David Jonothan Quest is a politician in
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
, Canada, who was elected to the province's Legislative Assembly on March 3, 2008, as the
Progressive Conservative MLA for
Strathcona-Sherwood Park.
Political career
Quest served two terms as
MLA, first for
Strathcona, and subsequently for
Strathcona-Sherwood Park. In addition to his regular duties as an MLA, he had roles on many committees during his term, including as Chair of the Cabinet Policy Committee on Finance. However, he was defeated in 2015 along with most of the Progressive Conservative caucus.
Quest defended his successor,
Estefan Cortes-Vargas, when
The Rebel Media published personal attacks against them, stating that "to be attacked as an individual based on your sexuality or your country of birth is inexcusable."
Quest was appointed Associate Minister of Seniors in 2013 under Premier Alison Redford.
Having opposed
Jason Kenney
Jason Thomas Kenney (born May 30, 1968) is a former Canadian politician who served as the 18th premier of Alberta from 2019 until 2022, and the leader of the United Conservative Party (UCP) from 2017 until 2022. He also served as the member o ...
's
bid for leadership of the Progressive Conservatives, Quest joined the
Alberta Party
The Alberta Party, formally the Alberta Party Political Association from 1998 to 2004, is a political party in the province of Alberta, Canada. The party describes itself as centrist and pragmatic in that it is not dogmatically ideological in ...
and was the party's candidate in Strathcona-Sherwood Park in 2019.
Personal life
Quest graduated from Ardrossan Senior High School, obtained his post-secondary education from NAIT, and in 1985 graduated with a business administration diploma with a major in marketing management. He obtained a private pilot's llicensein 1998 and regularly attends the Ardrossan United Church.
Quest is married to his wife Fiona Beland-Quest.
Electoral history
2023 UCP Leduc-Beaumont nomination contest
March 18, 2023
References
External links
Voting results from Elections Alberta
People from Sherwood Park
Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs
Living people
1963 births
Alberta Party candidates in Alberta provincial elections
21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta
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