Mayor Dan Ashton

Although I was born in Edmonton, Alberta, my family moved to Penticton only two weeks later I have always considered myself an Okanaganite. My family and myself have always been active in trying to enhance our community, all the while keeping in mind our core values and the reason which brought us here in the first place…Quality of Life!

Summerland Secondary School gave me a start towards a lifelong quest of personal development, this was further accented by work on a degree at Eastern Washington University. However, I have always fortified my formal education with a healthy dose of common sense.

Our family retail business, with locations throughout the Okanagan and Kootenays has given me a wider prospective of smaller town business viability and the importance of supporting and giving back to the community.

I am currently in my fifth term on the City of Penticton Council and also hold the position (having been elected by my peers) of Chair of the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen.

My wife Monique and I currently have two young children, Coleton and Chantal. My family helps bring important balance and a truer prospective to our busy life.