Devin Dreeshen
Devin Dreeshen | |
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| Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Alberta | |
| Assumed office April 30, 2019 | |
| Premier | Jason Kenney |
| Preceded by | Oneil Carlier |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | |
| Assumed office July 12, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Don MacIntyre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1987 or 1988 (age 36–37)[1] Innisfail, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Relations | Earl Dreeshen (father) |
| Residence | Pine Lake, Alberta |
| Alma mater | University of Alberta |
Devin Dreeshen (born 1987/1988) is a Canadian politician elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake in the 30th Alberta Legislature. He was first elected in a by-election in July 2018. On April 30, 2019, he was appointed to the Executive Council of Alberta as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.
Political career
Dreeshen was a policy advisor to Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz from 2008 to 2015. Between February and November 2016 he worked on Donald Trump's presidential campaign.[2] He won the United Conservative nomination for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake in 2018, and won the ensuing by-election.
Personal life
Born in Innisfail, Alberta,[3] Pine Lake. He is the son of Canadian MP, Earl Dreeshen.[4]
Electoral results
| 2019 Alberta general election: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Devin Dreeshen | 19,030 | 74.55% | -7.12% | ||||
| New Democratic | Robyn O'Brien | 3,453 | 13.53% | 4.22% | ||||
| Alberta Party | Danielle Klooster | 2,337 | 9.15% | 1.71% | ||||
| Freedom Conservative | Chad Miller | 359 | 1.41% | – | ||||
| Alberta Advantage | Brian Vanderkley | 164 | 0.64% | – | ||||
| Independent | Ed Wychopen | 106 | 0.42% | – | ||||
| Reform | Lauren Thorsteinson | 79 | 0.31% | – | ||||
| Total | 25,528 | – | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 31 | 57 | 10 | |||||
| Eligible electors / turnout | 34,873 | 73.32% | 17.93% | |||||
| United Conservative gain from Wildrose | Swing | 23.17% | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: "66 - Innisfail-Sylvan Lake, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 302–308. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021. | ||||||||
| Alberta provincial by-election, July 12, 2018: Innisfail-Sylvan Lake upon the resignation of Don MacIntyre on February 2, 2018 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Devin Dreeshen | 8,029 | 81.67 | +10.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nicole Mooney | 915 | 9.31 | -13.83 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Abigail Douglass | 731 | 7.44 | +1.25 | ||||
| Liberal | Nicolaas Jansen | 93 | 0.95 | — | ||||
| Independent | David Inscho | 63 | 0.64 | — | ||||
| Total valid votes | 9,831 | |||||||
| Rejected, spoiled, and declined | 37 | |||||||
| Turnout | 9,868 | 31.22 | -24.27 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 31,604 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +12.41 | ||||||
Source(s)
Elections Alberta. "Election results". Retrieved August 13, 2018. | ||||||||
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ Krugel, Lauren (2018-07-13). "Alberta's Jason Kenney sees advantage to new member's history with Donald Trump". Global News. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- ^ [2]
- ^ McDermott, Vincent (2018-07-13). "United Conservatives win Alberta byelections". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
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