Dan Ashton | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Penticton | |
| Assumed office May 14, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Barisoff |
| Mayor of Penticton, British Columbia | |
| In office 2008–2013 | |
| Preceded by | Jake Kimberley |
| Succeeded by | Garry Litke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1954 or 1955 (age 68–69)[1] |
| Political party | BC United |
Dan Ashton (born 1954 or 1955) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2013 provincial election,[2] and who was re-elected in 2017 and 2020. He represents the electoral district of Penticton as a member of BC United.
Prior to his election to the legislature, Ashton served as mayor of Penticton from 2008 until 2013 and, prior to that, as city councillor from 1999 until 2008.[3]
Electoral record
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Penticton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Dan Ashton | 13,217 | 48.19 | −5.36 | $34,620.10 | |||
| New Democratic | Toni Boot | 10,343 | 37.71 | +9.70 | $11,650.73 | |||
| Green | Ted Shumaker | 3,152 | 11.49 | −6.95 | $19.00 | |||
| Libertarian | Keith Macintyre | 717 | 2.61 | – | $605.44 | |||
| Total valid votes | 27,429 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Source: Elections BC[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Penticton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Dan Ashton | 14,470 | 52.80 | +6.95 | $48,359 | |||
| New Democratic | Tarik Sayeed | 7,874 | 28.73 | −11.62 | $50,324 | |||
| Green | Connie Sahlmark | 5,061 | 18.47 | – | $4,596 | |||
| Total valid votes | 27,405 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | 0.38 | ||||||
| Turnout | 27,508 | 60.79 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election: Penticton | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Dan Ashton | 11,536 | 45.85 | +1.86 | $92,981 | |||
| New Democratic | Richard Cannings | 10,154 | 40.35 | +9.20 | $79,882 | |||
| Conservative | Sean Upshaw | 2,288 | 9.09 | +0.35 | $5,077 | |||
| BC First | Doug Maxwell | 1,185 | 4.71 | – | $5,228 | |||
| Total valid votes | 25,163 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 173 | 0.68 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,336 | 58.27 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[8] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/156030635.html?mobile=true
- ↑ "Penticton results: Penticton Mayor Dan Ashton wins provincial seat". Global News, May 15, 2013.
- ↑ "List of Penticton's Mayors and Reeves", City of Penticton Website Archived 2013-04-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ↑ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ↑ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ↑ "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
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