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 by | Rob Lougheed |
| Succeeded by | Estefan Cortes-Vargas |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 28, 1964 Bangor, United Kingdom |
| Political party | Conservative (federal) Alberta Party (provincial) |
| Other political affiliations | Progressive Conservative |
| Residence(s) | Sherwood Park, Alberta |
| Website | http://www.davequest.ca |
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, 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
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
| 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
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 | ||||