Anju Dhillon

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 MP
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
Incumbent
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

v t e 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]

v t e 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

External links

• Official Website
• Anju Dhillon – Parliament of Canada biography