Shafqat Ali

Shafqat Ali is a Canadian politician who has been President of the Treasury Board of Canada since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Ali was elected to the House of Commons in 2021. He has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Brampton—Chinguacousy Park since being elected in the 2025 Canadian federal election.

The Honourable Shafqat Ali PC MP
President of the Treasury Board
Incumbent
Assumed office May 13, 2025
Prime Minister	Mark Carney
Preceded by	Ginette Petitpas Taylor
Member of Parliament for Brampton—Chinguacousy Park
Incumbent
Assumed office April 28, 2025
Preceded by	riding created
Member of Parliament for Brampton Centre
In office September 20, 2021 – March 23, 2025
Preceded by	Ramesh Sangha
Succeeded by	Amandeep Sodhi
Personal details
Born	1965 or 1966 (age 58–59)
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Brampton, Ontario
Occupation	Politician

Prior to being elected, Ali worked in real estate.^[1]

Political career

Ali was elected to represent the riding of Brampton Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election.^[2] He was re-elected in the 2025 election, this time in the newly formed riding of Brampton—Chinguacousy Park.

On May 9, 2022, Ali apologized to the House of Commons for attending the House of Commons virtually from a toilet stall.^[3]

In the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, he endorsed Mark Carney.^[4] He won the new seat of Brampton—Chinguacousy Park in the 2025 Canadian federal election.^[5] On May 13, 2025, Ali was appointed as the president of the Treasury Board.^[6]

Electoral history

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Brampton—Chinguacousy Park
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shafqat Ali	21,494	48.83	–1.98
	Conservative	Tim Iqbal	19,573	44.47	+13.46
	New Democratic	Teresa Yeh	1,169	2.66	–14.16
	People's	Jayesh Brahmbhatt	738	1.68	N/A
	Green	Mike Dancy	519	1.18	N/A
	Independent	Avi Dhaliwal	327	0.74	N/A
	Centrist	Hafiz Muneeb Ahmad	194	0.44	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			44,014	62.91
Eligible voters			69,958
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		–7.72
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Brampton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Shafqat Ali	16,189	47.66	+0.45	$93,043.67
	Conservative	Jagdeep Singh	11,038	32.46	+5.56	$36,728.21
	New Democratic	Jim McDowell	5,932	17.46	-2.21	$18,285.43
	Independent	Ronni Shino	824	2.43	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			33,971	98.58	-0.23	$104,033.21
Total rejected ballots			488	1.42	+0.23
Turnout			34,459	54.05	-5.22
Eligible voters			63,751
	Liberal hold		Swing		-2.56
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]