David Bexte
Canadian politician
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David Bexte MP is a Canadian politician from the Conservative Party of Canada. He was elected Member of Parliament for Bow River in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[1] He is a former energy executive at Schlumberger Canada and farmer.[2]
David Bexte | |
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David Bexte, Member of Parliament for Bow River at his swearing in ceremony in Ottawa, May 26th, 2025 | |
| Member of Parliament for Bow River | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Shields |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Lorelei Bexte |
| Children | Keean Bexte |
On April 17th, 2026, Bexte introduced a bill to help speed up the approval of farm products in Canada. Bill C-273, Facilitating Agricultural Regulatory Modernization Act, or FARM Act, proposes provisional approval within 90 days for feeds, seeds, fertilizers, and pest control products that have already been approved in at least two trusted jurisdictions. Such jurisdictions cited include the USA, EU, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.[3]
At the time of the 2025 Canadian federal election, he lived in Mossleigh, Alberta.[4]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Bow River | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | David Bexte | 44,605 | 78.87 | +9.11 | $54,706.03 | |||
| Liberal | Bentley Barnes | 9,562 | 16.91 | +9.34 | $2,800.00 | |||
| New Democratic | Louisa Gwin | 1,689 | 2.99 | –6.25 | $599.77 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Tom Lipp | 402 | 0.71 | –0.05 | $1,031.62 | |||
| United | Aaron Patton | 296 | 0.52 | – | $1,179.50 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,554 | 99.31 | – | $141,397.58 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 391 | 0.69 | +0.10 | |||||
| Turnout | 56,945 | 66.55 | +4.00 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,571 | |||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | +9.23 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7] | ||||||||
