Mark Strahl


Mark R. Strahl is a Canadian politician. He is the current Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Chilliwack—Hope.

Career

Starting as an intern in Ottawa with Opposition Leader Preston Manning, Strahl also worked in the offices of former MP Grant McNally and MP Randy Kamp.
On May 2, 2011, Strahl was elected to the 41st Canadian Parliament as the member of parliament for Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon. He served as a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence from 2011 to 2013.
On December 13, 2012, Strahl was named the chair of the B.C./Yukon Conservative Caucus.
On September 20, 2013, Prime Minister Stephen Harper named Strahl as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, a role he fulfilled until August 2015.
In 2015, Strahl was re-elected to the 42nd Canadian Parliament. On February 28, 2019, he introduced private member bill C-436 which sought to make November 1 of every year Acromegaly Awareness Day.

Personal Life

Strahl is the son of former Conservative MP and federal Cabinet Minister Chuck Strahl, who held the same riding for many years.
Strahl and his wife have been married since 1999; they have one son. They currently reside in Chilliwack, British Columbia.

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