Dean Allison (born February 18, 1965, in

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) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2004 federal election for the riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook, now Niagara West. Allison is a member of the

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and has been re-elected in each subsequent election.

Early life and career

Allison holds a degree in

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from

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.Official website: Meet Dean
. Retrieved March 29, 2011. Upon graduation, Allison established himself in the Niagara area through accumulating businesses and working for a major franchise organization. Outside of his capacities as a

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, Allison also owns a Private Equity Firm that assists in small business and startups.

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. 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.

Political career

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. In the most recent federal election held on October 21, 2019, Allison won his sixth consecutive election and returned to the House of Commons as the MP for Niagara West.

Member of Parliament

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. In the 42nd Parliament, Allison served as the Shadow Minister for International Trade as well as the vice-chair of Standing Committee on International Trade. 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

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from the Criminal Code, and motions to entrench property rights in the

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and to raise awareness of

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. Allison was one of thirteen Canadians banned from traveling to Russia under retaliatory sanctions imposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in March 2014. After the House of Commons introduced a vaccine mandate, Allison claimed a medical exemption. He attended House meetings virtually.

Electoral record

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Broadcasting career

Allison hosts a weekly program on the conservative-leaning news channel The News Forum, ''The Hill Update''.

References

External links

Dean Allison

How'd They Vote?: Dean Allison's voting history and quotes
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Allison, Dean 1965 births Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Conservative Party of Canada MPs Wilfrid Laurier University alumni People from the Regional Municipality of Niagara Politicians from London, Ontario 21st-century Canadian politicians