- Sukh Dhaliwal
Infobox CanadianMP | name=Sukh Dhaliwal
term_start=2006
term_end=
predecessor=Gurmant Grewal
birth_date= birth date and age |1960|11|1
birth_place=Sujapur, Punjab, India
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death_date=
death_place=
profession= engineer
party=Liberal
party colour=Liberal
residence=Surrey, British Columbia
riding=Newton—North Delta
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spouse=Roni Dhaliwal
religion=|Sukh Dhaliwal, MP (born
November 1 ,1960 inPunjab, India ) is a businessman and politician inBritish Columbia ,Canada . He is currently the Liberal Member of Parliament forNewton—North Delta , elected in the 2006 federal election. ASikh , he emigrated from India in 1984 and became a Canadian citizen three years later. As a businessman, he ran a successful land surveying company and played an important role in the municipal politics of Surrey where he is said to have dominated the Surrey Electors Team membeship list by signing up over 2,600 new party members, whether they were aware of what they were doing is unknown. This represented over half the total number of members, and were mainly generated from the large local Indian-Canadian community. However, in the November 1999 municipal elections Dhaliwal lost his own bid for a seat on city council.On July 9, 2008, Sukh Dhaliwal wrote a letter of recommendation to a U.S. District Court judge on official House of Commons stationery in support of convicted international drug trafficker Ranjit Singh Cheema.
He was the federal Liberal candidate for the Newton-North Delta riding in 2004, but lost to Conservative
Gurmant Grewal by just over 500 votes. After a turbulent term in office, Grewal decided to not seek re-election, and in 2006 Dhaliwal faced Conservative newcomerPhil Eidsvik . The NDP was also strong in the riding, and 2004 candidateNancy Clegg , who finished less than a thousand votes behind Dhaliwal, also ran again. Dhaliwal succeeded in winning the seat by 1300 votes.In the 2006 Liberal Leadership campaign, Dhaliwal initially supported
Joe Volpe . After Volpe encountered a fundraising scandal, Dhaliwal withdrew his support and moved to supportMichael Ignatieff . Dhaliwal was instrumental in building support for Ignatieff's campaign in the Sikh community. Following Volpe's withdrawal from the race during the convention speeches, Dhaliwal was instrumental in convincing many of Volpe's Sikh delegates to support Ignatieff's campaign.Fact|date=February 2007External links
* [http://www.liberal.ca/bio_e.aspx?id=59016&type=can Liberal profile]
* [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/elections/fed2004/candidates/generated/59016_LIB.html Globe and Mail profile]
* [http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/285/#SukhDhaliwal CBC profile]
* [http://www.sukhdhaliwal.ca/ Sukh Dhaliwal's Website]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=3da57866-49d8-42d1-9f5b-c78561f67c9d&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament WEbpage]
* [http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=8dff3883-35f1-4236-be12-41f4b46f0123 Vancouver Sun story]
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