Member of Parliament for Battle River-Crowfoot Crowfoot (2000-2015)
In office November 27, 2000 – October 21, 2019
Preceded by
Jack Ramsay
Succeeded by
Damien Kurek
Personal details
Born
(1958-11-03) November 3, 1958 (age 65) Killam, Alberta, Canada
Political party
Conservative
Spouse
Darlene Sorenson
Residence(s)
Camrose, Alberta, Canada
Profession
businessman, farmer
Kevin A. SorensonPC (born November 3, 1958) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Battle River-Crowfoot (known as Crowfoot from 2000 to 2015) in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000 to 2019, first as a member of the Canadian Alliance (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 on November 4, 2015.[1] 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.
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2019 Canadian federal election: Battle River—Crowfoot
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Expenditures
Conservative
Damien Kurek
53,309
85.5
+4.59
$61,063.42
New Democratic
Natasha Fryzuk
3,185
5.1
-1.44
$0.00
Liberal
Dianne Clarke
2,557
4.1
-5.26
none listed
Green
Geordie Nelson
1,689
2.7
-0.48
$2,467.23
People's
David A. Michaud
1,620
2.6
-
none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit
62,360
100.0
Total rejected ballots
352
Turnout
62,712
77.3
Eligible voters
81,123
Conservative hold
Swing
+3.02
Source: Elections Canada[2][3][4]
^"A full list of the new and old faces in Stephen Harper's cabinet". The Globe and Mail. July 15, 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
^"List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
^"Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
^"Candidate Campaign Returns". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
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