Dave Van Kesteren | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament forChatham-Kent—Leamington Chatham-Kent—Essex (2006–2015) | |
| In office January 23, 2006 – September 11, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jerry Pickard |
| Succeeded by | Dave Epp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-10-07)October 7, 1955 (age 69) Chatham,Ontario,Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Faye Van Kesteren |
| Residence | Chatham |
| Profession | Automobile dealer |
David E. Van Kesteren (born October 7, 1955) is a Canadian politician. A member of theConservative Party of Canada, he was the member of theHouse of Commons for theriding ofChatham-Kent—Leamington (known asChatham-Kent—Essex until 2015) from the2006 election until 2019.
A child of Dutch parents (his father was born inNoordwijk, his mother inSchoonhoven), Van Kesteren was born two years after his parents emigrated to Canada. Van Kesteren, who is married and has eight children and twenty one grandchildren, owns aHyundai car dealership, Van Kesteren Auto Sales, which he founded in 1987. He is a charter member of the Chatham Sunrise Rotary Club and past president of the Chatham Christian Business Association.
First elected in the2006 federal election, Van Kesteren defeatedLiberal candidate Jim Comiskey by 5,616 votes in the then riding ofChatham-Kent—Essex. Previously, Van Kesteren had narrowly lost the 2004 election to Liberal incumbentJerry Pickard by only 407 votes.
| 2015 Canadian federal election:Chatham-Kent—Leamington | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Dave Van Kesteren | 21,677 | 41.71 | -11.49 | $119,230.26 | |||
| Liberal | Katie Omstead | 19,351 | 37.23 | +20.95 | $64,239.01 | |||
| New Democratic | Tony Walsh | 9,549 | 18.37 | -8.79 | $12,638.15 | |||
| Green | Mark Vercouteren | 1,394 | 2.68 | -0.66 | $1,379.30 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,971 | 100.00 | $213,665.70 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 263 | 0.50 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 52,234 | 65.99 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 79,160 | |||||||
| Conservativenotional hold | Swing | -16.22 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[1][2] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election:Chatham-Kent—Essex | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Dave Van Kesteren | 23,360 | 53.8 | +5.9 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Ron Franko | 11,449 | 26.3 | +9.8 | – | |||
| Liberal | Matt Daudlin | 7,172 | 16.5 | -12.6 | – | |||
| Green | Rob Hodgson | 1,470 | 3.4 | +0.5 | – | |||
| Total valid votes | 43,451 | 100.0 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 221 | 0.05 | ||||||
| Turnout | 43,672 | 59.43 | ||||||
| Total eligible voters | 73,484 | |||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election:Chatham-Kent—Essex | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Dave Van Kesteren | 19,960 | 47.9 | +5.1 | $70,361 | |||
| Liberal | Matt Daudlin | 12,127 | 29.1 | -2.2 | $46,213 | |||
| New Democratic | Ron Cadotte | 6,850 | 16.5 | -5.9 | $6,134 | |||
| Green | Alina Abbott | 2,712 | 6.5 | +2.9 | $1,214 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,649 | 100.0 | $82,648 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | – | |||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election:Chatham-Kent—Essex | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Dave Van Kesteren | 20,820 | 42.8 | +5.1 | ||||
| Liberal | Jim Comiskey | 15,204 | 31.3 | -8.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kathleen Kevany | 10,875 | 22.4 | +5.3 | ||||
| Green | Ken Bell | 1,737 | 3.6 | -0.6 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 48,636 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election:Chatham-Kent—Essex | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Jerry Pickard | 17,435 | 39.6 | -10.1 | ||||
| Conservative | Dave Van Kesteren | 17,028 | 38.7 | -3.7 | ||||
| New Democratic | Kathleen Kevany | 7,538 | 17.1 | +11.6 | ||||
| Green | Rod Hetherington | 1,845 | 4.2 | +2.4 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Margaret Mondaca | 150 | 0.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 43,996 | 100.0 | ||||||