Dean Allison

Dean Allison MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Niagara West Niagara West-Glanbrook (2004-2015)
Incumbent
Assumed office June 28, 2004
Preceded by	Riding Established
Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs
In office March 9, 2010 – August 2, 2015
Minister	Lawrence Cannon John Baird Rob Nicholson
Preceded by	Kevin Sorenson
Chair of the Standing Committee on Human Resources
In office May 4, 2006 – March 8, 2010
Minister	Monte Solberg Diane Finley
Preceded by	Raymonde Folco
Succeeded by	Candice Bergen
Personal details
Born	( 1965-02-18) February 18, 1965 London, Ontario
Political party	Conservative
Residence	Beamsville
Profession	businessman, entrepreneur, restaurant owner

Dean Allison (born February 18, 1965 in London, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2004 federal election for the new riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook. Allison is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and has been re-elected in each subsequent election.

Early life and career

Allison holds a degree in Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University. 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 Member of Parliament, 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.

Member of Parliament

M.P. Dean Allison and Phil McColeman as 2013 Canadian delegation attended the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe’s Annual Session

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.

Presently, Allison serves as Chair of both the House of Commons Liaison Committee, and Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development.

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 faint hope clause from the Criminal Code, and motions to entrench property rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and to raise awareness of Anaphylaxis.

Allison was one of thirteen Canadians banned from traveling to Russia under retaliatory sanctions imposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in March 2014.

Election results

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. Allison once again won his fifth consecutive election and returned to the House of Commons as the MP for Niagara West. He was subsequently named as the Conservative Deputy Critic for International Development.

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Dean Allison	24,732	48.8	-10.67	–
	Liberal	Phil Rose	16,681	32.7	+17.80	–
	New Democratic	Nameer Rahman	5,805	11.5	-7.72	–
	Green	Sid Frere	1,51;	3.0	-1.51	–
	Christian Heritage	Harold Jonker	1,234	2.4	–	–
	Libertarian	Allan de Roo	797	1.6	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,657	100.0		$202,020.07
Total rejected ballots			242	–	–
Turnout			50,889	73.81	–
Eligible voters			68,937
	Conservative hold		Swing		-14.24
Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Dean Allison	33,701	57.3%	+5.33%
	New Democratic	David Heatley	12,734	21.6%	+6.84%
	Liberal	Stephen Bieda	8,699	14.8%	-9.17%
	Green	Sid Frere	2,530	4.3%	-2.91%
	Christian Heritage	Bryan Jongbloed	1,199	2%	-0.06%
Total valid votes			58,863	100%

Source: Elections Canada

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Dean Allison	28,089	52.0%	+4.60%
	Liberal	Heather Carter	12,955	24.0%	-6.71%
	New Democratic	Dave Heatley	7,980	14.8%	-1.26%
	Green	Sid Frere	3,897	7.2%	+3.26%
	Christian Heritage	Dave Bylsma	1,118	2.1%	+0.17%
Total valid votes			54,039

Canadian federal election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Conservative	Dean Allison	27,351	47.4%	+7.09%
	Liberal	Heather Carter	17,712	30.7%	-8.32%
	New Democratic	Dave Heatley	9,251	16.0%	+1.20%
	Green	Tom Ferguson	2,284	4.0%	+0.56%
	Christian Heritage	David W. Bylsma	1,132	2.0%	-0.17%
Total valid votes			57,730

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Dean Allison	20,874
	Liberal	Debbie Zimmerman	20,210
	New Democratic	Dave Heatley	7,681
	Green	Tom Ferguson	1,761
	Christian Heritage	David Bylsma	1,107
	Canadian Action	Phil Rose	179
Total valid votes			51,812

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	John Maloney	17,054
	Alliance	Dean Allison	14,992
	Progressive Conservative	David Hurren	5,174
	New Democratic	Jody Di Bartolomeo	2,423
	Christian Heritage	David W. Blysma	476
	Natural Law	John Gregory	143
	Canadian Action	William Schleich	137

External links

• Dean Allison
• How'd They Vote?: Dean Allison's voting history and quotes
• Dean Allison – Parliament of Canada biography