THERE will be the largest contingent ever of South Asians in the House of Commons in the new Parliament. They or their families come from different parts of the world and diverse faiths; however, most of them are of Punjabi origin, mainly Sikhs.
Sixteen of the new MPs are from Ontario, seven from British Columbia, six from Alberta and two from Quebec.
The 31 MPs constitute almost 10 per cent of the House of Commons that has a membership of 343.
ONTARIO
Liberals:
- Amandeep Sodhi (Brampton Centre)
- Maninder Sidhu (Brampton East)
- Ruby Sahota (Brampton North-Caledon)
- Sonia Sidhu (Brampton South)
- Shafqat Ali (Brampton-Chinguacousy Park)
- Anita Anand (Oakville East)
- Bardish Chagger (Waterloo)
- Iqwinder Singh Gaheer (Mississauga-Malton)
- Iqra Khalid (Mississauga-Erin Mills)
- Gary Anandasangaree (Scarborough-Rouge Park)
- Yasir Naqvi (Ottawa Centre)
- Salma Zahid (Scarborough Centre-Don Valley East)
- Aslam Rana (Hamilton Centre)
Conservatives:
- Harb Gill (Windsor West)
- Amarjeet Gill (Brampton West)
- Arpan Khanna (Oxford)
BRITISH COLUMBIA
Liberals:
- Sukh Dhaliwal (Surrey Newton)
- Randeep Sarai (Surrey Centre)
- Parm Bains (Richmond East- Steveston)
- Hedy Fry (Vancouver Centre)
- Taleeb Noormohamed (Vancouver Granville)
- Gurbux Saini (Fleetwood-Port Kells)
Conservatives:
- Sukhman Gill (Abbotsford-South Langley)
ALBERTA
Conservatives:
- Tim Uppal (Edmonton Gateway)
- Jasraj Singh Hallan (Calgary East)
- Amanpreet Gill (Calgary Skyview)
- Dalwinder Gill (Calgary McKnight)
- Shuv Majumdar (Calgary Heritage)
- Jagsharan Singh Mahal (Edmonton Southeast)
QUEBEC
Liberals:
- Anju Dhillon (Dorval-Lachine-La Salle)
- Sameer Zuberi (Pierrefonds-Dolard)
