Dreeshen was initially elected to represent the
electoral district of
Red Deer in the
2008 Canadian federal election, and re-elected with an increased majority in
2011. Red Deer was split almost in half ahead of the
2015 election, and Dreeshen opted to run in
Red Deer—Mountain View—essentially the southern half of his old riding. On January 21, 2025, he announced he would stand down at the
2025 Canadian federal election.
Abortion Dreeshen
opposes abortion. Dreeshen supported a motion to examine whether a fetus is a human being, which was defeated in the House of Commons in a vote of 203 to 91. Dreeshen voted in support of Bill C-233 - An Act to amend the
Criminal Code (
sex-selective abortion), which making it a criminal offence for a medical practitioner to knowingly perform an abortion solely on the grounds of the child's genetic sex.
Conversion therapy On June 22, 2021, Dreeshen was one of 63 MPs to vote against Bill C-6, An Act to amend the
Criminal Code (
conversion therapy), which was passed by majority vote, making certain aspects of conversion therapy a crime, including "causing a child to undergo conversion therapy." ==Personal life==