Travis Toews
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Travis Toews | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Grande Prairie Wapiti | |
Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Wayne Drysdale |
Minister of Finance of Alberta President of the Treasury Board | |
Assumed office April 30, 2019 | |
Premier | Jason Kenney |
Preceded by | Joe Ceci |
Personal details | |
Born | Beaverlodge, Alberta, Canada | November 15, 1964
Political party | United Conservative |
Residence | Beaverlodge, Alberta |
Alma mater | Northern Alberta Institute of Technology |
Occupation | Accountant, rancher, business owner |
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Travis Toews (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]
Education[]
Toews attended the University of Alberta. 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 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. Toews co-chaired the Agri-Innovators Committee for then federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. 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.
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]
Electoral history[]
2019 Alberta general election: Grande Prairie-Wapiti | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
United Conservative | Travis Toews | 17,772 | 74.8 | |||||
New Democratic | Shannon Dunfield | 3,523 | 14.8 | |||||
Alberta Party | Jason Jones | 2,227 | 9.4 | |||||
Independent | Terry Dueck | 222 | 0.9 | |||||
Total valid votes | 23,744 | |||||||
Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 193 | |||||||
Registered electors | 29,757 | |||||||
Turnout | 80.2 |
References[]
- ^ Trevor Howell, Calgary Herald (2015-04-21). "Calgary-Klein riding: Coolahan, Fawcett, Gamble, Keough and Nixon". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
- ^ a b c d Lumsden, Michael (April 30, 2019). "Grande Prairie-Wapiti MLA Travis Toews named Minister of Finance". My Grande Prairie Now. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- United Conservative Party MLAs
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- Members of the Executive Council of Alberta
- Finance ministers of Alberta
- Northern Alberta Institute of Technology alumni
- Canadian ranchers
- Canadian accountants
- Canadian Mennonites
- Canadian people of German-Ukrainian descent
- Alberta politician stubs