Anju Dhillon (born 1979) MP is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[2][3] She is the first person of South Asian descent to be elected from the province of Quebec.[4]
Anju Dhillon | |
|---|---|
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Status of Women | |
| In office December 2, 2015 – January 27, 2017 | |
| Minister | Patty Hajdu Maryam Monsef |
| Preceded by | Susan Truppe |
| Succeeded by | Terry Duguid |
| Member of Parliament for Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | district created |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | LaSalle, Quebec[1] |
| Alma mater | Concordia University Université de Montréal |
| Profession | Attorney |
Dhillon was born and raised in Montreal, and began volunteering for Paul Martin's campaigns at age 13. For ten years she was vice-president (female) for youth of the federal liberal riding association in LaSalle-Émard, and was subsequently its vice-president (female).[5] Dhillon attended Concordia University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in political science. She then studied law at Université de Montréal and became the first Canadian Sikh to practice law in Quebec.[6]
Electoral record
edit| 2021 Canadian federal election: Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Anju Dhillon | 25,233 | 52.4 | -0.5 | $41,637.33 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Cloé Rose Jenneau | 7,542 | 15.7 | -1.4 | $2,391.48 | |||
| New Democratic | Fabiola Ngamaleu Teumeni | 6,241 | 13.0 | 1.2 | $12,672.76 | |||
| Conservative | Jude Bazelais | 5,754 | 12.0 | 1.5 | $32,437.42 | |||
| People's | Michael Patterson | 2,020 | 4.2 | 3.2 | $4,155.65 | |||
| Green | Laura Mariani | 1,351 | 2.8 | -2.7 | $11.20 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 48,141 | 98.4 | – | $112,667.14 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 786 | 1.6 | ||||||
| Turnout | 48,927 | 59.2 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 82,663 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | 0.5 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Anju Dhillon | 27,821 | 52.9 | -1.99 | $54,013.89 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Jean-Frédéric Vaudry | 8,974 | 17.1 | 7.32 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Lori Morrison | 6,207 | 11.8 | -9.75 | $1,872.86 | |||
| Conservative | Céline Laquerre | 5,543 | 10.5 | -0.58 | none listed | |||
| Green | Réjean Malette | 2,898 | 5.5 | 3.22 | none listed | |||
| People's | Arash Torbati | 528 | 1.0 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Progressive Canadian | Fang Hu | 426 | 0.8 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Rhinoceros | Xavier Watso | 177 | 0.3 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 52,574 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 788 | |||||||
| Turnout | 53,362 | 62.5 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 85,344 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -4.66 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Anju Dhillon | 29,974 | 54.89 | 25.49 | $97,977.49 | |||
| New Democratic | Isabelle Morin | 11,769 | 21.55 | -19.57 | $52,909.84 | |||
| Conservative | Daniela Chivu | 6,049 | 11.08 | -3.07 | $25,233.35 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Jean-Frédéric Vaudry | 5,338 | 9.78 | -1.76 | – | |||
| Green | Vincent J. Carbonneau | 1,245 | 2.28 | -0.72 | – | |||
| Independent | Soulèye Ndiaye | 230 | 0.42 | – | $3,623.98 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,605 | 100.0 | $224,217.32 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 593 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 55,198 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,587 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "Liberal Anju Dhillon elected in Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle - Montreal | Globalnews.ca".
- ^ "19 Indian-Canadians elected to Canadian parliament". The Economic Times. October 20, 2015. Archived from the original on November 11, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ Ikhhlaq Singh Aujla, Anju Dhillon makes history in Quebec, The Times of India, October 21, 2015.
- ^ Meet Anju Dhillon, Liberal.ca.
- ^ "The Quebec South Asian star: Liberals' Anju Dhillon – first Canadian Sikh to practice law in Quebec courts". Archived from the original on October 21, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^ "Confirmed candidates — Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine