Dave Quest

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	(1964-01-28) January 28, 1964 (age 61) 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

v t e 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.

v t e 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.

v t e 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