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]
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 |
| Political party | United Conservative |
| Residence | Beaverlodge, Alberta |
| Alma mater | Northern Alberta Institute of Technology |
| Occupation | Accountant, rancher, business owner |
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| Website | www |
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]
Education
editToews 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
editToews 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
editOn 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]
2022 UCP leadership election
editOn May 30, 2022, Toews registered his candidacy to replace Jason Kenney as UCP Leader with Elections Alberta. At the time of his registration he had not publicly declared his intention to run.[11]
On June 4, 2022, Toews launched his campaign with twenty-three caucus endorsements.[3] On October 6, 2022, Danielle Smith won the UCP leadership election defeating six other candidates as determined by instant-runoff voting. On the sixth ballot she was declared the winner taking 53 per cent of the vote, defeating Toews who had 46 per cent.[12][13]
Electoral history
edit| Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | ||||||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Danielle Smith | 34,949 | 41.3 | 34,981 | 41.4 | 35,095 | 41.7 | 38,496 | 46.2 | 39,270 | 47.7 | 42,423 | 53.77 |
| Travis Toews | 24,831 | 29.4 | 25,054 | 29.7 | 25,593 | 30.4 | 26,592 | 31.9 | 30,794 | 37.4 | 36,480 | 46.23 |
| Brian Jean | 9,301 | 11.1 | 9,504 | 11.3 | 10,157 | 12.1 | 11,251 | 13.5 | 12,203 | 14.8 | Eliminated | |
| Rebecca Schulz | 5,835 | 6.9 | 6,180 | 7.3 | 6,784 | 8.0 | 6,972 | 8.4 | Eliminated | |||
| Todd Loewen | 6,496 | 7.7 | 6,512 | 7.7 | 6,596 | 7.8 | Eliminated | |||||
| Rajan Sawhney | 1,787 | 2.1 | 2,246 | 2.7 | Eliminated | |||||||
| Leela Aheer | 1,394 | 1.6 | Eliminated | |||||||||
| Total | 84,593 | 100.00 | 84,405 | 100.00 | 84,225 | 100.00 | 83,3177 | 100.00 | 82,267 | 100.00 | 78,903 | 100.00 |
| 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Markus, Jade (2022-06-04). "Travis Toews kicks off leadership campaign, announces 23 endorsements". CBC News. Retrieved 2022-06-15.
- ^ "Alberta premier's new cabinet includes familiar faces in prominent roles | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ a b "David Staples - Steady as she goes, up and up — that's what Travis Toews is selling but is it too boring?". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Mr. Travis Toews President Canadian Cattlemen's Association at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee". Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "New Agri-Innovators' Committee to Provide Long-term Vision for Agriculture Innovation". Government of Canada. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "Canada Wins WTO Case on U.S. Country-of-Origin Labelling". Government of Canada. 6 June 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ Bennett, Dean (March 24, 2023). "Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews not seeking re-election". Global News. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- ^ "Alberta election 2023 results: Grande Prairie-Wapiti | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ Braid, Don (30 May 2022). "Braid: Finance Minister Toews enters leadership race, others in holding pattern". Postmedia. Calgary Herald. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
- ^ Toy, Adam (October 6, 2022). "Danielle Smith wins UCP leadership race, to be next Alberta premier". Global News. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ United Conservative Party of Alberta [@Alberta_UCP] (October 7, 2022). "Sixth ballot results: #ucpldr" (Tweet). Archived from the original on October 7, 2022 – via Twitter.