Career
She served in several cabinet positions from 2011 to 2015. The Ministry of Environment and Water (Alberta) was created to consolidate the Ministry of Environment & Water and the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Development announced on May 8, 2012. In December 2013, she was moved from the environment portfolio and became Minister of Energy.
When Jim Prentice became premier in September 2014, McQueen was appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs.
In March 2015 she was given the additional responsibility of being in charge of the province"s response to climate change. McQueen was defeated in the 2015 provincial election that also defeated Prentice"s government.
Prior to standing in the provincial election, McQueen was mayor of Drayton Valley from 2001 to 2008.
