Anju Dhillon

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Canadian politician

From

Canada

Lawyer Politician

Work field

Law Politics

Gender

Female

Birth

1979

Place of birth

Montreal, Urban agglomeration of Montreal, Montreal Region, Canada

Age

45 years

Politics:

Liberal Party Of Canada

Education

Concordia University,

Université de Montréal,

The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

Anju Dhillon 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, and then studied law at Université de Montréal, later becoming the first Canadian Sikh to practice law in Quebec.

Electoral record

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