Kamal Khera

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Kamal Khera
PC MP
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Khera in 2021
Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities
Assumed office
July 26, 2023

Kamalpreet Khera PC MP (born February 4, 1989) is a Canadian politician who has been the minister of diversity and inclusion, and persons with disabilities since July 26, 2023. [2] A member of the Liberal Party, Khera was elected to represent the riding of Brampton West in the House of Commons following the 2015 federal election. She also served as minister of seniors from October 26, 2021 to July 2023.

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Career

Kamal Khera is a registered nurse. She attended York University where she earned an Honours Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Prior to politics, she worked as a registered nurse in the oncology unit at St. Joseph's Health Centre Toronto. [3]

Federal politics

Khera was nominated as the Liberal Party's candidate in Brampton West in December 2014, and won the seat in the federal election in the following October. [4] [5] [6] When first elected in 2015, Khera was the youngest Liberal MP in the House, and the second-youngest overall behind the NDP's Pierre-Luc Dusseault. [7] She was re-elected in the 2019 federal election, [8] and in 2021.

Parliamentary Secretary

On December 2, 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Khera as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, then as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue (January 2017 – August 2018) and from August 2018 to January 2021, Khera served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development. [9]

Khera stepped down from her role as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development in January 2021, after having travelled to Seattle in December for a memorial service for her uncle. [10]

On September 20, 2021, Khera was re-elected as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Brampton West.

Minister of Seniors

On October 26, 2021, Khera was promoted to the position of Minister of Seniors in Justin Trudeau's cabinet. She is amongst the youngest members of the cabinet and the Privy Council of Canada. [11]

Minister of Diversity and Inclusion, and Persons with Disabilities

On July 26, 2023, Khera was appointed to the position of Minister of Diversity and Inclusion, and Persons with Disabilities. She succeeds Ahmed Hussen as Minister of Diversity and Inclusion, and Carla Qualthrough as Minister of Persons with Disabilities. [2] In this role, she continues the government’s work on designing and rolling out the Canada Disability Benefit which will lift thousands of working aged persons with disabilities out of poverty.

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election : Brampton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Kamal Khera 25,78055.3+1.8$107,717.96
Conservative Jermaine Chambers13,18628.3+4.4$33,421.74
New Democratic Gurprit Gill6,09713.1-5.3$0.00
People's Rahul Samuel Zia1,2182.6+1.7$0.00
Independent Sivakumar Ramasamy3280.7N/A$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit46,60999.2$115,623.57
Total rejected ballots3900.8
Turnout46,99954.3
Eligible voters86,557
Liberal hold Swing -1.3
Source: Elections Canada [12]
2019 Canadian federal election : Brampton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Kamal Khera 28,74353.5-2.39$109,585.64
Conservative Murarilal Thapliyal12,82423.9-6.21$110,270.48
New Democratic Navjit Kaur9,85518.4+5.96$74,444.87
Green Jane Davidson1,2712.4+0.85$683.08
People's Roger Sampson5050.9$3,955.00
Christian Heritage Paul Tannahill3190.6none listed
Communist Harinderpal Hundal970.2$476.56
Canada's Fourth FrontAnjum Malik690.1$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit53,683100.0
Total rejected ballots735
Turnout54,41862.6
Eligible voters86,912
Liberal hold Swing +1.91
Source: Elections Canada [13] [14]
2015 Canadian federal election : Brampton West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Kamal Khera 24,25655.89+19.81$186,667.41
Conservative Ninder Thind13,06830.11-11.90$179,464.92
New Democratic Adaoma Patterson5,40012.44-7.18$29,137.39
Green Karthika Gobinath6741.55-0.02$702.19
Total valid votes/expense limit43,398100.00 $203,918.62
Total rejected ballots2450.56
Turnout43,64361.70
Eligible voters70,734
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +15.86
Source: Elections Canada [15] [16]

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