Maninder Sidhu
Maninder Sidhu | |
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.jpg) Sidhu in 2023 | |
| Member of Parliament for Brampton East | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Raj Grewal |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Brampton, Ontario |
| Profession | entrepreneur (customs brokerage business) and international trade consultant[1] |
Maninder Sidhu MP (born April 1984) is a Canadian politician who was first elected to represent the riding of Brampton East in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[2][3] He won again in the 2021 election, by a widened margin.[4]
Sidhu has served as a member of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. He is also an active member of several parliamentary associations and interparliamentary groups, including the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association, the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, and the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas.
Sidhu lives with his wife and children in Brampton, where he has resided for the past 30 years.
Parliamentary Secretary
[edit]On March 19, 2021, Sidhu became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development.[5]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2021 Canadian federal election: Brampton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Maninder Sidhu | 22,120 | 53.5 | +6.1 | ||||
| Conservative | Naval Bajaj | 11,647 | 28.2 | +4.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Gail Bannister-Clarke | 6,511 | 15.7 | -10.6 | ||||
| People's | Manjeet Singh | 1,073 | 2.6 | +2.1 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 41,351 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 436 | |||||||
| Turnout | 40,787 | 54.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 76,588 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Brampton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Maninder Sidhu | 24,050 | 47.4 | -4.92 | $92,279.91 | |||
| New Democratic | Saranjit Singh | 13,368 | 26.3 | +3.29 | $94,035.50 | |||
| Conservative | Ramona Singh | 12,125 | 23.9 | +0.36 | none listed | |||
| Green | Teresa Burgess-Ogilvie | 666 | 1.3 | +0.17 | $885.60 | |||
| People's | Gaurav Walia | 244 | 0.5 | $42.92 | ||||
| Independent | Manpreet Othi | 211 | 0.4 | $9,387.07 | ||||
| Canada's Fourth Front | Partap Dua | 89 | 0.2 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,753 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 510 | |||||||
| Turnout | 51,263 | 66.4 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 77,195 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.11 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile".
- ^ "Canada election results: Brampton East". Global News. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "NDP looking to capitalize on Singh swing to make federal breakthrough in Brampton East". The Hill Times. October 9, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ a b "September 20, 2021 General Election: Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
- ^ "Prime Minister announces changes to parliamentary secretaries". Prime Minister of Canada. 2021-03-19. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
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