Rick Casson
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Richard L. Casson (born December 30, 1948 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian politician.
Casson is currently a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Lethbridge since 1997. He has also been a member of the Canadian Alliance (2000-2003) and the Reform Party of Canada (1997-2000). Casson is the Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on National Defence and Veteran's Affairs.
Casson is a former manager of printing services. Casson was mayor of Picture Butte, Alberta from 1986 to 1995 and a councillor before that.
In 2003, Rick Casson supported the Iraq war [1], and in spring 2006 voted yes to the extension of Canadian military deployment in Afghanistan to 2009.
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| Preceded by: Ray Speaker, Reform |
Member of Parliament for Lethbridge | Succeeded by: (incumbent) |
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Alberta Caucus serving in the 39th Canadian Parliament. |
| Senators | Tommy Banks (Lib), Joyce Fairbairn (Lib), Daniel Hays (Lib), Elaine McCoy (PC), Grant Mitchell (Lib), Claudette Tardif (Lib) |
| Members of Parliament | Diane Ablonczy (Con), Rona Ambrose (Con), Rob Anders (Con), Leon Benoit (Con), Blaine Calkins (Con), Rick Casson (Con), Ken Epp (Con), Peter Goldring (Con), Art Hanger (Con), Stephen Harper (Con), Laurie Hawn (Con), Rahim Jaffer (Con), Brian Jean (Con), Jason Kenney (Con), Mike Lake (Con), Ted Menzies (Con), Rob Merrifield (Con), Bob Mills (Con), Deepak Obhrai (Con), Jim Prentice (Con), James Rajotte (Con), Lee Richardson (Con), Monte Solberg (Con), Kevin Sorenson (Con), Brian Storseth (Con), Myron Thompson (Con), Chris Warkentin (Con), John Williams (Con) |
Categories: 1948 births | Living people | Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Alberta | Reform Party of Canada MPs | Canadian Alliance MPs | Conservative Party of Canada MPs | Lethbridge, Alberta | Mayors of places in Alberta | Current Members of the Canadian House of Commons | People from Calgary | Canadians of European descent
