| Intro | Canadian politician |
| Is | Politician |
| From | Canada |
| Type | Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 26 March 1978 |
| Age: | 42 years |
| Star sign | Aries |
Mark R. Strahl (born March 26, 1978) is a Canadian politician. He is the current Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Chilliwack—Hope.
Career
Starting as an intern in Ottawa with Opposition Leader Preston Manning, Strahl also worked in the offices of former MP Grant McNally (Dewdney—Alouette) and MP Randy Kamp (Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission).
On May 2, 2011, Strahl was elected to the House of Commons as MP for Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon. He served as a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence from 2011 to 2013.
On December 13, 2012, Strahl was named the chair of the B.C./Yukon Conservative Caucus.
On September 20, 2013, Prime Minister Stephen Harper named Strahl as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, a role he fulfilled until August 2015.
Life
Strahl is the son of former Conservative MP and federal Cabinet Minister Chuck Strahl, who held the same riding (with adjustments) for many years.
Strahl and his wife have been married since 1999; they have one son. They currently reside in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Chilliwack—Hope | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mark Strahl | 21,445 | 42.3 | -17.27 | – | |||
| Liberal | Louis De Jaeger | 17,114 | 33.8 | +22.61 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Seonaigh MacPherson | 9,218 | 18.2 | -5.29 | – | |||
| Green | Thomas Cheney | 2,386 | 4.7 | -0.33 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Alexander Johnson | 416 | 0.8 | – | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dorothy-Jean O’Donnell | 82 | 0.2 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 50,661 | 100.0 | $203,545.95 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 154 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 50,815 | 71.46 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 71,703 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -19.94 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
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Canadian federal election, 2011: Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Mark Strahl | 28,160 | 57.20 | -5.12 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gwen O’Mahony | 12,691 | 25.78 | +7.02 | ||||
| Liberal | Diane Janzen | 5,320 | 10.81 | +2.29 | ||||
| Green | Jamie Hoskins | 2,706 | 5.50 | -3.27 | ||||
| Western Block | Clive Edwards | 180 | 0.37 | – | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dorothy-Jean O’Donnell | 173 | 0.35 | +0.11 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,230 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 152 | 0.31 | +0.04 | |||||
| Turnout | 49,382 | 58.99 | +1 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,713 | – | – | |||||