Tyler Shandro ECA KC (born c. 1976) is a Canadian politician who served as the minister of justice and solicitor general of Alberta from February 2022 to June 2023.

[9] His great-uncle Andrew Shandro served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the Whitford electoral district from 1913 to 1922 representing the Liberal Party of Alberta.

[5] During this time Shandro rejected calls to merge the PCs with the Wildrose Party, describing how "I don't think it's legally permissible".

[22] A March 27 CBC article described another incident in which Shandro allegedly threatened a constituent who had confronted him about the conflict of interest, saying he would contact provincial security services.

[23] On April 3, the CBC published an article detailing how Shandro had allegedly obtained the personal phone numbers of two physicians from Alberta Health Services illegally.

[24] By the end of March, there was considerable media coverage of Shandro's response to these concerns including articles in the Medicine Hat News,[25][26] the Edmonton Journal,[16][22] and CBC News,[23] A CBC article described how Vital Partners could potentially profit from changes to provincial physician reimbursement that led to physicians having to fire staff and shutter practices.

[28] Bill 21 gave Shandro the right to unilaterally end the long-standing master agreement with the Alberta Medical Association (AMA).

[29] He terminated the agreement on March 30 and introduced a new fee structure which Shandro stressed would provide $5.4 billion in annual funding among other supports.

[31] On March 30, 2021, Alberta doctors voted 53 percent to turn down a negotiated offer to settle their long standing dispute with the government.

NDP leader Rachel Notley stated that the news of his departure was "welcome" however "Alberta is facing a crisis in our hospitals but the UCP can't see beyond the chaotic spectacle of their own infighting.

"[33] On September 21, 2021, Shandro was appointed as the Minister of Labour and Immigration, swapping roles with Jason Copping, who took over the health portfolio.

[35] As Justice Minister, Shandro has been critical of the federal Liberal government plan to ban handguns and further restrict semi-automatic rifles.

Shandro testified that he had reached out to the vice president of community of engagement and communications at Alberta Health Services after the two doctors in question had confronted him in person earlier about a recent rate cut.

In respect to the third citation, the panel found that while Shandro's reply was improper, it was not a clear threat and did not rise to the level of professional misconduct.