Todd Loewen

The Honourable
Todd Loewen
Minister of Forestry and Parks
Assumed office
June 9, 2023
PremierDanielle Smith
Preceded byHimself
Minister of Forestry, Parks and Tourism
In office
October 21, 2022 – June 9, 2023
PremierDanielle Smith
Preceded byDevin Dreeshen (Forestry), Jason Nixon (Parks)
Succeeded byJoseph Schow (Tourism)
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Central Peace-Notley
Assumed office
April 16, 2019
Preceded byMarg McCuaig-Boyd
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Grande Prairie-Smoky
In office
May 5, 2015 – April 16, 2019
Preceded byEverett McDonald
Succeeded byRiding merged
Personal details
Born (1966-09-16) September 16, 1966 (age 58)
Alberta, Canada
Political partyUnited Conservative (2017-2021, 2022-present)
Other political
affiliations
ResidenceValleyview, Alberta
Occupationbusinessman, farmer

Douglas Todd Loewen ECA MLA (born September 16, 1966) is a Canadian politician and the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Central Peace-Notley. Loewen was first elected in 2015 as a member of the Wildrose Party for the electoral district of Grande Prairie-Smoky.[1][2][3][4] He was afterward elected in Central Peace-Notley as a member of the United Conservative Party and briefly sat as an independent[5] until being welcomed back by premier Danielle Smith.

On June 1, 2022, Loewen registered his candidacy in the 2022 United Conservative Party leadership election, which was held on October 6, 2022.[6] He finished fifth.

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  2. ^ "Live Alberta election results 2015: Real-time results in the provincial election | Globalnews.ca". Archived from the original on 2019-07-31. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
  3. ^ "GP-Smoky Wildrose Party Candidate Profile: Todd Loewen". Daily Herald Tribune. April 30, 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  4. ^ Rinne, Fred (May 6, 2015). "Winds of change in the Peace". Daily Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference expelled was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Junker, Anna (2022-06-01). "Independent MLA Todd Loewen enters UCP leadership race". The Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-15.