Arno Doerksen

Background

Doerksen was born in the Town of Bassano, Alberta, Alberta and raised in Gem.

Career

He spent more than 25 years in farming and ranching before entering politics. He is a purebred and commercial cattle producer and feedlot operator in partnership with his family. They grow alfalfa, grain and oilseed crops on irrigated land in the Eastern Irrigation District.

Doerksen chairs the Endangered Species Conservation Committee.

More information about Arno Doerksen is available from his website at ArnoDoerksen.ca.

Achievements

• Doerksen won the 2008 provincial election with 75 per cent of the vote in the constituency of Strathmore-Brooks.

Membership

He was a member of the Private Bills Committee, the Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing Committee, and the Standing Committee on Community Services.