Politics of Alberta
Politics of Alberta | |
|---|---|
| Polity type | Province within a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
| Constitution | Constitution of Canada |
| Legislative branch | |
| Name | Legislature |
| Type | Unicameral |
| Meeting place | Alberta Legislature Building, Edmonton |
| Presiding officer | Speaker of the Legislative Assembly |
| Executive branch | |
| Head of state | |
| Currently | King Charles III represented by Salma Lakhani, Lieutenant Governor |
| Head of government | |
| Currently | Premier Danielle Smith |
| Appointer | Lieutenant Governor |
| Cabinet | |
| Name | Executive Council |
| Leader | Premier (as President of the Executive Council) |
| Appointer | Lieutenant Governor |
| Headquarters | Edmonton |
| Ministries | 26 |
| Judicial branch | |
| Court of Appeal | |
| Chief judge | Ritu Khullar |
| Seat | Law Courts, Edmonton |
| Court of King's Bench | |
| Chief judge | Kent H. Davidson |
| Seat | Edmonton |
| Provincial Court | |
| Seat | Edmonton |
The politics of Alberta are centred on a provincial government resembling that of the other Canadian provinces, namely a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The capital of the province is Edmonton, where the provincial Legislative Building is located.
The unicameral legislature, the Alberta Legislature, is composed of the Lieutenant Governor and the Legislative Assembly, which has 87 members. Government is conducted after the Westminster model. Alberta has a single-tier system of municipal government similar to that of most of the other provinces.