Doug Horner

The Honourable Doug Horner ECA
President of Treasury Board & Minister of Finance in the Alberta government
In office May 8, 2012 – September 15, 2014
Preceded by	Ron Liepert
Succeeded by	Robin Campbell
7th Deputy Premier of Alberta
In office October 12, 2011 – May 8, 2012
Preceded by	Vacancy
Succeeded by	Thomas Lukaszuk
In office January 15, 2010 – February 2011
Preceded by	Vacant (Last held by Ron Stevens)
Succeeded by	Vacancy
MLA for Spruce Grove-Sturgeon-St. Albert
In office 2001–2012
Preceded by	Colleen Soetaert
Succeeded by	riding dissolved
MLA for Spruce Grove-St. Albert
In office 2012 – January 31, 2015
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Trevor Horne
Personal details
Born	(1961-01-17) January 17, 1961 (age 63) Barrhead, Alberta
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Occupation	Businessman

Douglas Alan Horner^[1] ECA (born January 17, 1961) is a former Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Spruce Grove-St. Albert in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2001 until January 31, 2015.^[2] He was the President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Finance until Jim Prentice's cabinet was sworn in on September 15, 2014.^[3] He was a candidate for the leadership of the Alberta Progressive Conservative Party in its 2011 leadership election, placing third.

In 2006, when Ed Stelmach became premier, Horner was appointed Minister of Advanced Education and Technology.^[4] He retained the position in cabinet shuffle on January 13, 2010, and was also appointed to the position of Deputy Premier.^[5] He was first elected in the 2001 provincial election. He became the province's Minister of Agriculture in 2004 under Premier Ralph Klein. On January 22, 2015, he announced that he would be retiring as an MLA effective January 31, 2015.