Deepak Anand
Deepak Anand | |
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| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Mississauga—Malton | |
| Assumed office June 7, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patiala, India |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Aruna Anand |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Mississauga, Ontario |
| Alma mater | Panjab University, Schulich School of Business |
| Occupation | Small business owner, Radio Show Host, Community Activist |
| Website | https://www.deepakanandmpp.ca/ |
Deepak Anand MPP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. Deepak is a chemical engineer from Panjab University in India and earned his MBA degree from the Schulich School of Business in Canada.[1] He represents the riding of Mississauga—Malton as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. He is currently the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development Member, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs and is a Special Advisor to the Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, Honourable Vic Fedeli for the Indian-Ontario trade file.[2]
Professional Background
[edit]Originally from Mohali, India, Anand went to Panjab University for Chemical Engineering and worked in India before immigrating to Canada in 2000. He started his working life as Lab Technician at an automotive factory. Credit to the education at Sheridan College Anand got promoted to Quality Manager within the automotive industry. After initial years of settling, Anand joined a Master of Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business. He then worked as a Financial Analyst at Morguard before buying and running a small company that distributed automotive parts around the country.[3]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2022 Ontario general election: Mississauga—Malton | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Deepak Anand | 13,028 | 44.89 | +5.77 | ||||
| Liberal | Aman Gill | 8,838 | 30.45 | +9.68 | ||||
| New Democratic | Waseem Ahmed | 5,140 | 17.71 | −15.13 | ||||
| Green | Robert Chan | 1,173 | 4.04 | +2.25 | ||||
| New Blue | Van Nguyen | 844 | 2.91 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 29,023 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 210 | |||||||
| Turnout | 29,233 | 36.51 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 80,022 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | −1.95 | ||||||
Source(s)
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| 2018 Ontario general election: Mississauga—Malton | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Deepak Anand | 14,712 | 39.12 | |||||
| New Democratic | Nikki Clarke | 12,351 | 32.84 | |||||
| Liberal | Amrit Mangat | 7,813 | 20.77 | |||||
| Independent | Caroline Roach | 1,187 | 3.16 | |||||
| Green | Eryn Sylvester | 674 | 1.79 | |||||
| Libertarian | Michelle Ciupka | 657 | 1.75 | |||||
| None of the Above | Alex Vezina | 217 | 0.58 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 37,611 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative pickup new district. | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Ontario[4] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "PCs sweep neighbouring ridings of Mississauga-Streetsville and Mississauga-Malton". Toronto Star, June 7, 2018.
- ^ Fedeli, Victor (July 25, 2019). "Great to meet this morning with @DeepakAnandMPP to welcome him as my new @ONEconomy Special Advisor to help us grow jobs and attract investment to Ontario!pic.twitter.com/fApeagLkDF".
- ^ "About". Deepak Anand. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.
- ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved January 20, 2019.