Jati Sidhu
Jati Sidhu | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Sidhu at UFV in 2017 | |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1952/1953 (age 65–66)[1] |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Profession | farmer, businessman |
| Website | https://jatisidhu.ca |
Jatinder Sidhu MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election.[2]
Previously an entrepreneur, Sidhu entered politics after many years of community activism and volunteer service.[3]
Controversy[edit]
In February 2019 Sidhu made what were considered inappropriate comments about Jody Wilson-Raybould during the SNC-Lavalin affair stating "The way she’s acting, I think she couldn’t handle the stress", she was not a "team player", that her discomfort was caused by “a lack of experience,” and "I think there’s somebody else behind — maybe her father — pulling the strings." [4][5]
Sidhu made a formal apology in the House of Commons on February 28, 2019.[6]
Electoral record[edit]
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Jati Sidhu | 16,625 | 37.23% | +28.83 | – | |||
| Conservative | Brad Vis | 15,587 | 34.91% | -19.58 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Dennis Adamson | 9,174 | 20.55% | -11.47 | – | |||
| Green | Arthur Alexander Green | 2,293 | 5.13% | +0.49 | – | |||
| Independent | Wyatt Scott | 914 | 2.05% | – | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Elaine Wismer | 58 | 0.13% | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 44,651 | 100.0 | $216,008.41 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 209 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 44,860 | 71.34% | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 62,486 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8][9] | ||||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election: Dewdney-Alouette | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Alliance | Grant McNally | 28,181 | 58.42 | +11.17 | $32,313 | |||
| Liberal | Jati Sidhu | 8,717 | 18.07 | -7.03 | $37,270 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Gord Kehler | 5,804 | 12.03 | +5.98 | $8,033 | |||
| New Democratic | Malcolm James Crockett | 5,535 | 11.47 | -7.70 | $15,196 | |||
| Total valid votes | 48,237 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 210 | 0.43 | +0.13 | |||||
| Turnout | 48,447 | 63.38 | +0.37 | |||||
| Alliance hold | Swing | +9.10 | ||||||
| Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party. | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.abbynews.com/news/327923401.html
- ^ http://www.abbynews.com/news/334409621.html
- ^ "Jati Sidhu". Retrieved 2017-05-07.
- ^ https://www.abbynews.com/news/wilson-raybould-testimony-sour-grapes-abbotsf0rd-area-mp-says/
- ^ https://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-the-real-trudeau-emerges-at-last
- ^ http://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/house/sitting-389/hansard#Int-10518822
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1]
