Earl Dreeshen

Earl Dreeshen MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Red Deer—Mountain View Red Deer (2008-2015)
Incumbent
Assumed office October 14, 2008
Preceded by	Bob Mills
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