Kevin A. Sorenson (born November 3, 1958) is a
Canadian
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politician who represented the
riding of
Battle River-Crowfoot (known as
Crowfoot
Crowfoot (1830 – 25 April 1890) or Isapo-Muxika ( bla, Issapóómahksika, italics=yes; syllabics: ) was a chief of the Siksika First Nation. His parents, (Packs a Knife) and (Attacked Towards Home), were Kainai. He was five years old when ...
from 2000 to 2015) in the
House of Commons of Canada from 2000 to 2019, first as a member of the
Canadian Alliance
The Canadian Alliance (french: Alliance canadienne), formally the Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance (french: Alliance réformiste-conservatrice canadienne), was a centre-right to right-wing federal political party in Canada that existed ...
(2000–2003) and then as a member of the
Conservative Party of Canada. He served as
Minister of State for Finance under Prime Minister
Stephen Harper from July 15, 2013 until the end of the
Harper Government
The premiership of Stephen Harper began on February 6, 2006, when the first Cabinet headed by Stephen Harper was sworn in by Governor General Michaelle Jean. Harper was invited to form the 28th Canadian Ministry and become Prime Minister of ...
on November 4, 2015.
He also served as the Opposition critic to the Solicitor General, the associate critic for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the deputy critic for Justice.
Sorenson represented a riding that is very conservative even by the standards of rural Alberta; most of his territory has been held by a centre-right MP without interruption since 1935. He won the riding by some of the largest margins ever recorded in Canadian politics. He was first elected in 2000, taking 70.5 percent of the vote. It would be the only time that he dropped below 80 percent of the vote. In the
2006 federal election, he was re-elected with 82.5 per cent of the popular vote, the highest total recorded by a Conservative candidate in that election.
Sorenson used to chair the
Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security and the
Standing Committee on Public Accounts.
References
External links
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Kevin Sorenson official website
1958 births
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
Canadian Alliance MPs
Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Farmers from Alberta
Members of the 28th Canadian Ministry
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
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