Mike Ellis

Michael George Ellis (born January 9, 1973) is a Canadian politician who has represented Calgary-West in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta since 2014, sitting as a member of the Progressive Conservatives and later the United Conservative Party (UCP). Ellis was sworn in as Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services in Alberta. Prior to entering politics, he worked as a police officer.

Background Ellis was born and raised in Calgary, where he was a police sergeant with the Calgary Police Service between 2003 and 2015.

He is married with three children.

Political career Ellis was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta in a by-election on October 27, 2014, as a Progressive Conservative (PC).

Premier Jason Kenney named Ellis as Associate Minister of Mental Health and Addictions in a 2021 cabinet shuffle.

Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services Ellis was appointed Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services by Premier Danielle Smith on October 24, 2022, upon Smith's victory of the 2022 United Conservative Party leadership election.

In December 2022 Ellis updated the Alberta Police Act to include an independent committee that handles complaints made towards police.

Ellis has introduced plans to have police carry mandatory body cams.

Ellis gave the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT) $4.4 million to combat gang and gun violence.

Ellis supported Danielle Smith during her leadership bid, saying she shared his "values for improving public safety."

During the 2023 Alberta general election, Ellis joined the far-right Rebel News' hosts Ezra Levant and Sheila Gunn Reid for their live-coverage of the event. Ellis continued as Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services in the June 2023 cabinet shuffle. In April 2025, the National Police Federation and RCMP Deputy Commissioner Rob Hill said that comments made by Ellis in the Legislative Assembly about the state of rural policing misled the public.

Deputy Premier of Alberta Following the defeat of Kaycee Madu in the 2023 Alberta general election and the cabinet reshuffling of Nathan Neudorf, Ellis was sworn in as the sole Deputy Premier of Alberta on June 9, 2023, replacing both Madu and Neudorf, who had served jointly as Deputy Premier of Alberta under Premier Danielle Smith from October 24, 2022 until June 9, 2023.

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