Iqwinder Gaheer (born July 12, 1993) is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
politician who was elected to represent the
riding of
Mississauga—Malton in the
House of Commons of Canada in the
2021 Canadian federal election
The 2021 Canadian federal election was held on September 20, 2021, to elect members of the House of Commons to the 44th Canadian Parliament. The writs of election were issued by Governor General Mary Simon on August 15, 2021, when Prime Minist ...
.
Early life and career
Gaheer was born in
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
,
India
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to Maninder Singh, a construction worker and plumber, and Baljit Kaur, a home-maker. Gaheer's father had immigrated to Canada in 1992.
He and the rest of his family joined his father in Canada in 1999. Describing his early life, the
Toronto Star
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wrote, "Gaheer has a compelling, almost made for politics, story. He was born in a small village in the Punjab. He moved to Canada when he was six years old. He spent his summers growing up in Peel working on his father’s plumbing crew."
Gaheer graduated from
Bramalea Secondary School in Brampton.
After completing high school, Gaheer attended the
Schulich School of Business
The Schulich School of Business is the business school of York University located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The institution provides undergraduate and graduate degree and diploma programs in business administration, finance, accounting, busine ...
,
York University
York University (french: Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's fourth-largest university, and it has approximately 55,700 students, 7,000 faculty and staf ...
where he received his
Bachelor of Business Administration
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. He then went on to attend
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School (Harvard Law or HLS) is the law school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest continuously operating law school in the United States.
Each class ...
from 2016 to 2019, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Human Rights Journal. Beginning in September 2019, Gaheer worked in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the U ...
, in the litigation department of
Kirkland & Ellis LLP, a large international corporate law firm.
Political career
In his first election in 2021, Gaheer won the Liberal nomination for the riding of
Mississauga—Malton by acclamation, and won the seat with approximately 53% of the total vote; beating his next nearest opponent by over 9000 votes.
Electoral record
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Politicians from Mississauga
York University alumni
Harvard Law School alumni
21st-century Canadian politicians
People associated with Kirkland & Ellis