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• 43 – The average age of a UCP Cabinet minister
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• 13 – The total number of languages spoken by at least one Cabinet Minister
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Alberta’s cabinet is made up of the following ministers.  Click on a name to see their official biography:

• Jason Kenney, Premier of Alberta and Minister of Intergovernmental Relations
• Dimitri Nicolaides, Minister of Advanced Education
• Devin Dreeshen, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry
• Rebecca Shulz, Minister of Children’s Services
• Rajan Sawhney, Minister of Community and Social Services
• Leela Aheer, Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status of Women
• Tanya Fir, Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism
• Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Education
• Sonya Savage, Minister of Energy and Deputy House Leader
• Jason Nixon, Minister of Environment and Parks and House Leader
• Tyler Shandro, Minister of Health
• Rick Wilson, Minister of Indigenous Relations
• Prasad Panda, Minister of Infrastructure
• Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General and Deputy House Leader
• Jason Copping, Minister of Labour and Immigration
• Kaycee Madu, Minister of Municipal Affairs
• Josephine Pon, Minister of Seniors and Housing
• Nate Glubish, Minister of Service Alberta
• Ric McIver, Minister of Transportation and Deputy House Leader
• Travis Toews, Minister of Treasury Board and Finance

Associate Ministers

• Jason Luan, Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions
• Dale Nally, Associate Minister of Natural Gas
• Grant Hunter, Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction