Rebecca Alty

Rebecca Alty is a Canadian politician who has been Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Alty was elected to the House of Commons during the 2025 Canadian federal election and serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Northwest Territories. Alty was the 15th mayor of Yellowknife from 2018 to 2025 and a city councillor for 2012 to 2018.^[1]

The Honourable Rebecca Alty PC MP
Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations
Incumbent
Assumed office May 13, 2025
Prime Minister	Mark Carney
Preceded by	Gary Anandasangaree
Member of Parliament for Northwest Territories
Incumbent
Assumed office April 28, 2025
Preceded by	Michael McLeod
15th Mayor of Yellowknife
In office October 18, 2018 – April 29, 2025
Preceded by	Mark Heyck
Succeeded by	Ben Hendriksen
Yellowknife City Councillor
In office 2012–2018
Personal details
Born	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	Southern Alberta Institute of Technology University of Calgary

Federal politics

On May 13, 2025, Alty was became Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations in Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet.^[2] Alty became the first federal minister from the Northwest Territories since 2006 and the first full cabinet minister with a porfolio ever to be from the Northwest Territories.^[2][3]