Ron Cannan

The Honourable Ronald D. Cannan PC
Member of Parliament for Kelowna—Lake Country
In office January 23, 2006 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Werner Schmidt
Succeeded by	Stephen Fuhr
Personal details
Born	(1961-05-08) May 8, 1961 Edmonton, Alberta
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Cindy Cannan
Residence(s)	Kelowna, British Columbia
Profession	advertising consultant, business manager

Ronald D. E. Cannan (born May 8, 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a self-employed business consultant.

On April 1, 2016 Ron was appointed as Board Director of The Land Title and Survey Authority of British Columbia (LTSABC).

Ron was a Canadian Member of Parliament and member of the Conservative Party of Canada. Cannan was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2006 federal election and represented the riding of Kelowna—Lake Country. Previously, he sat on Kelowna City Council from 1996 to 2005.

Ron was elected as Member of Parliament of Kelowna in 2006, 2008 and 2011.

Family background

Ron and his wife Cindy (whom he married in 1984 in Edmonton, Alberta) have three adult daughters and grandchildren all living in Kelowna. They moved to Kelowna in 1990.

Career background

Prior to entering politics, Cannan was involved in marketing and advertising sales.

Municipal politics (1996–2005)

Cannan was first elected to Kelowna City Council in the November 1996 civic election for a three-year term. He was re-elected in the next two elections, and served a total of nine years on Kelowna City Council. During this time, he also served as a director for the Central Okanagan Regional District.

Federal politics (2006–2015)

Cannan won the Conservative Party nomination in May 2005 for Kelowna-Lake Country and was subsequently elected MP on January 23, 2006, in the 2006 federal election by capturing nearly fifty-percent of the vote. Cannan also was re-elected on October 14, 2008 with over 55% of the share of the votes.

Cannan voted against climate action policies proposed in Parliament from 2006 until his defeat in the 2015 election.

In 2015 Cannan was defeated by Liberal challenger Stephen Fuhr. Kelowna—Lake Country and its predecessors had been held by centre-of-right parties since 1972, and a non-conservative challenger had last won more than 30 percent of the vote in 1988. In 2015, however, Fuhr took 46 percent of the vote to Cannan's 39 percent.

He was one of three MPs not in cabinet to serve on the Treasury Board Sub-Committee on Government Administration, and became entitled to the title "Honourable" as a member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada

Election results

2015 Canadian federal election: Kelowna—Lake Country
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Stephen Fuhr	29,614	46.16	+34.69	$127,002.68
	Conservative	Ron Cannan	25,502	39.75	-18.63	$70,942.48
	New Democratic	Norah Mary Bowman	9,039	14.09	-7.28	$33,945.86
Total valid votes/expense limit			64,155	99.64		$228,718.18
Total rejected ballots			230	0.36	–
Turnout			64,385	70.65	–
Eligible voters			91,131
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+26.66
Source: Elections Canada

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ron Cannan	34,566	57.40	+1.47
	New Democratic	Patricia Kalmanovitch	13,322	22.12	+7.01
	Liberal	Kris Stewart	7,069	11.74	-1.97
	Green	Alice Hooper	5,265	8.74	-4.97
Total valid votes/Expense limit			60,222	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			146	0.24	-0.05
Turnout			60,368	60.27	+1.51
Eligible voters			100,169	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election: Kelowna—Lake Country
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ron Cannan	31,907	55.93	+6.77	$66,354
	New Democratic	Tish Lakes	8,624	15.11	-1.53	–
	Liberal	Diana Cabott	8,469	14.84	-10.99	$37,576
	Green	Angela Reid	7,821	13.71	+5.75	$13,334
	Communist	Mark Haley	218	0.38	–	$566
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,039	100.00	$95,647
Total rejected ballots			168	0.29	+0.09
Turnout			57,207	58.76	-0.8

External links

• Ron Cannan
• Ron Cannan – Parliament of Canada biography