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Marc Dalton | |
|---|---|
 Dalton in 2020 | |
| Member of Parliament forPitt Meadows—Maple Ridge | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Ruimy |
| Member of theBritish Columbia Legislative Assembly forMaple Ridge-Mission | |
| In office May 12, 2009 – May 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Randy Hawes |
| Succeeded by | Bob D'Eith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-06-03)June 3, 1960 (age 65) CFB Baden–Soellingen, Germany |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Other political affiliations | BC United (provincial) |
| Residence(s) | Maple Ridge,British Columbia, Canada |
Marc H.J. Dalton[1]MP is a Canadian politician. He is the currentConservative Member of Parliament forPitt Meadows—Maple Ridge after the2019 Canadian federal election. He was aBC LiberalMember of the Legislative Assembly ofBritish Columbia following the2009 and2013 provincial elections for the riding ofMaple Ridge-Mission.
Dalton was born in the Canadian Forces Base ofBaden-Soellingen in Germany. His father served in theRoyal Canadian Armed Forces, and he spent much of his childhood traveling and living between different bases throughout Canada. Marc isCree Métis on his father's side and French Canadian on his mother's (née Beaudoin).[2][3] He is a member of Métis Nation BC. He has 5 other siblings and is the oldest of the group. In his early teenage years Marc’s family settled in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows region of British Columbia. Growing up Marc enjoyed playing sports and was a member of the student council team while in High school.
Marc went on to study atSimon Fraser University, where he obtained his Bachelor in French and History and his Master’s in Educational Leadership. At the age of 16 he volunteered with a non-profit evangelical organization that supported communities in Central America and Canadian inner cities. Through his time working with communities in Central America he learned Spanish, making him trilingual in French, English and Spanish.
Marc’s Christian faith is another important aspect of his personal life and after completing his education Marc took on the call to become aPastor and served in the Vancouver area for a period of time. Prior to entering politics Marc married his wife Marlene and raised three children, while working as a teacher. Marc taught at both the elementary and high school levels in the 42nd Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows School District. He worked as a teacher for 17 years and taught primarily French Immersion and Socials Studies. He also served in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves shortly after graduating and is a member of theRoyal Canadian Legion.[4]
In 2009, Dalton took a break from teaching and ran as anMLA for the Maple Ridge – Mission region. He went on to win and represented the district for two complete terms as a BC Liberal. As an MLA Marc served as a Parliamentary Secretary for independent schools and was a member of the ‘Experience the Fraser’ steering committee, which was a trails and tourism project. As an MLA he also served as the Parliamentary Secondary to the Minister of Aboriginal Relations.
After getting re-elected in 2012, Marc advocated for renaming theBC Liberals, as he argued it was confusing for voters who may not know that it was a centre-right Party. He reasoned that federal Conservative voters might have a hard time voting for the BC Liberals even though they share much of the same values.
In 2015, Marc ran for the Federal Conservative Nomination of Maple Ridge - Pitt Meadows where he lost to the long-time Conservative MPRandy Kamp. After the nomination he returned to the BC Liberals where he served as a backbench member until 2017. In 2019, Marc ran again in the federal election for the Conservative Party, this time winning and beating out the Liberal candidateDan Ruimy by over 3000 votes. As a member of 43rd Parliament, Marc served as a Member of the Covid-19 Pandemic Committee, Public Safety and National Security Committee and the Official Languages Committees. He is also a member of numerous Parliamentary Associations and Interparliamentary Groups. Marc was re-elected again in 2021 and still serves as a member of the Official Languages Committee but now also serves as the Chair of the BC Caucus. While in office Marc has been vocal and actively involved in legislation focused on reducing the Carbon Tax.
While running in the2009 British Columbia general election, an email written to a colleague from 1996 while Dalton was a schoolteacher was released by theNDP due to "homophobic comments", according to MLASpencer Herbert.[5] The email was a response to concerns over overreach in proposed policy changes to address bullying in which Dalton wrote:
"I am not against homosexuals as people, but I do not support their lifestyle choices. I believe homosexuality is a moral issue. Most of us agree on many morals: respect, honesty. kindness. There are also many behaviours and acts that most of us wouid not condone: rape, robbery, assault, drunken driving, pedophilia, incest and so on. There are other moral issues that large segments of our seciety do not see eye to eye: gambling, abortion, adultery, pornography. I believe that homosexuality fits in this category.”[6]
Dalton released an apology, stating he didn't intend to be offensive or hurtful.[7]
In his capacity as Member of Parliament forPitt Meadows - Maple Ridge, Dalton crafted a tweet met with controversy during theCOVID-19 pandemic in Canada on April 13, 2020.[8] In his post, Dalton stated regarding seniors, "Most deaths are in care homes where average life expectancy is 2 yrs & 65% usually pass in the 1st yr. Time to start moving Canada back to work?" The post was removed after being up for several minutes. When questioned about the incident by media organizations, Dalton's office responded with the following, "Our thoughts and prayers are with the hundreds of Canadians who have lost loved ones because of COVID-19. I personally have an uncle in a care home who I love dearly who has contracted coronavirus."
