Maninder Sidhu

Maninder Sidhu PC MP (born April 1984) is a Canadian politician who was first elected to represent the riding of Brampton East in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election.^[2][3] He won again in the 2021 election, by a widened margin.^[4]

The Honourable Maninder Sidhu PC MP
Sidhu in 2023
Minister of International Trade
Incumbent
Assumed office May 13, 2025
Prime Minister	Mark Carney
Preceded by	Dominic LeBlanc
Member of Parliament for Brampton East
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Raj Grewal
Personal details
Born	April 1984 (age 41)
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Brampton, Ontario
Profession	entrepreneur (customs brokerage business) and international trade consultant[1]

Sidhu has served as a member of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. He is also an active member of several parliamentary associations and interparliamentary groups, including the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association, the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, and the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas.

Sidhu lives with his wife and children in Brampton, where he has resided for the past 30 years.

Parliamentary Secretary

On March 19, 2021, Sidhu became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development.^[5]

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Brampton East
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Maninder Sidhu	23,616	48.59	–4.60
	Conservative	Bob Dosanjh Singh	21,731	44.71	+16.15
	People's	Jeff Lal	2,305	4.74	+2.11
	New Democratic	Haramrit Singh	821	1.69	–13.93
	Centrist	Abdus S Kissana	132	0.27	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,605	98.78
Total rejected ballots			598	1.22
Turnout			49,203	66.74
Eligible voters			73,721
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		–10.38
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Brampton East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Maninder Sidhu	22,120	53.5	+6.1	$97,152.25
	Conservative	Naval Bajaj	11,647	28.2	+4.3	$107,663.35
	New Democratic	Gail Bannister-Clarke	6,511	15.7	-10.6	$55,251.17
	People's	Manjeet Singh	1,073	2.6	+2.1	$4,670.78
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,351	–	–	$109,233.57
Total rejected ballots			436
Turnout			40,787	54.6
Eligible voters			76,588
	Liberal hold		Swing
Source: Elections Canada[8]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Brampton East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Maninder Sidhu	24,050	47.4	-4.92	$92,279.91
	New Democratic	Saranjit Singh	13,368	26.3	+3.29	$94,035.50
	Conservative	Ramona Singh	12,125	23.9	+0.36	none listed
	Green	Teresa Burgess-Ogilvie	666	1.3	+0.17	$885.60
	People's	Gaurav Walia	244	0.5		$42.92
	Independent	Manpreet Othi	211	0.4		$9,387.07
	Canada's Fourth Front	Partap Dua	89	0.2		none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			50,753	100.0
Total rejected ballots			510
Turnout			51,263	66.4
Eligible voters			77,195
	Liberal hold		Swing		-4.11
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]