Devin Dreeshen | |
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Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors | |
Assumed office October 21, 2022 | |
Premier | Danielle Smith |
Preceded by | Rajan Sawhney |
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Alberta | |
In office April 30, 2019 – November 5, 2021 | |
Premier | Jason Kenney |
Preceded by | Oneil Carlier |
Succeeded by | Nate Horner |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Innisfail-Sylvan Lake | |
Assumed office July 12, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Don MacIntyre |
Personal details | |
Born | 1987 or 1988 (age 36–37)[1] Innisfail, Alberta, Canada |
Political party | United Conservative Party |
Other political affiliations | Conservative Party of Canada Republican Party (United States) |
Relations | Earl Dreeshen (father) |
Residence | Pine Lake, Alberta |
Alma mater | University of Alberta[2][unreliable source?] |
Devin Dreeshen (born 1987/1988) is a Canadian politician and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, representing the electoral district of Innisfail-Sylvan Lake. He was first elected with 82 per cent of the vote in a by-election in July 2018, and was re-elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to the 30th Alberta Legislature. In the 2023 Alberta general election, Dreeshen was once again re-elected to the 31st Alberta Legislature.
As a member of the United Conservative Party government, on April 30, 2019, Dreeshen was appointed by Premier Jason Kenney to the Executive Council of Alberta as the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. He served in that role from April 30, 2019, to November 5, 2021. Dreeshen has been Alberta's Minister of Transportation and Economic Corridors since October 2022.[3]