»Lord, today we bring Penticton MLA Dan Ashton before you. We thank you for Dan’s many years of public service to both his city and our province. We ask for your hand to be with him as he begins his second term as MLA. We also speak blessing on his wife Monique and their two children » Amen
Dan Ashton was elected MLA for Penticton in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. He is the Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Finance.
From June 2013 until his most recent appointment, he was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister Responsible for Core Review. He served as the Chair of Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services, is a member of the Treasury Board and was the vice-chair of the Cabinet Working Group on Core Review.
Since September 2014, Ashton is the Premier’s representative to the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER). Before being elected as an MLA, Dan served two terms as Mayor of the City of Penticton following three consecutive terms as a councillor. He served ten terms as Chair of the Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen, and spent four years as a trustee on the Municipal Finance Authority.
While Dan was born in Edmonton, his family moved to Penticton two weeks after his birth and he considers himself a proud Okanaganite. The Ashton family business was retail, with locations in the Okanagan, Kootenays and the Lower Mainland.
Dan and his wife Monique have two children, Coleton and Chantal. The Ashton family prides itself on being active in the community.