After being a prominent figure in Alberta politics for 17 years, on Thursday Rachel Notely announced her pending resignation as MLA for Edmonton-Stratcona . Notely was first elected to represent the Edmonton-Strathcona riding in 2008, then became leader of the provincial NDP in 2014, led the NDP to victory in 2015 but the NDP failed to repeat that in the next two elections. On January 16th, 2024 Notely announced her plans to step down as leader of the Alberta NDP and on Thursday she announced her intention to resign as an MLA effective December 30, 2024.

Notely says she and her family have been long time residents of Strathcona and have no intention of moving. Although her role in provincial politics will soon be over its unlikely that Notely will just fade into the sunset so we'll have to wait to see what her next chapter might be.