On January 3, 2020, as Member of Parliament forPitt Meadows - Maple Ridge, Dalton retweeted an opinion column fromThe Washington Examiner onTwitter titled,"The transgender movement’s message for girls: Your privacy concerns are bigotry" "[9] Dalton defended his re-posting of the article stating he's not pushing the issue aggressively, but spoke about it previously when he was MLA. “It’s concerning for women and for children and young girls to be in a place where there’s someone undressing right in front of them with male genitalia. ... it has to work for everybody,” Dalton said.[10]
On June 22, 2021, Dalton along with 61 other Conservative caucus members and one independent voted against Bill C-6,An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy).[11] This bill, if fully passed, would criminalize the act conducting conversion therapy on LGBTQ2+ individuals, even if they have consented to it.
On numerous occasions in the44th Parliament, Dalton has spoken in the House of Commons to contest and censure the carbon tax introduced by the Liberal Government in 2018. He cites that as the driving force behind the inflation and the increased cost of living. He wants to repeal the policy in order to reduce the cost of living.
In 2014 as an MLA, Dalton voted against[12] an amendment to the Vital Statistics Act[13] that would allowtransgender orgender non-binary individuals to change registered sex designation from their sex assigned at birth to reflect their gender identity.[14][15]
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Marc Dalton | 31,556 | 47.37 | +10.23 | ||||
| Liberal | Angie Rowell | 30,130 | 45.23 | +20.58 | ||||
| New Democratic | Daniel Heydenrych | 4,097 | 6.15 | –25.14 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Peter Buddle | 456 | 0.68 | +0.38 | ||||
| People's | Chris Lehner | 372 | 0.56 | –4.97 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 66,611 | 71.44 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 93,234 | |||||||
| Conservativenotional hold | Swing | –5.18 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[16][17] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Marc Dalton | 19,371 | 36.7 | +0.5 | $74,248.03 | |||
| New Democratic | Phil Klapwyk | 16,869 | 31.9 | +8.0 | $69,801.42 | |||
| Liberal | Ahmed Yousef | 13,179 | 24.9 | -4.8 | none listed | |||
| People's | Juliuss Hoffmann | 2,800 | 5.3 | +4.0 | $8,076.50 | |||
| Independent | Steven William Ranta | 453 | 0.9 | ±0.0 | $357.28 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Peter Buddle | 161 | 0.3 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,833 | 99.5 | – | $112,396.51 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 278 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Turnout | 53,111 | 64.4 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 82,495 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -3.8 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[18] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Marc Dalton | 19,650 | 36.23 | +4.84 | $89,237.08 | |||
| Liberal | Dan Ruimy | 16,125 | 29.73 | -4.15 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | John Mogk | 12,958 | 23.89 | -5.73 | $24,526.92 | |||
| Green | Ariane Jaschke | 4,332 | 7.99 | +3.77 | $3,184.96 | |||
| People's | Bryton Cherrier | 698 | 1.29 | – | none listed | |||
| Independent | Steve Ranta | 468 | 0.86 | -0.00 | $969.02 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 54,231 | 99.45 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 298 | 0.55 | +0.32 | |||||
| Turnout | 54,529 | 67.74 | -4.22 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 80,494 | |||||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +4.50 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[19][20][21] | ||||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election:Burnaby—New Westminster | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Peter Julian | 17,391 | 38.79 | +4.21 | $71,414 | |||
| Liberal | Mary Pynenburg | 13,420 | 29.93 | -2.59 | $74,580 | |||
| Conservative | Marc Dalton | 12,364 | 27.58 | -0.05 | $70,006 | |||
| Green | Scott Janzen | 1,654 | 3.68 | -0.04 | $1,149 | |||
| Total valid votes | 44,829 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 144 | 0.32 | -0.20 | |||||
| Turnout | 44,973 | 60.09 | +1.14 | |||||
| New Democratichold | Swing | +3.40 | ||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election:Maple Ridge-Mission | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Bob D'Eith | 10,989 | 41.94 | +2.13 | $68,144 | |||
| Liberal | Marc Dalton | 10,664 | 40.70 | −5.89 | $59,214 | |||
| Green | Peter Pak Chiu Tam | 3,464 | 13.22 | +5.01 | $9,786 | |||
| Conservative | Trevor Hamilton | 935 | 3.57 | −1.80 | ||||
| Libertarian | Jeff Monds | 148 | 0.57 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,200 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 128 | 0.49 | ||||||
| Turnout | 26,328 | 61.69 | ||||||
| Registered Voters | 42,678 | |||||||
| New Democraticgain fromLiberal | Swing | +4.01 | ||||||
| Source:Elections BC[22] | ||||||||
| 2013 British Columbia general election:Maple Ridge-Mission | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Marc Dalton | 10,327 | 46.59 | +0.87 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mike Bocking | 8,820 | 39.81 | –5.58 | ||||
| Green | Alex Pope | 1,818 | 8.21 | +1.01 | ||||
| Conservative | Chad Thompson | 1,190 | 5.37 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,155 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 152 | 0.68 | ||||||
| Turnout | 22,307 | 57.91 | ||||||
| Source:Elections BC[23] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Marc Dalton | 8,802 | 45.72% | ||
| NDP | Mike Bocking | 8,738 | 45.39% | ||
| Green | Michael Gildersleeve | 1,387 | 7.20% | – | |
| Reform | Ian Vaughan | 325 | 1.69% | ||
| Total | 19,252 | 100.00% | |||