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Introduction
Dan Albas is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. He represents the electoral district of Central Okanagan—Similkameen—Nicola as a member of the Conservative Party. In the 41st Canadian Parliament, Albas was appointed to the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and introduced one piece of legislation, a private members bill called An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (interprovincial Importation of Wine for personal use) which would allow individuals to import wine from another province for the purpose of personal consumption.
Early life
| Name | Dan Albas |
| Net Worth | $5 million |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Age | 46 years |
| Height | 1.75m |
Dan Albas MP was born on December 1, 1976 (age 46 years) in Victoria, Canada. He is the son of a Canadian. His family moved to Penticton when he was three years old. With his two sisters, he was raised in mostly in Penticton by a father who worked as a lawyer and was active in conservative politics and a mother who worked as a social worker.
Albas and his family spent a short time living in Whitehorse, Yukon but moved to Alberta to seek medical treatment after an accident left Dan with severe burns over much of his body. They moved back to Penticton where Albas attended Penticton Secondary School and Okanagan University College.
He worked as a martial arts instructor and in the late-1990s he opened his own martial arts studio, Kick City Martial Arts (later renamed Premier Martial Arts). In 2005 his studio held a fund-raiser in which pledges were taken by students who would break boards with martial arts moves in support of a Hurricane Katrina-related charity. The Penticton and Wine Country Chamber of Commerce named Albas the 2005 young entrepreneur of the Year.
Dan Albas became a board member of the Chamber of Commerce and was appointed to represent the region at the British Columbia Chamber of Commerce. He helped merge the independent Chambers of Commerce in Penticton, Okanagan Falls, Oliver and Osoyoos into the South Okanagan Chamber of Commerce. He ran the regional United Way fund-raising campaign in 2007 and again in 2010. In 2008 he became active with a community group called the Penticton Housing Coalition advocating for affordable housing in the city, like secondary suites.
Political career
Dan Albas fell in love with politics at an early age. In the 2008 local government elections, the 31-year-old Albas ran, and placed first with 5,656 votes, for a seat on the Penticton City Council. Albas became known as the most fiscally-conservative councilor on an already fiscally-conservative council.
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Beyond the measures agreed to by the council, Albas sought to avoid having the city purchase or pay for a fire-rescue boat, the restoration of the SS Sicamous, landscaping improvements at the South Okanagan Events Centre and the beaches, mobile radar speed signs, building an agricultural center in the downtown area and unsuccessfully tried to defer the hiring of additional fire department officers and eliminate a 2.1% raise in councilor salaries (though all were approved by the council despite Albas opposing the motions).
He voted against opening a public library on Sundays to avoid the extra costs and against raising the electricity rate to match FortisBC rate increases (the city purchases power from FortisBC and sells it to citizens), and requiring developers who work with the city to have professional liability insurance, though all were approved by council.
Initiatives that Albas began or assisted with included bylaw enforcement fines for aggressive panhandling, and keeping a Canada Post outlet in the downtown area. Believing public transit should be funded through user fees, he voted against acquiring new buses from BC Transit unless it was paid for through higher fares and later sought to raise fares by 25% to fund operational costs.
He drew criticism as a councilor for interfering with staff management and for posting speculative comments on his blog regarding the privatization of city services. Albas was appointed to be a director at the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen where he was successful he reducing the Regional District’s contribution to the Okanagan Film Commission by 50%; Albas became an alternate director in 2009 and 2010.
In March 2011, after Stockwell Day, the MP for Okanagan—Coquihalla for the last 11 years, unexpectedly announced his retirement, a nomination election was held to seek his replacement as the Conservative Party nominee. Albas faced two other candidates: Marshall Neufeld who had worked as Day’s parliamentary assistant and West Kelowna landscaper Russell Ensign.
A fourth candidate, Chamber of Commerce president Jason Cox, campaigned but missed the deadline for submitting his nomination papers. The nomination election came under criticism from Conservative Party members for being rushed; the vote was held only 10 days after Day’s announcement leaving several potential candidates unable to participate and leading to accusations that the three candidates had been given advanced notice of events.
The 2011 federal election campaign began soon after the nomination vote. Albas faced former Summerland councilor David Finnis of the New Democratic Party, semi-retired Ashcroft businessman John Kidder for the Liberal Party, Penticton marketer Dan Bouchard for the Green Party, Penticton doctor Dietrich Wittel (independent), and West Kelowna real estate agent Sean Upshaw who campaign in protest of the Conservative Party nomination process which he felt excluded from due to its rushed vote.
Albas won the election in the Okanagan—Coquihalla riding with 54% of the vote and his Conservative Party formed a majority government. When the 41st Parliament began Albas was appointed to the ‘Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and the ‘Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations’.
In the House of Commons, Albas introduced Private Members Bill C-311, entitled An Act to amend the Importation of Intoxicating Liquors Act (interprovincial importation of wine for personal use) (Bill C-311) which would allow individuals to import wine from another province for the purpose of personal consumption. Bill C-311 received its first reading on October 3, and its second reading on December 7, 2011. It received unanimous support from all parties at the third reading on June 6, 2012.
On Sept. 19, 2013, he became Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board. Albas won re-election 2015 Canadian federal election, though his Conservative Party lost seats overall and formed the Official Opposition in the 42nd Canadian Parliament. Under interim leader Rona Ambrose, Albas was appointed to be the critic of interprovincial trade until October 2016 when he was reassigned to be deputy critic (to Gérard Deltell) of finance.
In the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Albas endorsed Maxime Bernier. After Andrew Scheer won the leadership race, Scheer reassigned Albas to be a critic of small business issues. Albas introduced several private member bills into the House of Commons during this parliament, though none advanced beyond the first reading. Bill C-379, An Act to amend the Bank Act (use of words “bank”, “banker” or “banking”), proposed to allow credit unions and caisses populaires to use the terms bank, banker and banking to describe the services they offer.
Bill C-410, An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (property of bankrupt–exclusion), proposed to protect Registered Education Savings Plans or Registered Disability Savings Plans from creditors in a bankruptcy settlement; the Minister of Finance subsequently incorporated this protection of Registered Disability Savings Plan funds in Bill C-97; in response, Albas introduced Bill C-453 which contained the same language but specifically extended the protection to Registered Education Savings Plan as well.
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Bill C-447, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (aggravating circumstance — evacuation order or emergency), proposed to make taking advantage of a natural disaster or another emergency to commit a crime as an aggravating circumstance. Bill C-452, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (a gift in virtual currency), proposed to exempt from the capital gains tax funds acquired from the appreciation of a virtual currency that is donated to a charity. On September 8, 2020, Dan Albas was appointed as the Opposition Critic for Environment and Climate Change by Erin O’Toole.
Wife
Dan Albas is currently a man and has kids with his wife Tara.
Dan Albas net worth
How much is Dan Albas worth? Dan Albas net worth is estimated at around $5 million. His main source of income is from his primary work as a politician. Dan Albas’s salary per month and other career earnings are over $350,000 dollars annually. His remarkable achievements have earned him some luxurious lifestyles and some fancy car trips. He is one of the richest and most influential politicians in Canada. He stands at an appealing height of 1.75m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.