Nate Horner

Nathan Horner ECA MLA (born 1980/1981) is a Canadian politician who is Alberta's Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board, elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Drumheller-Stettler in the 30th Alberta Legislature as a member of the United Conservative Party (UCP).^[1]

The Honourable Nate Horner ECA MLA
Horner in 2024
Minister of Finance and President of Treasury Board
Incumbent
Assumed office June 9, 2023
Premier	Danielle Smith
Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
In office November 5, 2021 – June 9, 2023
Premier	Jason Kenney, Danielle Smith
Preceded by	Devin Dreeshen
Succeeded by	RJ Sigurdson
Associate Minister of Rural Economic Development
In office July 08, 2021 – November 5, 2021
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Drumheller-Stettler
Incumbent
Assumed office April 16, 2019
Preceded by	Rick Strankman
Personal details
Born	1980 or 1981 (age 44)[1]
Political party	United Conservative Party
Residence	Pollockville, Alberta
Alma mater	University of Lethbridge (BSc)
Occupation	rancher

In addition to being Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, he also is on the Economy and Affordability Cabinet Policy Committee as well as the Emergency Management Cabinet Committee.^[2][3] Previously he was Associate Minister of Rural Economic Development, Deputy Chair of the Select Special Democratic Accountability Committee, and had been on the Standing Committee on Alberta's Economic Future, Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills as well as the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing.^[3]

Before being elected, Horner was a rancher and an emergency medical responder. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in agriculture from the University of Lethbridge. Nate and his wife, Jennifer, have two young children.^[3]

The Horner family has deep roots in Canadian Conservatism as well as Methodism. Nate is related to Ralph Cecil Horner (b.1854), founder of numerous Holiness movement churches and later the Standard Church of America in 1916.^[4] Horner is also related to Alberta MLA and former deputy-premier Doug Horner and MPs Jack Horner, Hugh Horner, Albert Horner and Norval Horner.^[5] Hugh, Norval, and Jack are the sons of former Canadian senator Ralph Horner.

He was appointed into the ministry on July 8, 2021, as Associate Minister of Rural Economic Development. Then on November 5, 2021, he was promoted to a full minister as Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, then known as Agriculture Irrigation, forestry, and Rural Economic Development during the Kenney Ministry.^[6] As Minister Horner supported the Alberta Agri-Processing Investment Tax Credit, describing how it would “support growth, diversify the province’s economy and ensure producers have a competitive market for their goods.” The province announced the program would have investments of more than $10 million in the agri-processing industry qualify for a 12 percent tax credit.^[7]

Horner also advocated that the province improve rural access to healthcare and praised Alberta's 2023 budget.^[8]

He was re-elected in the 2023 Alberta general election.^[9]

Electoral history

2023 general election

v t e 2023 Alberta general election: Drumheller-Stettler
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Nate Horner	15,270	82.14	+5.45
	New Democratic	Juliet Franklin	2,684	14.44	+7.90
	Alberta Independence	Shannon Packham	382	2.05	+1.01
	Wildrose Loyalty Coalition	Hannah Stretch Viens	150	0.81	–
	Solidarity Movement	Carla Evers	104	0.56	–
Total			18,590	99.45	–
Rejected and declined			103	0.55
Turnout			18,693	60.59
Eligible voters			30,850
	United Conservative hold		Swing		-1.22
Source(s) Source: Elections Alberta[10]

2019 general election

v t e 2019 Alberta general election: Drumheller-Stettler
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Conservative	Nate Horner	16,958	76.69%	-4.89%
	Independent	Rick Strankman	1,841	8.33%	–
	Alberta Party	Mark Nikota	1,461	6.61%	–
	New Democratic	Holly Heffernan	1,446	6.54%	-11.89%
	Alberta Independence	Jason Hushagen	230	1.04%	–
	Alberta Advantage	Greg Herzog	176	0.80%	–
Total			22,112	–	–
Rejected, spoiled and declined			62	51	4
Eligible electors / turnout			29,679	74.73%	15.43%
	United Conservative hold		Swing		27.31%
Source(s) Source: "59 - Drumheller-Stettler, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 262–268. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

Alberta provincial government of Jason Kenney