Derek Sloan

Derek Sloan (born November 11, 1984) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Hastings—Lennox and Addington in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election. He is the first Seventh-day Adventist ever elected to the Canadian House of Commons. Sloan announced his candidacy for the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election on 22 January 2020. On January 27th, Sloan made national headlines after tweeting in response to fellow leadership candidate Richard Décarie his belief that being gay is a choice. Sloan went on to say that "L-G-B-T-Q is a Liberal term" and argue that the science of whether sexual orientation is a choice is unclear during an interview on the CTV Power Panel. Sloan's comments were criticized by his former election campaign manager, Eric Lorenzen, and fellow Conservative leadership candidate Marilyn Gladu.