Member of Parliament
Its Member of Parliament is Blake Richards, a realtor and volunteer firefighter before becoming MP. He was first elected as a candidate of the Conservative Party in the 2008 election following the retirement of his predecessor, Myron Thompson. Richards worked for Thompson as Constituency Assistant for seven years. Richards is a member of the Commons' Standing Committees on Agriculture and Agri-Food, and Public Safety and National Defence.
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