Richard Ames

Richard Ames was elected for the first time to the 60^th Legislative Assembly in 2020, and was subsequently re-elected in 2024, to represent the riding of Carleton-York. 

Over his years of service, Mr. Ames has been selected to sit on several of the Legislative Assembly’s Standing and Select Committees, further serving as Chair of Economic Policy and Vice-Chair of Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship; Economic Policy; Estimates and Fiscal Policy; and Private Bills Committees.

Mr. Ames was the Government Whip before being appointed to Cabinet in 2023 as Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure by Premier Blaine Higgs.

Mr. Ames is married with two grown children, and they live on the land that his grandfather once farmed in Carleton-York.

Constituency Office

Committee

• Standing Committee on Economic Policy