Anju Dhillon
Anju Dhillon | |
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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 | |
Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | district created |
Personal details | |
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Political party | Liberal |
Residence | LaSalle, Quebec |
Alma mater | Concordia University Université de Montréal |
Profession | Attorney |
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. She is the first person of South Asian descent to be elected from the province of Quebec.
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). 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.
Electoral record
2021 Canadian federal election: Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Anju Dhillon | 25,233 | 52.4 | -0.5 | ||||
Bloc Québécois | Cloé Rose Jenneau | 7,542 | 15.7 | -1.4 | ||||
New Democratic | Fabiola Ngamaleu Teumeni | 6,241 | 13.0 | +1.2 | ||||
Conservative | Jude Bazelais | 5,754 | 12.0 | +1.5 | ||||
People's | Michael Patterson | 2,020 | 4.2 | +3.2 | ||||
Green | Laura Mariani | 1,351 | 2.8 | -2.7 | ||||
Total valid votes | 48,141 | 98.4 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 786 | 1.6 | ||||||
Turnout | 48,927 | 59.2 | ||||||
Registered voters | 82,663 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.5 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada |
2019 Canadian federal election: Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle | ||||||||
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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 |
2015 Canadian federal election: Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle | ||||||||
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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 |
- Living people
- Canadian Sikhs
- Canadian women lawyers
- Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
- Concordia University alumni
- Lawyers from Montreal
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- Politicians from Montreal
- People from LaSalle, Quebec
- Université de Montréal alumni
- Women in Quebec politics
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- Canadian politicians of Indian descent
- 1979 births