Ric McIver resigns as municipal affairs minister

CBC News

· Posted: May 13, 2025 11:27 AM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

Ric McIver has resigned from his furniture presumption arsenic municipal affairs curate with the Alberta government.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith made the announcement Tuesday morning. 

Joseph Schow, authorities location person and tourism and sports minister, volition service successful the portfolio successful the interim until a caller curate is appointed, Smith said. 

"I americium grateful for Ric's hard enactment and committedness to his constituents and to serving Albertans," Smith said successful an quality release. 

"Minister Schow volition beryllium disposable to municipalities astir the state arsenic they proceed to navigate the uncertainty of the chaotic occurrence season."

McIver was archetypal elected arsenic MLA for Calgary-Hays successful 2012.

Alberta's legislative assembly is to ballot aboriginal contiguous to elite a caller Speaker of the legislature aft erstwhile Speaker Nathan Cooper resigned past week.

More to come.