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Dean Allison MP
Member of Parliament forNiagara West Niagara West-Glanbrook (2004-2015)
Incumbent
Assumed office June 28, 2004
Preceded by	Riding Established
Personal details
Born	(1965-02-18)February 18, 1965 (age 60) London, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Residence	Pelham
Profession	businessman, entrepreneur, restaurant owner

Dean AllisonMP (born February 18, 1965, inLondon, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to theHouse of Commons of Canada in the2004 federal election for the riding ofNiagara West—Glanbrook, nowNiagara West. Allison is a member of theConservative Party of Canada and has been re-elected in each subsequent election.

Allison was born on February 18, 1965, inLondon, Ontario.^[1] Allison holds a degree inEconomics fromWilfrid Laurier University.^[2] Upon graduation, Allison established himself in the Niagara area through accumulating businesses and working for a major franchise organization.^[2] Outside of his capacities as aMember of Parliament, Allison also owns a private equity firm that assists in small business and startups.^[2]

Allison has served as president of the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital Foundation, as president of the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, a director of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, and board member of Junior Achievement in Niagara.^[2] Allison is also a founding member of theDave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in Canada and the Belarus' Children of Chernobyl program that brings children affected by theChernobyl disaster to Canada.^[3]

Allison first ran for federal politics as theCanadian Alliance candidate in theErie-Lincoln riding in2000. Allison received 37.1% of the vote but was defeated byLiberal candidateJohn Maloney who received 42.2% of the votes.

Allison ran, and was elected, in the 2004 election as theConservative candidate forNiagara West-Glanbrook. Allison has won the subsequent federal elections for Niagara West-Glanbrook.

In 2015, as a result of riding redistribution, the name was changed toNiagara West. The riding now consists ofGrimsby,Lincoln,West Lincoln,Wainfleet,Pelham and a portion of westSt. Catharines. In the2021 federal election, Allison won his seventh consecutive election and returned to the House of Commons as the MP for Niagara West.

Since taking office, Allison has served on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, International Trade and as past chair of the Standing Committee on Human Resources Skills Development and Status of Persons with Disabilities and has also served on the advisory panel on the Funding of Officers of Parliament. He has also served as vice chair of the Ontario Conservative Caucus and been on the executive of the Intraparliamentary Union Association and the Commonwealth Association.

In the42nd Parliament, Allison served as the Shadow Minister for International Trade as well as the vice-chair of Standing Committee on International Trade.

Allison is also a director of theOrganization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly.

Allison has tabled a number of different legislative initiatives in Parliament including a bill aimed at removing thefaint hope clause from the Criminal Code,^[4] and motions to entrench property rights in theCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms^[5] and to raise awareness ofAnaphylaxis.^[6]

Allison was one of thirteen Canadians banned from traveling to Russia under retaliatory sanctions imposed by Russian presidentVladimir Putin in March 2014.^[7]

After the House of Commons introduced a vaccine mandate, Allison claimed a medical exemption. He attended House meetings virtually.^[8]

In February 2023, Allison, along with fellow Conservative MPsLeslyn Lewis andColin Carrie, had dinner withChristine Anderson, aMember of the European Parliament representingAlternative for Germany, who was on a Canadian tour of right-wing media andconvoy protest supporters. The meeting was condemned by theCentre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, theCanadian Anti-Hate Network, and Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau among others, for Anderson and AfD'sIslamophobic andantisemitic positions. Conservative leaderPierre Poilievre also denounced Anderson's views as "vile", racist, and said that "it would be better if Anderson never visited Canada in the first place".^[9] The three MPs released a joint-statement saying that while meetings with foreign elected officials are ordinary, they were unaware of her or her party's views, and that they condemned racist and hateful views.^{[9][10][11][12]}

Allison was re-elected in the2025 election with over 50% of the vote.

Source:Elections Canada

Allison hosts a weekly program on the conservative-leaning news channelThe News Forum,The Hill Update.^[21]

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