FRN Host - Erik Gregson

Who is Erik Gregson?

Erik Gregson is 40 years old and was born in Kamloops, British Columbia (B.C.) and spent his youth working on the family owned and operated dairy farms. Erik's family owned and operated dairy farms in both B.C. and Southern Alberta.

Erik obtained a degree in political science from the University of Calgary with a minor in business management. From that point Erik started 6 different businesses, remain heavily involved in politics and had six children with his wife Kay. Erik and Kay have been married for 18 years.

Erik got involved in the Reform Party in 1993 and has since sat on various boards for both the Reform Party and the Canadian Alliance over the past 10 years. He has been a President, Vice President and Policy Chair.

During his time in the Canadian Alliance, Erik has been a key planner, organizer and moderator of three Alberta Policy Conferences. Erik Gregson was awarded the Canadian Alliance Calgary Southeast member of the year in 2002. He has contributed to policy drafting at various levels and some of the policies he wrote have been included in the official Canadian Alliance Party Policy Declaration.

Over the past 15 years Erik has been involved in numerous political campaigns for other candidates. On April 16, 2003 Erik was the Chief Returning Officer for Stephen Harper's nomination.

Not all of Erik's free time has been spent in politics, he has written a children's book, been a cub scout leader and parent school council chair.