Jasbir Singh Cheema is a Canadian television personality and politician. In the 2004 federal election, he won the candidate nomination for the Conservative Party of Canada defeating

Chuck Cadman Charles Cadman (February 21, 1948July 9, 2005) was a Canadian politician and Member of Parliament (MP) from 1997 to 2005, representing the riding of Surrey North in Surrey, British Columbia. Originally a Canadian Alliance MP, Cadman won re- ...

, the sitting

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for the riding of

Surrey North Surrey North was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. It covered the northern part of Surrey. It was home to 106,904 residents in 2001, more than 46 pe ...

, but Cadman ran and won as an independent candidate. Cheema anchored the Punjabi newscast on

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television station Channel M now

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from 2003 until 2004. Cheema was a regular columnist on Real Estate and Economy with the ''Asian Star'' newspaper writing extensively on Real Estate and Economy between Sep 2008 to May 2011. He is a full-time realtor and is a recipient of President Award from Sutton Group Medallion Realty in 2006. Cheema served as a Government Relations Liaison with the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board (FVREB) for three terms since 2010 and served on the Education Committee of the FVREB in 2009 - 2010. He twice represented FVREB for Government Liaison (GL) Days in

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, in April 2010 and April 2012. Cheema also represented FVREB during Canadian Real Estate Association sponsored PAC (Political Action Committee) days from May 7–9, 2011 in Ottawa, capital of Canada.

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* Canadian columnists Canadian people of Indian descent Canadian Sikhs Canadian television personalities Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Living people People from Surrey, British Columbia Punjabi people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{BritishColumbia-politician-stub