Dane Lloyd

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We’ve seen from levels from police sources, from the media, from even members of the government claiming that, you know, the truckers were committing acts of arson, that they had found firearms, and yet, when we really delve down and asked the questions and looked for the evidence, we’re finding out the story is a lot different than what we were told... All throughout these protests, and in the aftermath, Justin Trudeau and the government have been saying, you know, ‘misinformation, disinformation is a threat to our democracy,’ that the truckers were spreading lies and the protesters were spreading misinformation, and yet, we see that in the media, in some cases, was also spreading misinformation... The fact that no public notification was made, leads me to believe, well, I think definitively, that there were no firearms found in the first place... Despite this total lack of evidence [some are] trying to spin this tale that there were all these firearms in downtown Ottawa... We had allegedly (sic) police sources telling media that firearms had been found, we had members of the government retweeting information that firearms had been found, we saw police intelligence claiming that they had evidence that firearms were coming into downtown Ottawa, that foreign funding was flooding in, that it was overwhelmingly foreign funding from dark web sources... And yet, every time we’ve asked the experts, whether it’s GoFundMe, whether it’s the chief of police in this case; every time we’ve asked them to corroborate these claims, they haven’t been able to.

On 19 May 2022 Lloyd asked Minister for Public Safety Marco Mendicino about the need for the invocation of the Emergencies Act. Mendicino said he "stands by previous statements that the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act on the recommendation of law enforcement officials." [22] The "previous statements" were in witness testimony that Mendicino made at a committee hearing in April, to wit that the government "invoked the act because it was the advice of non-partisan professional law enforcement that the existing authorities were ineffective at the time to restore public safety."[ citation needed ]

Controversies

Canadian NRA

In 2009, at the age of 18 he announced his intention on Facebook to create a National Rifle Association of Canada. However, during his October 2017 by-election campaign, Lloyd stated that his views had changed since 2009 and he now favours a "commitment to cost-effective gun control programs designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals while respecting the rights of law-abiding Canadians to own and use firearms responsibly." [4]

Feminazis

Lloyd used the term 'feminazis' while commenting on a Facebook post regarding Guelph University's 2009 decision to close its women studies program—something he since regrets and said in October 2017 "is not a term he would use today". [23]

On the removal of historical monuments

In 2015 he commented on a Facebook post referencing an article from the Russia Today website opposing the removal of a 1945 memorial to Confederate General Robert E. Lee from a park in Baltimore, stating that despite being on the wrong side of the Civil War "his actions at the end of the war did much to heal and unite a deeply divided nation." [4]

Personal life

Lloyd is married to Raechel and has three children. He attends a Baptist Church in St. Albert, Alberta, and worships regularly with the Anglican Diocese of Canada denomination when he is in Ottawa.[ citation needed ]

Electoral record

Dane Lloyd
MP
Member of Parliament
for Parkland
Assumed office
April 28, 2025
2025 Canadian federal election : Parkland
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Green Daniel Birrell
Liberal Ashley Fearnall
New Democratic Keri Goad
UnitedWade Klassen
People's Jason Lavigne
Conservative Dane Lloyd
Christian Heritage Kevin Schulthies
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Source: Elections Canada [24]
2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Dane Lloyd40,95761.6-15.9
New Democratic Kendra Mills12,53218.9+8.8
People's Murray MacKinnon6,67110.0+7.6
Liberal Irene Walker4,5796.9+0.1
Maverick Jeff Dunham1,2401.9N/A
Christian Heritage Jeffrey Willerton4970.7+0.1
Total valid votes66,47699.5
Total rejected ballots3310.5
Turnout66,80770.6
Eligible voters94,598
Conservative hold Swing -12.4
Source: Elections Canada [25]
2019 Canadian federal election : Sturgeon River—Parkland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Dane Lloyd 53,23577.5+0.14$58,200.08
New Democratic Guy Desforges6,94010.1+2.40$1,087.50
Liberal Ronald Brochu4,6966.8-5.23none listed
Green Cass Romyn1,7452.5-$3,311.72
People's Tyler Beauchamp1,6252.4-none listed
Christian Heritage Ernest Chauvet4160.6-2.30$4,500.34
Total valid votes/expense limit68,657100.0
Total rejected ballots314
Turnout68,97174.2
Eligible voters92,965
Conservative hold Swing -1.13
Source: Elections Canada [26] [27]
Canadian federal by-election, October 23, 2017: Sturgeon River—Parkland
Resignation of Rona Ambrose
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dane Lloyd16,12577.4+7.13
Liberal Brian Gold2,50812.0−3.55
New Democratic Shawna Gawreluck1,6067.7−2.32
Christian Heritage Ernest Chauvet6052.9-
Total valid votes/Expense limit20,844100.00
Total rejected ballots
Turnout23.69
Eligible voters87,968
Conservative hold Swing +5.34

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