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Dave Quest
MLA for Strathcona-Sherwood Park
In office
March 3, 2008 – May 5, 2015
Preceded byRob Lougheed
Succeeded byEstefania Cortes-Vargas
Personal details
Born (1964-01-28) January 28, 1964 (age 60)
Bangor, United Kingdom
Political partyConservative (federal)
Alberta Party (provincial)
Other political
affiliations		Progressive Conservative
Residence(s)Sherwood Park, Alberta
Websitehttp://www.davequest.ca

David Jonothan Quest is a politician in Alberta, 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, Estefania Cortes-Vargas, when The Rebel Media[1] published personal attacks against them, stating that "to be attacked as an individual based on your sexuality or your country of birth is inexcusable."[2]

Quest was appointed Associate Minister of Seniors in 2013 under Premier Alison Redford.[3]

Having opposed Jason Kenney's bid for leadership of the Progressive Conservatives, Quest joined the Alberta Party and was the party's candidate in Strathcona-Sherwood Park in 2019.[2][4]

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 licence in 1998 and regularly attends the Ardrossan United Church.

Quest is married to wife Fiona Beland-Quest. Their son John (Jack) Derek Quest was arrested and charged in 2016 for threatening a school shooting at his university and now teaches English and attends college in Myanmar.[5][6][7]

Electoral history

2012 Alberta general election: Strathcona-Sherwood Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Dave Quest 9,695 50.71% –
Wildrose Alliance Paul Nemetchek 6,432 33.64% –
New Democratic Michael Scott 1,626 8.51% –
Liberal John C. Murray 1,365 7.14% –
Total 19,118 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 83 48 9
Eligible electors / turnout 32,159 59.73% –
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.
Source(s)
Source: "82 - Strathcona-Sherwood Park, 2012 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2012). The Report of the Chief Electoral Officer on the 2011 Provincial Enumeration and Monday, April 23, 2012 Provincial General Election of the Twenty-eighth Legislative Assembly (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
2015 Alberta general election: Strathcona-Sherwood Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Estefania Cortes-Vargas 9,376 42.61% 34.10%
Progressive Conservative Dave Quest 6,623 30.10% -20.62%
Wildrose Rob Johnson 5,286 24.02% -9.62%
Alberta Party Lynne Kaiser 721 3.28% –
Total 22,006 – –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 50 38 22
Eligible electors / turnout 34,346 64.28% 4.55%
New Democratic gain from Progressive Conservative Swing +27.36%
Source: "82 - Strathcona-Sherwood Park, 2015 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Chief Electoral Officer (2016). 2015 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer (PDF) (Report). Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta.
2019 Alberta general election: Strathcona-Sherwood Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Conservative Nate Glubish 14,151 52.51 -1.34
New Democratic Moira Váne 8,695 32.27 -10.56
Alberta Party Dave Quest 3,605 13.38 +10.05
Alberta Advantage Don Melanson 147 0.55 –
Green Albert Aris 142 0.53 –
Alberta Independence Richard Scinta 141 0.52 –
Independent Larry Maclise 67 0.25 –
Total 26,948 99.36 –
Rejected, spoiled and declined 173 0.64
Turnout 27,121 76.59
Eligible voters 35,411
United Conservative notional hold Swing +4.61
Source(s)
Source: "84 - Strathcona-Sherwood Park, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 408–412. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.

References

  1. ^ Now known as Rebel News
  2. ^ a b Proulx, Ben (July 21, 2016). "'Gender-queer immigrant'; Rebel on the attack | Sherwood Park News". Sherwood Park News. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  3. ^ "Alberta Cabinet swearing-in ceremony - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2020-12-20.
  4. ^ Cournoyer, Dave (September 11, 2018). "Calgary-Fish Creek bozo-eruption raises questions about "rigorous" UCP candidate screening process | daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics". daveberta.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  5. ^ "Man alleged to have made MacEwan University threat asks Reddit for legal advice". edmontonjournal. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  6. ^ "Park man plans to remain in Myanmar despite military coup". sherwoodparknews. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
  7. ^ "Dave Quest at Alberta Party". Alberta Party. Retrieved 2022-11-11.
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