Dean Allison
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Dean Allison MP |
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| Official Opposition Critic for International Development | |
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Assumed office July 13, 2016 |
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| Leader | Rona Ambrose |
| Preceded by | Deepak Obhrai |
| Member of Parliament for Niagara West Niagara West-Glanbrook (2004-2015) |
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Assumed office June 28, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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In office March 9, 2010 – August 2, 2015 |
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Lawrence Cannon John Baird Rob Nicholson |
| Preceded by | Kevin Sorenson |
| Succeeded by | Bob Nault |
| Chair of the Standing Committee on Human Resources |
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In office May 4, 2006 – March 8, 2010 |
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| Minister |
Monte Solberg Diane Finley |
| Preceded by | Raymonde Folco |
| Succeeded by | Candice Bergen |
| Personal details | |
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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