Kaycee Madu
Kelechi "Kaycee" Madu KC ECA (born 1973 or 1974) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. As a member of the United Conservative Party (UCP), Madu represented Edmonton-South West in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 2019 to 2023. He was first elected in the 2019 provincial election. He was Alberta's minister of municipal affairs from 2019 to 2020, minister of justice and solicitor general of Alberta from 2020 to 2022 (the first Black person to serve as a provincial minister of justice in Canada).
The Honourable Kaycee Madu | |
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| Deputy Premier of Alberta | |
| In office October 24, 2022 – June 9, 2023 Serving with Nathan Neudorf | |
| Premier | Danielle Smith |
| Preceded by | Sarah Hoffman (2016) |
| Succeeded by | Mike Ellis |
| Minister of Skilled Trades and Professions | |
| In office October 24, 2022 – June 9, 2023 | |
| Premier | Danielle Smith |
| Preceded by | Himself (as minister of Labour and Immigration) |
| Succeeded by | Matt Jones (as Minister of Jobs, Economy and Trade) |
| Minister of Labour and Immigration | |
| In office February 25, 2022 – October 24, 2022 | |
| Premier | Jason Kenney |
| Preceded by | Tyler Shandro |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as minister of Skilled Trades and Professions) Rajan Sawhney (as minister of Trade, Immigration and Multiculturalism) |
| Minister of Justice and Solicitor General | |
| In office August 25, 2020 – February 25, 2022 | |
| Premier | Jason Kenney |
| Preceded by | Doug Schweitzer |
| Succeeded by | Tyler Shandro |
| Minister of Municipal Affairs | |
| In office April 30, 2019 – August 25, 2020 | |
| Premier | Jason Kenney |
| Preceded by | Shaye Anderson |
| Succeeded by | Tracy Allard |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Edmonton-South West | |
| In office April 16, 2019 – May 1, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Dang |
| Succeeded by | Nathan Ip |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Kelechi Madu 1973 or 1974 (age 50) Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Residence(s) | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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Madu was shuffled to the labour and immigration portfolio in 2022 after a probe into a phone call he made to Edmonton's chief of police after receiving a traffic ticket. The probe found that Madu had not interfered in the administration of justice, but that his phone call to the chief of police created a "reasonable perception of interference".
Following the election of Danielle Smith as leader of the UCP and her appointment as premier, Madu was named her deputy premier. He served in this role from October 24, 2022. Madu lost his seat in the assembly in the 2023 Alberta general election to school trustee Nathan Ip