Travis Toews
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Travis Toews | |
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| Minister of Finance of Alberta President of the Treasury Board | |
| In office October 24, 2022 – May 29, 2023 | |
| Premier | Danielle Smith |
| Preceded by | Jason Nixon |
| Succeeded by | Nate Horner |
| In office April 30, 2019 – May 31, 2022 | |
| Premier | Jason Kenney |
| Preceded by | Joe Ceci |
| Succeeded by | Jason Nixon |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Grande Prairie Wapiti | |
| In office April 16, 2019 – May 29, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Wayne Drysdale |
| Succeeded by | Ron Wiebe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 15, 1964 Beaverlodge, Alberta, Canada |
| Party | United Conservative |
| Alma mater | Northern Alberta Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Accountant, rancher, business owner |
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| Website | www |
Travis Toews ECA (born 1964) is a Canadian politician elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Grande Prairie-Wapiti in the 30th Alberta Legislature.[1] He was appointed as Minister of Finance of Alberta and President of the Treasury Board on April 30, 2019, by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney.[2]
On June 4, 2022, Toews resigned as the minister of finance and announced his candidacy in the 2022 United Conservative Party leadership election, where he placed second to Danielle Smith.[3] Toews was reappointed as minister by premier Danielle Smith on October 24, 2022.[4]
Toews attended the University of Alberta.[5] He then attained a professional accounting designation through the society of management accountants and holds Certified Management Accountants of Canada (CMA) and Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) accounting designations.[2]
Career
Toews spent twelve years working in a public accounting practice prior to pursuing business interests. After retiring from public accounting practice, Toews invested in, managed and grew a corporate family cattle ranching operation[5] as well as an oilfield environmental company. Toews has served as a Director on a number of local non-profit boards, as well as provincial and national industry boards and committees including the Alberta Beef Producers and the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance. He served as President of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association from 2010 to 2012.[6] Toews co-chaired the Agri-Innovators Committee for then federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz.[7] In 2013, Ritz appointed Toews as a Canadian representative on the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) committee designed to improve international food security between APEC countries. Between 2010 and 2012, Toews served as a member of Country of Origin Labelling Canadian World Trade Organization Legal working group in Geneva, Switzerland.[8]
Minister of Finance
On April 30, 2019, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney appointed Toews as Minister of Finance of Alberta and President of the Treasury Board.[2] Toews succeeds Calgary-Buffalo MLA Joe Ceci as Minister of Finance.[2]
On 24 March 2023, he announced that he would not be seeking re election as an MLA.[9] He was succeeded in the 2023 Alberta general election by Ron Wiebe from the UCP.[10]
