Order of precedence in Alberta

{{Short description|Relative preeminence of officials for ceremonial purposes}}

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The Alberta order of precedence is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the province of Alberta. It has no legal standing but is used to dictate ceremonial protocol at events of a provincial nature.

1. The King of Canada: His Majesty King Charles III
2. Lieutenant Governor of Alberta: Her Honour the Honourable Salma Lakhani {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|AOE}}
3. Premier of Alberta: The Honourable Danielle Smith {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|MLA}}
4. The Chief Justice of The Court of Appeal of Alberta: The Honourable Justice Ritu Khullar
5. Former lieutenant governors of Alberta
6. The Honourable Donald Ethell {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|OMM|MSC|AOE|CD}}
7. The Honourable Lois Mitchell {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM|AOE}}
8. Former premiers of Alberta
9. The Honourable Ed Stelmach {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|AOE}}
10. The Honourable Alison Redford {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|KC}}
11. The Honourable Dave Hancock {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|KC}}
12. The Honourable Rachel Notley {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA}}
13. The Honourable Jason Kenney {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|ECA}}
14. Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta: Nathan Cooper {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|MLAAB}}
15. Ambassadors and high commissioners accredited to Canada
16. Members of the Executive Council of Alberta, in relative order of precedence as determined by the premier
17. Leader of the Official Opposition: Christina Gray {{post-nominals|country=CAN|ECA|MLAAB}}
18. Current members of the King's Privy Council for Canada resident in Alberta, with precedence given to current members of the federal cabinet
19. Members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta with precedence governed by the date of their first election to the Legislature
20. Members of the Senate of Canada who represent Alberta, by date of appointment
21. The Honourable Scott Tannas
22. The Honourable Patti LaBoucane-Benson
23. The Honourable Paula Simons
24. The Honourable Karen Sorensen
25. The Honourable Daryl Fridhandler {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|KC}}
26. The Honourable Kristopher Wells
27. Members of the House of Commons of Canada who represent Alberta constituencies, by date of election
28. : See Canadian federal election results in Calgary, Canadian federal election results in Edmonton and environs, and Canadian federal election results in rural Alberta
29. Superior court justices
30. Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta: The Honourable Justice Kenneth G. Nielsen
31. Justices of the Court of Appeal of Alberta
32. Justices of the Court of King's Bench of Alberta
33. Heads of religious denominations
34. Heads of consular posts: consuls-general; consuls; vice-consuls; consular agents (Precedence is determined by the date that definitive recognition is given by the Governor General)
35. Judges of the Provincial Court of Alberta
36. Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta
37. Other judges by seniority of appointment
38. Mayors of Alberta municipalities
39. Aboriginal Leaders
40. Chiefs of the Treaty First Nations in Alberta, in order of seniority of election to office;
41. President of Métis Settlements General Council
42. President of Métis Nation of Alberta: Audrey Poitras
43. Deputy Minister to the Premier and Cabinet Secretary
44. Clerk of the Legislative Assembly
45. Ombudsman
46. Provincial Auditor
47. Chief Electoral Officer
48. Ethics Commissioner: Marguerite Trussler
49. Information and Privacy Commissioner: Jill Clayton
50. Deputy Ministers
51. Senior Alberta government officials with rank of Deputy Minister as determined by the Executive Council
52. Chief executive officers of Crown corporations (relative precedence determined by date of appointment)
53. Leadership of Alberta universities
54. Chancellor of the University of Alberta: Ralph B. Young
55. Chancellor of the University of Calgary: Jim Dinning
56. Chancellor of the University of Lethbridge: Shirley McClellan
57. Chairman of the Board, University of Alberta
58. Chairman of the Board, University of Calgary
59. Chairman of the Board, University of Lethbridge
60. Chairman of the Board, Athabasca University
61. Chairman of the Board, Mount Royal University
62. Chairman of the Board, MacEwan University
63. President of the University of Alberta: David H. Turpin
64. President of the University of Calgary: Ed McCauley
65. President of the University of Lethbridge: Michael J. Mahon
66. President of Athabasca University: Frits Pannekoek
67. President of Mount Royal University: David Docherty
68. President of Grant MacEwan University: David W. Atkinson
69. Police and military
70. Commanding Officer, "K" Division, Royal Canadian Mounted Police: Curtis Zablocki
71. Commander, 3rd Canadian Division: Brigadier-General W.H. Fletcher
72. Commanding Officer, {{HMCS|Nonsuch}}
73. Commanding Officer, 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
74. Commanding Officer, 1 Area Support Group
75. Commanding Officer, 41 Canadian Brigade Group
76. Commanding Officer, 4 Wing