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Anju Dhillon

Anju Dhillon
MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Status of Women
In office
December 2, 2015 – January 27, 2017
MinisterPatty Hajdu
Maryam Monsef
Preceded bySusan Truppe
Succeeded byTerry Duguid
Member of Parliament
for Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded bydistrict created
Personal details
BornMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
ResidenceLaSalle, Quebec[1]
Alma materConcordia University
Université de Montréal
ProfessionAttorney

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]

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

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

  1. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Liberal Anju Dhillon elected in Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle - Montreal | Globalnews.ca".
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ Ikhhlaq Singh Aujla, Anju Dhillon makes history in Quebec, The Times of India, October 21, 2015.
  5. ^ Meet Anju Dhillon, Liberal.ca.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Confirmed candidates — Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  8. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  9. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  10. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, 30 September 2015
  11. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anju_Dhillon