Please direct questions about the Some terms used in the Assembly Legislative Assembly to: Communications Services 3rd Floor, 9820 - 107 Street NW Bill - A proposed law. To become sometimes called the House. Edmonton, AB T5K 1E7 law, a Bill must pass three readings, [email protected] committee study and be given Royal Lieutenant Governor - The Visit our website at assembly.ab.ca Assent. representative of the monarch and formal head of state. for information about the Legislative Assembly. Check out our Black Rod - A ceremonial baton MLA - Member of the Legislative searchable databases for Hansard THE 30TH LEGISLATURE the Sergeant-at-Arms uses when and Bills and amendments. accompanying the Lieutenant Governor Assembly, one of the 87 elected Second Session, 2021 Spring Sitting representatives. on such occasions as Royal Assent or May 26, 2021 the Speech from the Throne. Seating Plan Mace - The ceremonial staff carried Greetings from the Members Cabinet (Executive Council) - The into the Assembly each day before of the Legislative Assembly of heads of government departments, led the sitting begins. It symbolizes the Alberta. We hope your visit will by the Premier and chosen from the authority of the Legislative Assembly. be an enjoyable one. elected members of the party holding Welcome to the the majority of seats in the Assembly. Opposition - MLAs belonging to For your convenience this leafl et parties other than the governing contains a seating plan for the Cabinet Minister - A member of party. In the House they sit opposite Legislative Assembly as well as the cabinet, the head of a government the cabinet and serve as critics of a glossary of commonly used department. government policies. terms. Legislative Assembly Caucus - All of the elected members Premier - The leader of the party from one party, a private meeting of holding the most seats in the this group. Legislative Assembly. Private Member - Any MLA who is of Alberta Chamber - The room where the not in the cabinet. Hon. Nathan M. Cooper Legislative Assembly holds its sittings. MLA, Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta Clerk - The chief permanent offi cer Readings - Three stages of a Bill. The Bill is introduced at fi rst reading and responsible for keeping the Assembly’s Assembly Sitting Hours The Legislative Assembly is the focal point records and providing procedural may be debated at second and third What to know if you are of our democratic process. It is where laws advice and administrative support to readings. Monday 1:30 to 6 p.m. are passed, policies approved and programs visiting the galleries the Speaker and Members. Tuesday: 1:30 to 6 p.m. Royal Assent - A ceremony in developed, all of which affect our way of life Please remember that there are certain Committee of Supply - A which the monarch’s representative, Wednesday: 1:30 to 6 p.m. in Alberta. committee of all Members of the the Lieutenant Governor, gives fi nal customs you must observe to ensure that Thursday: 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. There are 87 Members of the Legislative Legislative Assembly which meets approval to a Bill. your elected representatives can do their Assembly. They belong to political parties, to discuss the government’s budget Morning Sittings: Upon passage of a Sergeant-at-Arms - Legislative work without disturbances. estimates in detail. Government motion, the Assembly may and each represents a different constituency. Assembly offi cer in charge of the meet on Tuesday morning beginning at Following an election the leader of • Please enter and leave the galleries as security of the House and MLAs; also Committee of the Whole - A 10 a.m.; and on Wednesday or Thursday the party having the most seats in the quietly as possible. committee of all Members of the has custody of the Mace and the Black morning beginning at 9 a.m. Assembly becomes the Premier and forms • Please do not applaud or talk out loud. Legislative Assembly which meets to Rod. Evening Sittings: Upon passage of a discuss Bills in detail. a government by choosing a cabinet from • Briefcases, parcels, signs, banners or other Session - A series of meetings of the Government motion, the Assembly may among the MLAs in that party. Each Cabinet objects are not permitted in the galleries. Legislative Assembly opened by Royal meet on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday Estimates - The government’s evenings beginning at 7:30 p.m. Minister is responsible for a government Proclamation and closed by cabinet • You may not smoke, eat or drink in the proposed expenditures for each department. government department. order. When the session is divided into galleries. spring and fall periods, these periods Broadcast of Assembly The elected Members from other parties Government - In the parliamentary are called sittings, as are the daily Proceedings form the opposition. Their job is to serve • Each day’s proceedings start with the sense, the cabinet (Executive Council), meetings of the Assembly. The proceedings of the Assembly and as a check on the government, criticizing Speaker’s procession, led by the Sergeant- headed by the Premier. its committees are broadcast