Shafqat Ali is a Canadian politician who has been President of the Treasury Board of Canada since 2025. A member of the

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, Ali was elected to the

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in 2021. He has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for

Brampton—Chinguacousy Park Brampton—Chinguacousy Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada. It came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election. Geography Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding will large ...

since being elected in the

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. Prior to being elected, Ali worked in real estate.

Political career

Ali was elected to represent the riding of

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in the

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in the

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. He was re-elected in the 2025 election, this time in the newly formed riding of

. On May 9, 2022, Ali apologized to the House of Commons for attending the House of Commons virtually from a toilet stall. In the

2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election From February 26 to March 9, 2025, members of the Liberal Party of Canada voted on a successor for Justin Trudeau after he announced his intent to resign as the party leader and prime minister of Canada. Mark Carney, the former governor of ...

, he endorsed

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. He won the new seat of Brampton—Chinguacousy Park in the

. On May 13, 2025, Ali was appointed as the president of the Treasury Board.

Electoral history

References

Members of the 30th Canadian Ministry Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Living people 1960s births Businesspeople from Ontario Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Politicians from Brampton Canadian real estate agents 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub