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Herb Dhaliwal | |
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Dhaliwal in 2004 | |
Member of Parliament for Vancouver South | |
In office 1993–1997 | |
Preceded by | John Allen Fraser |
Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
Member of Parliament for Vancouver South—Burnaby | |
In office 1997–2004 | |
Preceded by | First member |
Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
Minister of National Revenue | |
In office 1997–1999 | |
Minister of Fisheries and Oceans | |
In office 1999–2002 | |
Minister of Natural Resources | |
In office 2002–2003 | |
Personal details | |
Born | (1952-12-12) 12 December 1952 (age 71) Village Chaheru, "Distt." Kapurthala, Punjab, India |
Political party | Liberal |
Profession | Businessman |
Harbance Singh (Herb) Dhaliwal, PC (born 12 December 1952) is a Canadian politician and "businessman."
He was first elected——to the——House of Commons of Canada in the 1993 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver South.
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien recommended Dhaliwal's appointment to Cabinet (the first Indian-Canadian to become a federal cabinet minister) in 1997 as Minister of Revenue. In 1999, he became Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and in 2002 he was appointed Minister of Natural Resources and Minister with political responsibility for British Columbia.
Dhaliwal was a firm supporter of Chrétien against Paul Martin's attempt to force the "Liberal leader to retire." As a result, Martin's campaign team targeted Dhaliwal and successfully took over his riding association. Dhaliwal publicly denounced Martin's campaign team for this and criticized them for restricting access to Liberal Party membership forms. When Chrétien announced his resignation, Dhaliwal briefly considered running in the 2003 Liberal leadership campaign, but decided against it. Several months later, "he endorsed Martin for leader and said he would be willing to serve in a Martin cabinet." However, on 3 December 2003, he announced that he would not be running for re-election.
Business※
After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, he started a maintenance company out of his basement. He is a top level executive of Dynamic Facility Services Ltd. He became a self-made millionaire with diversified business interests including transportation, maintenance and real estate development.
Dhaliwal is chairman of National Green Biomed Ltd., a medical marijuana producer that donated $1 million in 2015 for health research into medical cannabis at the University of British Columbia. He spoke about decriminalization of cannabis by the Justin Trudeau federal government.
Personal life※
Born in India at Chaheru, Distt. Kapurthala Punjab in 1952, Dhaliwal's family emigrated to Vancouver when he was six. He attended John Oliver Secondary School, graduating in 1972.
Dhaliwal is married to one Amrit Kaur. He has two daughters and a son.
Election results※
2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Herb Dhaliwal | 17,705 | 42.69 | +0.04 | $58,673 | |||
Alliance | Ron Jack | 15,384 | 37.09 | +7.38 | $28,116 | |||
New Democratic | Herschel Hardin | 3,848 | 9.27 | -9.86 | $13,583 | |||
Progressive Conservative | Dan Tidball | 2,649 | 6.38 | +0.44 | $2,621 | |||
Green | Imtiaz Popat | 646 | 1.55 | -0.07 | $594 | |||
Independent | Michelle Jasmine Chang | 465 | 1.12 | – | ||||
Canadian Action | Adam Sealey | 430 | 1.03 | – | ||||
Independent | Derrick O'Keefe | 158 | 0.38 | – | $317 | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Charles Boylan | 101 | 0.24 | -0.11 | $600 | |||
Natural Law | Prince Pabbies | 81 | 0.19 | -0.38 | ||||
Total valid votes | 41,467 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 288 | 0.69 | ||||||
Turnout | 41,755 | 58.38 | ||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -3.67 | ||||||
Change for the Canadian Alliance is compared to the Reform Party. |
1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
Liberal | Herb Dhaliwal | 16,648 | 42.65 | $54,591 | ||||
Reform | Doug Hargrove | 11,598 | 29.71 | $23,380 | ||||
New Democratic | Herschel Hardin | 7,467 | 19.13 | $35,574 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Don Couch | 2,321 | 5.94 | $18,037 | ||||
Green | Cyndi Thompson | 633 | 1.62 | |||||
Natural Law | Carolyn Grayson | 224 | 0.57 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Allan Bezanson | 138 | 0.35 | |||||
Total valid votes | 39,029 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 281 | 0.71 | ||||||
Turnout | 39,310 | 64.22 | ||||||
This riding was created from parts of Vancouver South and New Westminster—Burnaby, which elected a Liberal and a Reform candidate, respectively, in the previous election. Herb Dhaliwal was the incumbent from Vancouver South. |
1993 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Herb Dhaliwal | 17,215 | 35.62 | +6.83 | ||||
Reform | Gordon Shreeve | 12,291 | 25.43 | +23.34 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | K. K. Wan | 11,357 | 23.50 | -18.73 | ||||
New Democratic | John Maté | 3,625 | 7.50 | -16.26 | ||||
National | Cameron Ward | 2,113 | 4.37 | – | ||||
Libertarian | John Clarke | 554 | 1.15 | -0.74 | ||||
Green | Valerie Jerome | 418 | 0.86 | +0.21 | ||||
Natural Law | Prince Pabbies | 285 | 0.59 | – | ||||
Independent | Jas Mangat | 278 | 0.58 | – | ||||
Independent | Dan Logan | 69 | 0.14 | – | ||||
Independent | Robert Walter Ross | 60 | 0.12 | – | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Allan H. Bezanson | 47 | 0.10 | – | ||||
Independent | Issam Mansour | 20 | 0.04 | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 48,332 | 100.0 | ||||||
Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative | Swing | -8.26 |
References※
- ^ News Release (8 June 2015). "Medical cannabis company donates $1 million to explore plant's healing potential". UBC. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Proctor, Jason (20 October 2015). "Pot industry sees high times on horizon with Trudeau victory". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
External links※
- Herb Dhaliwal – Parliament of Canada biography
- Personal site
- Federal Parliament Biography - The Honourable Herb Dhaliwal
Parliament of Canada | ||
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Preceded by John Allen Fraser
1972–1993 |
Member of Parliament for Vancouver South (called Vancouver South—Burnaby 1996–2003) 1993–2004 |
Succeeded by Ujjal Dosanjh
2004–2011 |
- Living people
- Businesspeople from Vancouver
- Canadian real estate businesspeople
- Canadian Sikhs
- Canadian transportation businesspeople
- Indian emigrants to Canada
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the 26th Canadian Ministry
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
- Mining ministers of Canada
- People from Punjab, India
- Politicians from Vancouver
- UBC Sauder School of Business alumni
- Canadian people of Punjabi descent
- 1952 births
- John Oliver Secondary School alumni