| Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
| Jeremy Nixon | |
| Office: | Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services |
| Term Start: | 2022 |
| Term End: | May 2023 |
| Premier: | Danielle Smith |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Klein |
| Predecessor2: | Craig Coolahan |
| Term Start2: | April 16, 2019 |
| Term End2: | May 2023 |
| Successor2: | Lizette Tejada |
| Birth Date: | [1] |
| Birth Place: | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Party: | United Conservative Party |
| Otherparty: | Wildrose (2012–15) |
| Website: | https://votenixon.ca/ |
Jeremy Nixon (born 1982) is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Klein in the 30th Alberta Legislature. He is the brother of Jason Nixon, and the son of Patrick R. Nixon who founded the Mustard Seed street ministry. Jason and Jeremy Nixon are the first two brothers to sit in the Alberta Legislature simultaneously.
After obtaining a Bachelor of Communications and Culture from the University of Calgary, Nixon spent 15 years working in the not-for-profit and government sector. Although the University of Calgary has no record of him obtaining a degree. He held leadership roles with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Calgary, the Mustard Seed, Canadian Mental Health Association and the City of Calgary.[2]
During office, he sat on various Standing Committees including the Select Special Democratic Accountability Committee, the Standing Committee on Families and Communities, the Standing Committee on Legislative Offices and the Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members' Public Bills.[3]
In December 2020, Nixon traveled to Hawaii during the height of a COVID-19 wave in Alberta. Faced with public scrutiny over his vacation, Nixon resigned from his position as parliamentary secretary.
On November 23, 2021, Nixon was appointed parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Community and Social Services for Civil Society.[4]
Danielle Smith, the recently appointed Premier of Alberta, said on October 21, 2022 that Nixon would be promoted to cabinet as Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services.[5]
Nixon took on several initiatives including re-indexing Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped (AISH) and the Alberta Seniors Benefit to inflation. Nixon led the Calgary Public Safety and Community Response Task Force aimed at finding solutions to the ongoing addictions and homelessness crises in the city.[6] [7] [8] [9] Nixon also led the initiative to provide Alberta's 21,000 social workers an income top up of $330 million over three years.https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/alberta-putting-330-million-over-three-years-to-wage-boost-for-social-services-workers[10] Nixon was able to secure $20 million in funding for food banks in Alberta.[11]
He lost his seat in the 2023 Alberta general election to Lizette Tejada of the Alberta New Democratic Party.[12]
Following Ron Liepert's announcement that he would not be running in the 45th Canadian federal election, Nixon announced that he was seeking the Conservative Party of Canada's nomination for Calgary Signal Hill.[13] He lost the nomination to David McKenzie.
Nixon was born in Calgary, Alberta. His father, Pat Nixon, is the founder of the Mustard Seed, a non-profit organization with a mission to eliminate homelessness and reduce poverty; Jeremy worked for the Mustard Seed for a decade.[14] He is the brother of Alberta MLA Jason Nixon.[15] He and his wife, Anita, have four children.
| 2012 Alberta general election | |||||||
| Affiliation | Candidate | Votes | % | Roger Gagné | 354 | 2.13% | |
| Source: Elections Alberta[16] | |||||||