Minister of Health
The Honourable Adriana LaGrange was elected to the Legislative Assembly for Red Deer-North in 2019 and again on May 29, 2023. She was sworn in as Minister of Health on June 9, 2023.
During her first term, Member LeGrange served as the Minister of Education.
Prior to serving with the Legislative Assembly, she was a trustee for the Red Deer Catholic regional school division for over 11 years, during which time she held every position, including board chair and provincial negotiator. She held the position of provincial president of the Alberta Catholic School Trustees’ Association from 2015 to 2018 and vice-president of the Canadian Catholic School Trustees’ Association from 2017 to 2018.
Between 1981 and 2006, Member LaGrange intermittently worked for the Michener Centre in Red Deer, where she filled various roles, including as a shift charge, behavioural specialist and social academic.
She has also been involved in managing the family farm and the trucking division of a hog farm partnership since 1984.
Over the years she has received numerous accolades for her community work, including having accepted the friend of the Alberta School Councils’ Association award in 2017 and the St. Thomas More award in 2018. She has also been recognized by the Michener Centre for her avid volunteerism.
She was born in Guelph, Ontario, and holds an honours diploma in rehabilitative studies from Humber College in Toronto, Ontario.
She is a wife, mother of seven and proud grandmother.
Member LaGrange was the 924th Member to be sworn into the Legislative Assembly of Alberta.