Indian-origin candidates on Tuesday won a record 19 seats in Canada’s general election, more than doubling their numbers in Parliament as the Liberal Party decisively defeated Conservatives, ending its decade-long rule.
15 Indo-Canadian Liberal candidates won, while only 3 from Conservative Party got elected in the general elections to 338 seats. An Indo-Canadian belonging to New Democratic Party (NDP) also won.
Deepak Obhrai, a 65-year-old Conservative lawmaker won for the seventh time from Calgary Forest Lawn.
“I have a strong record both as a representative of the constituency as well as working in government and in the opposition over the years I have been in Parliament,” Obhrai, who began his career as a Reform Party lawmaker, was quoted as saying by the Calgary Sun.
A former two-term Liberal lawmaker Darshan Kang made history in Calgary by winning the Calgary Skyview seat by beating fellow Devinder Shory of the Conservative Party and Sahajvir Singh Randhawa of the NDP.
Conservative lawmaker Tim Uppal retained his seat in Edmonton Mill Woods. Moreover, Liberal Party candidates Raj Grewal of Brampton East, Ramesh Sangha of Brampton Centre, Kamal Khera of Brampton West, Ruby Sahota of Brampton North and Sonia Sidhu of Brampton South have won.