Alberta’s jobs minister Doug Schweitzer resigns
Posted Aug 5, 2022 5:22 pm.
Last Updated Aug 5, 2022 7:07 pm.
Alberta’s Minister of Jobs, Doug Schweitzer, has resigned from cabinet.
The Calgary-Elbow MLA had been serving as the Jobs, Economy, and Innovation minister for Alberta.
Doug Schweitzer has stepped down from his role as Minister of Jobs, Economy, and Innovation.
He wasn't planning on running for Calgary-Elbow again in the next election. Now he says he won't stick around as MLA either, he's leaving at the end of Aug./start of Sept. #abpoli #ableg https://t.co/n1rVGyekGI— Saif Kaisar (@StaySaif) August 5, 2022
He posted to Twitter Friday, saying that it was an honour to serve alongside the premier and other colleagues.
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Schweitzer plans to stay on as an MLA until the end of the month, though says the exact date could change.
He had already said he wasn’t going to run for re-election next year earlier in May.
Schweitzer had earlier mentioned he can leave the legislature confident, knowing that Alberta is on the financial rebound.
Schweitzer is a lawyer and a first-time legislature member for the UCP but has deep roots in politics.
He was a longtime conservative strategist in Manitoba, and in Alberta managed the 2014 leadership campaign of former premier Jim Prentice.
–With files from The Canadian Press
