Jag Sahota

Jagdeep Kaur Sahota
Shadow Minister for Women and Gender Equality
Member of Parliament
for Calgary Skyview
In office
October 21, 2019 – September 20, 2021
Preceded byDarshan Kang
Succeeded byGeorge Chahal
Personal details
Born1978 (age 45–46)[1]
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Political partyConservative Party of Canada
Residence(s)Calgary, Alberta
ProfessionLawyer

Jagdeep Kaur Sahota (born in 1978) is a Canadian Punjabi politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Calgary Skyview from 2019 to 2021 as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. She was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[2] She was defeated in the 2021 federal election, losing to George Chahal of the Liberal Party.

She previously ran in the 2015 Alberta general election for Calgary-McCall, losing to Irfan Sabir.[1]

Electoral record

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Federal

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2021 Canadian federal election: Calgary Skyview
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal George Chahal 20,092 42.4 +14.06 $107,596.46
Conservative Jag Sahota 17,111 36.1 -16.39 $82,418.22
New Democratic Gurinder Singh Gill 7,690 16.2 +1.28 $14,336.31
People's Harry Dhillon 1,720 3.6 +2.41 $3,904.85
Green Janna So 432 0.9 -0.68 $0.00
Independent Lee Aquart 184 0.4 – $4,123.83
Marxist–Leninist Daniel Blanchard 111 0.2 -0.06 $0.00
Centrist Nadeem Rana 93 0.2 – $674.40
Total valid votes/expense limit 47,433 – – $116,250.12
Total rejected ballots 502
Turnout 47,935 54.88 -5.24
Eligible voters 87,347
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +15.23
Source: Elections Canada[3]
2019 Canadian federal election: Calgary Skyview
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Jag Sahota 26,533 52.49 +12.74 $102,315.20
Liberal Nirmala Naidoo 14,327 28.34 -17.54 $62,601.08
New Democratic Gurinder Singh Gill 7,540 14.92 +6.90 none listed
Green Signe Knutson 800 1.58 -0.30 $0.00
People's Harry Dhillon 603 1.19 $8,416.69
Christian Heritage Joseph Alexander 483 0.96 none listed
Canada's Fourth Front Harpreet Singh Dawar 136 0.27 none listed
Marxist–Leninist Daniel Blanchard 130 0.26 +0.06 $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 50,552 99.03
Total rejected ballots 497 0.97 +0.29
Turnout 51,049 60.12 -0.61
Eligible voters 84,915
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +15.14
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

Provincial

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2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-McCall
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Irfan Sabir 3,812 29.95 +27.80
Wildrose Happy Mann 3,367 26.45 -3.79
Progressive Conservative Jagdeep Sahota 2,317 18.20 -11.09
Liberal Avinash Khangura 2,224 17.47 -19.22
Independent Burhan Khan 1,010 7.81
Total valid votes 12,730 98.50
Rejected, spoiled and declined 194 1.50
Turnout 12,924 42.90 -1.91
Eligible voters 30,125
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +23.51
Source(s)
"2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2017-08-01.

References

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  1. ^ a b Howell, Trevor (April 28, 2015). "Riding: Calgary-McCall". Calgary Herald. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Canada election results: Calgary Skyview". Global News. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
  4. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
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