Raj Grewal
Raj Grewal | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Brampton East | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Bal Gosal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 11, 1985 Calgary, Alberta |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Brampton, Ontario |
| Alma mater | Wilfrid Laurier University York University Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Profession | Attorney |
Rajvinder Grewal MP (born September 11, 1985) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Brampton East in the House of Commons of Canada in the Canadian federal election, 2015.[1][2]
The son of an airport cab driver,[3] Grewal attended Wilfrid Laurier University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business, and then completed an MBA at York University's Schulich School of Business and a law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School. Prior to his legal studies he worked as a financial analyst, while after becoming a lawyer he specialized in mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance on Bay Street.[4]
Grewal's nomination to represent the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2015 election in Brampton East was attended by some controversy, as initial media reports indicated that a brawl took place at the nominating convention when several hundred members were denied the ability to vote. Police attended the scene in a crowd control capacity.[5] Liberal Party officials subsequently denied that there had been any fighting at the scene.[6]
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Brampton East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Raj Grewal | 23,652 | 52.3 | +21.6 | – | |||
| Conservative | Naval Bajaj | 10,642 | 23.5 | -6.0 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Harbaljit Singh Kahlon | 10,400 | 23.0 | -14.7 | – | |||
| Green | Kyle Lacroix | 512 | 1.1 | -0.1 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,206 | 100.0 | $200,009.55 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 304 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,510 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 67,721 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
References
- ^ https://www.thestar.com/news/federal-election/federal-ridings-toronto-gta/2015/10/20/liberals-win-in-brampton-east.html
- ^ "19 Indian-Canadians elected to Canadian parliament". The Economic Times. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ Delacourt, Susan (February 25, 2018). "Brampton MP caught political bug on basketball court: Delacourt". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
- ^ Meet Raj Grewal, Liberal.ca.
- ^ Ethan Lou, Brawl mars Brampton Liberal nomination, The Toronto Star, September 21, 2014.
- ^ Roger Belgrave, Liberal party says no fists thrown in Brampton East nomination battle, The Brampton Guardian, September 23, 2014.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brampton East, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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- People from Brampton
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- Wilfrid Laurier University alumni
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