Nina Grewal

Narinder Kaur Grewal MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Fleetwood—Port Kells
Incumbent
Assumed office 2004
Preceded by	New Riding
Personal details
Born	October 20, 1958 (1958-10-20) Osaka, Japan
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Gurmant Grewal
Residence	Surrey
Profession	Businesswoman, Sales manager
Religion	Sikhism

Narinder Kaur (Nina) Grewal, (Punjabi: ਨੀਨਾ ਗਰੇਵਾਲ) MP (born October 20, 1958), is a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party. She was elected in the general election of June 2004 to represent the constituency of Fleetwood—Port Kells, British Columbia.

Grewal was born in Osaka, Japan in 1958. She and her husband lived in Liberia before emigrating to Canada. She is married to former Member of Parliament Gurmant Grewal, and the Grewals were the first married couple in Canadian history to concurrently serve as federal MPs. Nina Grewal and Ontario Liberal Ruby Dhalla, elected concurrently, are the first Sikh women to serve in the House of Commons.

From May 15–18, 2005, Grewal's husband surreptitiously taped his discussions with the Liberal Party in which he raised the possibility that he might consider crossing the floor to the Liberals in exchange for patronage positions for the two of them. When the audio tapes were released, Nina Grewal publicly denied knowing about these discussions (prompting some to criticise her for a lack of modernity). The Grewals later admitted to the Parliamentary Ethics Commissioner that Gurmant had told her about the discussions on May 16.

On November 29, 2006, it was announced that Nina Grewal would be standing for re-election, even though her husband was not. She successfully defended her seat in the 2006 and 2008 federal elections.

External links

• Nina Grewal - Parliament of Canada biography
• Nothing to do with talks, Nina Grewal says, CBC News, 8 June 2005