Dean Allison (born February 18, 1965, in London, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He was elected to the House of Commons in the 2004 federal election for the riding of Niagara West—Glanbrook, now Niagara West. Allison is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada and has been re-elected in each subsequent election.
Community involvement
Allison is a founding member of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in Canada and the Belarus' Children of Chernobyl program that brings children affected by the Chernobyl disaster to Canada.Conservative Party of Canada: Meet our MPs . Retrieved March 29, 2011.
At the time of the 2025 Canadian federal election, he lived in Fenwick, Ontario.
Political career Allison first ran for federal politics as the Canadian Alliance candidate in the Erie-Lincoln riding in 2000. Allison received 37.1% of the vote but was defeated by Liberal candidate John Maloney who received 42.2% of the votes.
Allison ran, and was elected, in the 2004 election as the Conservative candidate for Niagara 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 to Niagara West. The riding now consists of Grimsby, Lincoln, West Lincoln, Wainfleet, Pelham and a portion of west St. Catharines. In the 2025 federal election, Allison won his eighth consecutive election and returned to the House of Commons as the MP for Niagara West.
Member of Parliament
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 the 42nd 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 the Organization 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 the faint hope clause from the Criminal Code,. deanallison.ca, April 16, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2011. and motions to entrench property rights in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms"Allison helps government take first step towards entrenching property rights" . deanallison.ca, April 23, 2007. Retrieved March 29, 2011. and to raise awareness of anaphylaxis."Niagara families & MP Dean Allison raise awareness for Anaphylaxis" . deanallison.ca, June 7, 2010. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
Allison was one of thirteen Canadians banned from traveling to Russia under retaliatory sanctions imposed by Russian president Vladimir Putin in March 2014.
After the House of Commons introduced a vaccine mandate, Allison claimed a medical exemption. He attended House meetings virtually.
In February 2023, Allison, along with fellow Conservative MPs Leslyn Lewis and Colin Carrie, had dinner with Christine Anderson, a Member of the European Parliament representing Alternative for Germany, who was on a Canadian tour of right-wing media and convoy protest supporters. The meeting was condemned by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau among others, for Anderson and AfD's Islamophobic and antisemitic positions. Conservative leader Pierre 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". 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.
Allison was re-elected in the 2025 election with over 50% of the vote.
Electoral record
Source: Elections Canada
Broadcasting career Allison hosted a program on the conservative-leaning news channel The News Forum, The Hill Update.
References
External links Dean Allison How'd They Vote?: Dean Allison's voting history and quotes
The Allison Inquiry | Listening to Canadian Covid-19 Vaccine Injured | Covid Testimony Association