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Former Alberta cabinet minister Stephanie McLean has resigned months after announcing she wouldn’t seek re-election this spring.

Premier Rachel Notley posted Wednesday night on Facebook that she had received the notice from the Calgary-Varsity MLA.

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McLean, who was formerly minister for the status of women and Service Alberta, announced in May that she would not seek re-election, saying she planned to pursue her law practice instead.

Notley’s Facebook post did not mention the reason for McLean’s departure four months before the provincial election.

In November, McLean, a first-term member, told Postmedia that she was on leave.

“I have notified the Speaker’s office. My leave is not politically motivated,” she said at the time.

McLean said the decision to leave now is tied to her considering an offer to return to family law.

“I want to make sure I have a clean slate going into my next opportunities,” she told The Canadian Press.