Marc Dalton

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Marc Dalton

MP
Marc Dalton pic 1.jpg
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge
Assumed office
October 21, 2019
Preceded byDan Ruimy
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Maple Ridge-Mission
In office
May 12, 2009 – May 9, 2017
Preceded byRandy Hawes
Succeeded byBob D'Eith
Personal details
Born (1960-06-03) June 3, 1960 (age 59)
Canadian Forces Base Baden Soelingen, Germany
Political partyBC Liberal
Conservative Party of Canada (federal)
ResidenceMaple Ridge, British Columbia

Marc Dalton MP is a Canadian politician. He is the current Member of Parliament for Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge after the 2019 Canadian federal election. Formerly, he was a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia following the 2009 and 2013 provincial elections, for the riding of Maple Ridge-Mission.

Biography[edit]

Dalton was the Parliamentary Secretary for Métis Relations reporting to the Minister of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation.[when?][citation needed] He served on a number of Select Standing committees including Health, Finance, Children and Youth, Public Accounts, and Freedom of Information and Privacy.[when?][citation needed]

Formerly, Dalton was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education for Independent Schools.[when?][citation needed] He has also been the Deputy Chair, Committee of the Whole at the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.[when?][citation needed]

Dalton has represented British Columbia at francophone events[which?] and is the Section President of the Francophone Parliamentary Assembly in the Legislature.[citation needed]

Dalton was on the Experience the Fraser steering committee, a trails and tourism project.[1]

Dalton previously ran as a Conservative candidate in Burnaby—New Westminster in the 2006 federal election, losing to incumbent MP Peter Julian. In February 2015, Dalton unsuccessfully ran for the federal Conservative nomination of Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge, sitting as an independent MLA in the interim.[2] Dalton rejoined the BC Liberals after the nomination serving as MLA until 2017. In 2019, he ran again for the federal Conservatives in that riding and won. A Métis, he was one of ten Indigenous candidates elected in the 2019 federal election.[3]

Controversy[edit]

While running in the 2009 British Columbia general election, an email written to a colleague from 1996 while Dalton was a schoolteacher was released by the NDP due to "disturbingly homophobic comments", according to then MLA Spencer Herbert.[4] The email was a response to concerns over bullying in which Dalton wrote: “I am not against homosexuals as people, but I do not support their lifestyle choices." and "There are other moral issues that large segments of our society do not see eye to eye: gambling, abortion, adultery, pornography. I believe that homosexuality fits in this category.”[5] Dalton released an apology, stating he didn’t intend to be offensive or hurtful, but did not retract his comments.[6]

More recently in 2014, Dalton voted against[7] an amendment to the Vital Statistics Act[8] that would allow transgender or gender non-binary individuals to change registered sex designation from their sex assigned at birth to reflect their gender identity.[9][10]

Personal life[edit]

He holds degrees from Simon Fraser University. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves and is a member of the Royal Canadian Legion.[11]

Dalton is a resident of Maple Ridge and has been married for 30 years, with three grown children. Dalton was a pastor for a number of years[when?][citation needed] and he worked volunteering with youth and reaching out to the needy in Third World countries[ambiguous] and in Canadian inner cities.[citation needed] Prior to getting elected, Dalton and his wife were regular volunteers[vague] with the Salvation Army serving food to the under-privileged.[citation needed]

Electoral record[edit]

2017 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Mission
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Bob D'Eith 9,843 41.46
Liberal Marc Dalton 9,723 40.95
Green Peter Pak Chiu Tam 3,181 13.40
Conservative Trevor Hamilton 850 3.58
Libertarian Jeff Monds 144 0.61
Total valid votes 23,741 100.00
Source: Elections BC[12]
2013 British Columbia general election: Maple Ridge-Mission
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marc Dalton 10,327 46.59 +0.87
New Democratic Mike Bocking 8,820 39.81 –5.58
Green Alex Pope 1,818 8.21 +1.01
Conservative Chad Thompson 1,190 5.37 –
Total valid votes 22,155 100.00
Total rejected ballots 152 0.68
Turnout 22,307 57.91
Source: Elections BC[13]
2006 Canadian federal election: Burnaby—New Westminster
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Peter Julian 17,391 38.79 +4.21 $71,414
Liberal Mary Pynenburg 13,420 29.93 -2.59 $74,580
Conservative Marc Dalton 12,364 27.58 -0.05 $70,006
Green Scott Janzen 1,654 3.68 -0.04 $1,149
Total valid votes 44,829 100.0  
Total rejected ballots 144 0.32 -0.20
Turnout 44,973 60.09 +1.14
New Democratic hold Swing +3.40

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Experience the Fraser Project Progressing
  2. ^ Liberal MLA to seek federal Tory nomination in Fraser Valley riding
  3. ^ Deer, Jessica. "10 Indigenous candidates elected to the House of Commons". CBC News. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. ^ NDPs Spencer Herbert calls for resignation of Marc Dalton via Wayback Machine archived April 30, 2009, accessed October 11, 2019
  5. ^ Marc Dalton 1996 email via Wayback Machine archived April 30, 2009, accessed October 11, 2019
  6. ^ Liberal candidate Marc Dalton apologizes for homophobic email
  7. ^ Marc Dalton voting record 2014 on Miscellaneous statutes amendment act, Nay to section 115
  8. ^ Vital Statistics Act of British Columbia
  9. ^ Vital Statistics Act, section 27 Amendment to sex designation
  10. ^ BILL 17 — 2014: MISCELLANEOUS STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2014 see section 115, amendment to vital statistics act
  11. ^ Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
  12. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  13. ^ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

External links[edit]

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