Iqwinder Gaheer (born July 12, 1993) is a

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politician who was elected to represent the riding of

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in the

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in the

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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 ...

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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

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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

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where he received his

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. He then went on to attend

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from 2016 to 2019, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Human Rights Journal. Beginning in September 2019, Gaheer worked in

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, in the litigation department of

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, a large international corporate law firm.

Political career

In his first election in 2021, Gaheer won the Liberal nomination for the riding of

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

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaheer, Iqwinder 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