through a and suggesting alternatives to its policies. at-Arms bearing the Mace. Upon entering Speaker - An MLA elected by all live video feed on the front page of the the Chamber, the Sergeant-at-Arms calls, Hansard - The offi cial, substantially other MLAs to maintain order in the Assembly website and are televised on The opposition party with the most seats is “Order, order! Speaker.” At this point verbatim record of parliamentary House in an impartial manner. Telus channel 843, Shaw channel 930 called the Offi cial Opposition. debates and proceedings. and Shaw BlueCurve channel 263. House Some common terms used in the please rise and remain standing until the proceedings are also streamed live on Speech from the Throne - The Assembly are defi ned on the back of this Speaker has read the daily prayer. House - The Legislative Assembly; also speech is delivered by the Lieutenant the Assembly’s YouTube, Twitter and leafl et. Sources of other information about • Should the Speaker stand at any time, used to refer to the Chamber. Governor to open each new session Facebok channels. the legislative process are also listed there. please remain in place until the Speaker is and outline the government’s proposed Live and archived proceedings are Legislative Assembly - A law-making program for the session. available through Assembly Online. seated. body of elected representatives Hon. Nathan M. Cooper Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills Nicholas Milliken Speaker Calgary-Currie Deputy Chair of Committees Angela Pitt Hon. Doug Schweitzer, QC Jason Stephan David Hanson Red Deer-South Airdrie-East Calgary-Elbow Assembly Table Jordan Walker Peter Singh Deputy Speaker & Chair of Committees Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul Sherwood Park Calgary-East Deputy Government House Leader Jackie Lovely Hon. Jason Copping Pete Guthrie Mark Smith Jackie Armstrong-Homeniuk Camrose Airdrie-Cochrane Calgary-Varsity Minister of Labour and Immigration Drayton Valley-Devon Fort Saskatchewan-Vegreville Mace Laila Goodridge Hon. Kaycee Madu, QC Martin Long Tany Yao Fort McMurray-Lac La Biche Edmonton-South West Jeremy Nixon West Yellowhead United Conservative Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo Parliamentary Secretary Responsible Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Calgary-Klein Parliamentary Secretary for Small for Alberta’s Francophonie Deputy Government House Leader Shannon Dean, QC Business and Tourism Members Clerk Roger Reid Muhammad Yaseen Hon. Prasad Panda Glenn van Dijken Dan Williams Calgary-North Livingstone-Macleod Calgary-Edgemont Athabasca-Barrhead-Westlock Peace River Parliamentary Secretary of Immigration Minister of Infrastructure Philip Massolin Clerk Assistant and Director of House Services Nate Horner Hon. Grant Hunter Hon. Rebecca Schulz Drumheller-Stettler Taber-Warner Calgary-Shaw Associate Minister of Red Tape Reduction Minister of Children’s Services Nancy Robert Clerk of Journals and Research Offi cer Hon. Dale Nally Whitney Issik Hon. Tyler Shandro, QC David Shepherd Thomas Dang Chris Nielsen Morinville-St. Albert Calgary-Acadia Edmonton-South Calgary-Glenmore Associate Minister of Natural Gas & Electricity Trafton Koenig Edmonton-City Centre Edmonton-Decore Minister of Health Offi cial Opposition Deputy House Leader Deputy Government House Leader Senior Parliamentary Counsel Hon. Jason Luan Hon. Sonya Savage Nathan Neudorf Calgary-Foothills Calgary-North West Janet Schwegel Heather Sweet Kathleen Ganley Jon Carson Lethbridge-East Associate Minister of Mental Health Minister of Energy Director of Parliamentary Programs Edmonton-Manning Calgary-Mountain View Edmonton-West Henday and Addictions Deputy Government House Leader Hon. Jason Nixon Joseph Schow Teri Cherkewich Tanya Fir Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre Shannon Phillips Deron Bilous Marlin Schmidt Cardston-Siksika Law Clerk Calgary-Peigan Minister of Environment and Parks Lethbridge-West Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview Edmonton-Gold Bar Deputy Government Whip Government House Leader Michael Kulicki Hon. Jason Kenney Clerk of Committees and Christina Gray David Eggen Calgary-Lougheed Lori Sigurdson Edmonton-Mill Woods Edmonton-North West Edmonton-Riverview United Conservative Members Premier of Alberta Research Services Offi cial Opposition House Leader Offi cial Opposition Whip Pres. of Exec Council & Min. of Intergov. Relations Brad Rutherford Mike Ellis Hon. Travis Toews Rachel Notley Edmonton-Strathcona Leduc-Beaumont Calgary-West Grande Prairie-Wapiti New Democratic Party Members - Offi cial Opposition Government Whip President of Treasury Board & Min. of Finance Seating Plan of the Leader of the Offi cial Opposition Legislative Assembly Hon. Leela Aheer Hon. Josephine Pon Joe Ceci Janis Irwin Lorne Dach Michaela Glasgo Chestermere-Strathmore Edmonton-McClung Calgary-Beddington of Alberta Calgary-Buffalo Edmonton-Highlands-Norwood Brooks-Medicine Hat Minister of Culture, Multiculturalism and Status Offi cial Opposition Deputy Whip Offi cial Opposition Deputy Whip Minister of Seniors and Housing of Women 30th Legislature Miranda Rosin Hon.