Rachel Notley was sworn in as Alberta’s seventeenth premier in a ceremony in Edmonton on May 24, 2015. Learn about the Premier and her Cabinet.
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Rachel Notley was sworn in as Alberta’s seventeenth premier in a ceremony in Edmonton on May 24, 2015. Learn about the Premier and her Cabinet.
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