Earl Dreeshen

Earl Dreeshen MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Red Deer—Mountain View
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Riding Created
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Red Deer
In office October 14, 2008 – October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Bob Mills
Succeeded by	Riding Abolished
Personal details
Born	(1953-07-09) July 9, 1953 Red Deer, Alberta
Political party	Conservative

Earl Dreeshen (born July 9, 1953 in Red Deer, Alberta) is a Canadian politician, who was initially elected to represent the electoral district of Red Deer in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Conservative Party. Prior to becoming an MP he was a farmer and a teacher.

Red Deer was split almost in half ahead of the 2015 election, and Dreeshen opted to run in Red Deer—Mountain View--essentially the southern half of his old riding. He won easily.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015: Red Deer-Mountain View
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Earl Dreeshen	46,245	74.3	-5.07	–
	Liberal	Chandra Lescia Kastern	8,356	13.4	+9.86	–
	New Democratic	Paul Harris	5,233	8.4	-3.51	–
	Green	Simon Oleny	1,621	2.6	-2.44	–
	Libertarian	James Walper	445	0.7	–	–
	Pirate	Scott Milne	312	0.5	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			62,212	100.0		$223,075.30
Total rejected ballots			135	–	–
Turnout			62,347	71.8	–
Eligible voters			86,737
	Conservative hold		Swing		-7.47
Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2011: Red Deer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Earl Dreeshen	37,959	75.93	+2.70	$63,247
	New Democratic	Stuart Somerville	7,566	15.13	+4.03	$1
	Green	Mason Sisson	2,551	5.10	-4.24
	Liberal	Andrew Lineker	1,918	3.84	-2.47	$3,784
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,994	100.00
Total rejected ballots			119	0.24	-0.02
Turnout			50,113	54.01	+4.14
Eligible voters			92,792	–	–

Canadian federal election, 2008: Red Deer
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Earl Dreeshen	33,226	73.23	-2.51	$53,804
	New Democratic	Stuart Somerville	5,040	11.10	+1.17	$1,774
	Green	Evan Bedford	4,239	9.34	+4.18
	Liberal	Garfield Marks	2,863	6.31	-2.84	$7,450
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,368	100.00	$92,848
Total rejected ballots			118	0.26	+0.04
Turnout			45,486	49.87	-14.86

External links

• Earl Dreeshen
• Earl Dreeshen – Parliament of Canada biography