Dean Allison

Dean Allison
MP
Official Opposition Critic for International Development
Assumed office
July 13, 2016
Leader Rona Ambrose
Preceded by Deepak Obhrai
Member of Parliament
for Niagara West
Niagara West-Glanbrook (2004-2015)
Assumed office
June 28, 2004
Preceded by Riding Established
Chair of the Standing Committee on
Foreign Affairs
In office
March 9, 2010 – August 2, 2015
Minister Lawrence Cannon
John Baird
Rob Nicholson
Preceded by Kevin Sorenson
Succeeded by Bob Nault
Chair of the Standing Committee on
Human Resources
In office
May 4, 2006 – March 8, 2010
Minister Monte Solberg
Diane Finley
Preceded by Raymonde Folco
Succeeded by Candice Bergen
Personal details
Political party Conservative
Residence Beamsville
Profession businessman, entrepreneur, restaurant owner

Dean Allison (born February 18, 1965 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2004 federal election for the new riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook. Allison is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and has been re-elected in each subsequent election.

Early life and career

Allison holds a degree in Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University.[1] Upon graduation, Allison established himself in the Niagara area through accumulating businesses and working for a major franchise organization.[1] Outside of his capacities as a Member of Parliament, Allison also owns a Private Equity Firm that assists in small business and startups.[1]

Community involvement

Allison has served as President of the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation, as President of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, a Director of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and board member of Junior Achievement in Niagara.[1] Allison is also a founding member of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in Canada and the Belarus’ Children of Chernobyl program that brings children affected by the Chernobyl disaster to Canada.[2]

Member of Parliament

M.P. Dean Allison and Phil McColeman as 2013 Canadian delegation attended the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Annual Session

Since taking office, Allison has served on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, International Trade and as Past Chair of the Standing Committee on Human Resources Skills Development and Status of Persons with Disabilities and has also served on the Advisory Panel on the Funding of Officers of Parliament. He has also served as Vice Chair of the Ontario Conservative Caucus and been on the executive of the Intraparliamentary Union Association and the Commonwealth Association.

Presently, Allison serves as Chair of both the House of Commons Liaison Committee, and Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

Allison is also a Director of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.

Allison has tabled a number of different legislative initiatives in Parliament including a bill aimed at removing the faint hope clause from the Criminal Code,[3] and motions to entrench property rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms[4] and to raise awareness of Anaphylaxis.[5]

Allison was one of thirteen Canadians banned from traveling to Russia under retaliatory sanctions imposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in March 2014.[6]

Election results

Allison first ran for federal politics as the Canadian Alliance candidate in the Erie-Lincoln riding in 2000. Allison received 37.1% of the vote but was defeated by Liberal candidate John Maloney who received 42.2% of the votes.

Allison ran, and was elected, in the 2004 election as the Conservative candidate for Niagara West-Glanbrook. Allison has won the subsequent federal elections for Niagara West-Glanbrook.

In 2015, as a result of riding redistribution, the name was changed to Niagara West. The riding now consists of Grimsby, Lincoln, West Lincoln, Wainfleet, Pelham and a portion of west St. Catharines. Allison once again won his fifth consecutive election and returned to the House of Commons as the MP for Niagara West. He was subsequently named as the Conservative Deputy Critic for International Development.

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeDean Allison 24,732 48.8 -10.67 –
LiberalPhil Rose 16,681 32.7 +17.80 –
New DemocraticNameer Rahman 5,805 11.5 -7.72 –
GreenSid Frere 1,51; 3.0 -1.51 –
Christian HeritageHarold Jonker 1,234 2.4 – –
LibertarianAllan de Roo 797 1.6 – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 50,657100.0   $202,020.07
Total rejected ballots 242––
Turnout 50,88973.81–
Eligible voters 68,937
Conservative hold Swing -14.24
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ConservativeDean Allison 33,701 57.3% +5.33%
New DemocraticDavid Heatley 12,734 21.6% +6.84%
LiberalStephen Bieda 8,699 14.8% -9.17%
GreenSid Frere 2,530 4.3% -2.91%
Christian HeritageBryan Jongbloed 1,199 2% -0.06%
Total valid votes 58,863100%

Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ConservativeDean Allison 28,089 52.0% +4.60%
LiberalHeather Carter 12,955 24.0% -6.71%
New DemocraticDave Heatley 7,980 14.8% -1.26%
GreenSid Frere 3,897 7.2% +3.26%
Christian HeritageDave Bylsma 1,118 2.1% +0.17%
Total valid votes 54,039
Canadian federal election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
ConservativeDean Allison 27,351 47.4% +7.09%
LiberalHeather Carter 17,712 30.7% -8.32%
New DemocraticDave Heatley 9,251 16.0% +1.20%
GreenTom Ferguson 2,284 4.0% +0.56%
Christian HeritageDavid W. Bylsma 1,132 2.0% -0.17%
Total valid votes 57,730
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes
ConservativeDean Allison 20,874
LiberalDebbie Zimmerman 20,210
New DemocraticDave Heatley 7,681
GreenTom Ferguson 1,761
Christian HeritageDavid Bylsma 1,107
Canadian ActionPhil Rose 179
Total valid votes 51,812
Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Maloney 17,054
AllianceDean Allison 14,992
Progressive ConservativeDavid Hurren 5,174
New DemocraticJody Di Bartolomeo 2,423
Christian HeritageDavid W. Blysma 476
Natural LawJohn Gregory 143
Canadian ActionWilliam Schleich 137

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Official website: Meet Dean. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  2. ↑ Conservative Party of Canada: Meet our MPs. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Private Members Bill Seeks to Eliminate the Faint Hope Clause". deanallison.ca, April 16, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Allison helps government take first step towards entrenching property rights". deanallison.ca, April 23, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Niagara families & MP Dean Allison raise awareness for Anaphylaxis". deanallison.ca, June 7, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
  6. ↑ Susana Mas (March 24, 2013). "Russian sanctions against Canadians a 'badge of honour'". CBC News. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
  7. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Niagara West, 30 September 2015
  8. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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