Jag Sahota
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.
Jagdeep Kaur Sahota | |
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| Shadow Minister for Women and Gender Equality | |
| Member of Parliament for Calgary Skyview | |
| In office October 21, 2019 – September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Darshan Kang |
| Succeeded by | George Chahal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1978 (age 44–45)[1] Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Residence(s) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Profession | Lawyer |
She previously ran in the 2015 Alberta general election for Calgary-McCall, losing to Irfan Sabir.[1]
Electoral record
Federal
| 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
| 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 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2017-08-01. | ||||||||
References
- Howell, Trevor (April 28, 2015). "Riding: Calgary-McCall". Calgary Herald. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- "Canada election results: Calgary Skyview". Global News. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 11 December 2021.
- "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
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