| Doug Schweitzer | |
| Smallimage: | File:Doug Schweitzer.png |
| Caption: | Schweitzer in 2017 |
| Birth Date: | [1] |
| Birth Place: | Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada |
| Office1: | Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation |
| Term Start1: | August 25, 2020 |
| Term End1: | August 5, 2022 |
| Premier1: | Jason Kenney |
| Predecessor1: | Tanya Fir |
| Successor1: | Tanya Fir |
| Office2: | Minister of Justice and Solicitor General of Alberta |
| Term Start2: | April 30, 2019 |
| Term End2: | August 25, 2020 |
| Premier2: | Jason Kenney |
| Predecessor2: | Kathleen Ganley |
| Successor2: | Kaycee Madu |
| Office3: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Elbow |
| Successor3: | Samir Kayande |
| Term Start3: | April 16, 2019 |
| Term End3: | August 31, 2022 |
| Predecessor3: | Greg Clark |
| Party: | United Conservative Party |
| Occupation: | Lawyer |
| Residence: | Calgary, Alberta |
| Alma Mater: | University of Manitoba |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
Douglas Edward Schweitzer[2] (born 1978 or 1979) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Elbow in the 30th Alberta Legislature. He is a member of the United Conservative Party.[3] On April 30, 2019, he was appointed to be the Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General of Alberta in the Executive Council of Alberta, and held that role until August 25, 2020 when he was shuffled to the new ministry of Jobs, Economy and Innovation. After announcing his intention not to run for re-election in May 2023, Schweitzer resigned as Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation and announced he would be resigning his seat in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta on August 5, 2022.[4] Schweitzer ran unsuccessfully for the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership election. He was born in Kelowna, British Columbia.[5] On September 7, 2022, Schweitzer announced he had joined Deloitte as a senior advisor.[6] In the 2023 Alberta general election, his former seat was taken by Samir Kayande from the NDP. The first time the party had won Calgary Elbow.[7] [8]
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