Dave Quest

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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.

Dave Quest
MLA for Strathcona-Sherwood Park
In office
March 3, 2008 – May 5, 2015
Preceded byRob Lougheed
Succeeded byEstefan 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

Political career

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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[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

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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

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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.

2023 UCP Leduc-Beaumont nomination contest

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March 18, 2023[5]

Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
Brandon Lunty 346 26.4 359 27.7 376 30.0 420 35.7 552 52.3
Nam Kular 447 34.1 451 34.8 456 36.6 477 40.5 503 47.7
Karen Richert 231 17.6 236 18.2 249 19.8 281 23.9 Eliminated
Heather Feldbusch 146 11.1 155 12.0 174 13.9 Eliminated
Dawn Miller 82 6.3 94 7.3 Eliminated
Dave Quest 60 4.6 Eliminated
Total 1,312 100.00 1,295 100.00 1,255 100.00 1,178 100.00 1,055 100.00

References

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  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. ^ "Leduc-Beaumont" (PDF). United Conservative Party. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
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