Tara Sawyer

About

Tara Sawyer is the Alberta Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, sworn into that portfolio in the May 21, 2026 Smith cabinet shuffle. United Conservative MLA for Olds-Didsbury-Three Hills, first elected in a June 23, 2025 by-election. A former chair of the Alberta Grains Commission, she joined cabinet shortly after entering the legislature; her agriculture file covers the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership (SCAP) 2023-2028 federal-provincial framework, livestock-disease surveillance, and the Alberta irrigation expansion strategy.