Doug Schweitzer

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Canadian lawyer and politician

The Honourable Doug Schweitzer ECA
Schweitzer in 2017

Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation
In office August 25, 2020 – August 5, 2022
Premier	Jason Kenney
Preceded by	Tanya Fir
Succeeded by	Tanya Fir
Minister of Justice and Solicitor General of Alberta
In office April 30, 2019 – August 25, 2020
Premier	Jason Kenney
Preceded by	Kathleen Ganley
Succeeded by	Kaycee Madu
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Elbow
In office April 16, 2019 – August 31, 2022
Preceded by	Greg Clark
Succeeded by	Samir Kayande

Personal details
Born	1978 or 1979 (age 46–47)^[1] Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Party	United Conservative Party
Alma mater	University of Manitoba
Occupation	Lawyer

Douglas Edward Schweitzer^[2] (born 1978 or 1979) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Elbow in the 30th Alberta Legislature. He is a member of the United Conservative Party.^[3]

He was born in Kelowna, British Columbia.^[4] Schweitzer ran unsuccessfully for the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership election.^[5]

On April 30, 2019, he was appointed to be the Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General of Alberta in the Executive Council of Alberta, and held that role until August 25, 2020 when he was shuffled to the new ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation. After announcing his intention not to run for re-election in May 2023, Schweitzer resigned as Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation and announced he would be resigning his seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on August 5, 2022.^[6] On September 7, 2022, Schweitzer announced he had joined Deloitte as a senior advisor.^[7] In the 2023 Alberta general election, his former seat was taken by Samir Kayande from the NDP. This was the first time that the NDP had won Calgary Elbow.^[8]^[9]

Electoral history

v t e 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Elbow
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	United Conservative	Doug Schweitzer	10,951	44.34	+5.03	$309,597
	Alberta Party	Greg Clark	7,542	30.54	-9.73	$70,288
	New Democratic	Janet Eremenko	5,796	23.47	+7.17	$44,092
	Liberal	Robin Mackintosh	275	1.11	-2.61	$500
	Green	Quinn Rupert	132	0.53	+0.45	$500
Total			24,696	98.36	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			413	1.64
Turnout			25,109	71.88
Eligible voters			34,934
	United Conservative gain from Alberta Party		Swing		+7.38
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta^[10]^[11]^[12] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

Winnipeg Centre

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: Winnipeg Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Pat Martin	12,149	45.4	+4.1	$51,914
	Liberal	David Northcott	9,285	34.7	+0.6	$67,134
	Conservative	Robert Eng	3,631	13.6	-8.0	$7,572
	Green	Robin (Pilar) Faye	1,151	4.3	+1.7	$2,087
	Marijuana	John M. Siedleski	346	1.3	–	–
	Communist	Anna-Celestrya Carr	114	0.4	-0.1	$654
	Independent	Douglas Edward Schweitzer	92	0.3	–	–
Total valid votes			26,768	100.0		–
Total rejected ballots			188	0.7
Turnout			26,956	45.1

Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.

Alberta provincial government of Jason Kenney

Cabinet posts (2)

Predecessor

Office

Successor

Tanya Fir

Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation
August 25, 2020–

Incumbent

Kathleen Ganley

Minister of Justice and Solcitor General
April 30, 2019–August 25, 2020

Kaycee Madu

References

↑ Tait, Carrie (June 2017). "Doug Schweitzer enters race to lead Alberta's United Conservative Party". The Globe and Mail.
↑ "Voter Information Service - Past results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
↑ "Alberta Election: Calgary-Elbow results - Calgary". Globalnews.ca. 2019-03-17. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
↑ "Alberta's new minister of justice well suited to role, say peers | Canadian Lawyer".
↑ "Alberta attorney general questioned by RCMP about 2017 UCP leadership race | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2026-04-01.
↑ The Canadian Press (August 5, 2022). "Alberta jobs minister Doug Schweitzer quits cabinet, will resign seat soon". CBC News.
↑ "Former Alberta innovation minister Doug Schweitzer joins Deloitte as senior advisor". 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-19.
↑ von Scheel, Elise (October 24, 2022). "Orange is the new blue: How progressive conservatives could help the NDP win power". CBC News.
↑ "Alberta election 2023 results: Calgary-Elbow | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
↑ "09 - Calgary-Elbow, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 35–38. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
↑ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

v t e Cabinet of Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney (2019–2022)
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