Herb Dhaliwal

{{Infobox officeholder

| name=Herb Dhaliwal

|honorific-prefix = The Honourable

|honorific-suffix = PC

| image= Herb Dhaliwal in New Delhi on June 16, 2004 (cropped).jpg

| caption= Dhaliwal in 2004

| riding1=Vancouver South

| term_start1=1993

| term_end1= 1997

| predecessor1= John Allen Fraser

| successor1= Riding dissolved

| riding2=Vancouver South—Burnaby

| term_start2=1997

| term_end2=2004

| predecessor2=First member

| successor2=Riding dissolved

| birth_date= {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|12|12}}

| birth_place= Village Chaheru, Distt. Kapurthala, Punjab, India

| death_date=

| death_place=

| profession= Businessman

| party=Liberal

| residence=

| footnotes=

| office4 = Minister of National Revenue

| term_start4 = 1997

| term_end4 = 1999

| office5 = Minister of Fisheries and Oceans

| term_start5 = 1999

| term_end5 = 2002

| office6 = Minister of Natural Resources

| term_start6 = 2002

| term_end6 = 2003

}}

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.{{cite web|last1=News Release|title=Medical cannabis company donates $1 million to explore plant's healing potential|url=http://news.ubc.ca/2015/06/08/medical-cannabis-company-donates-1-million-to-explore-plants-healing-potential/|website=UBC|date=8 June 2015 |access-date=3 January 2017}} He spoke about decriminalization of cannabis by the Justin Trudeau federal government.{{cite news|last1=Proctor|first1=Jason|title=Pot industry sees high times on horizon with Trudeau victory|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/trudeau-marijuana-entrepreneurs-1.3280871|access-date=3 January 2017|work=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=20 October 2015}}

Return to politics

In September 2024, Dhaliwal attempted to register a new provincial political party named the "New Liberal Party of BC", in order to replace BC United, which suspended its campaign in the month prior, as a centrist option for voters, according to himself. Yet, Elections BC refused the name of the new political party, citing confusion as a reason.{{cite news |last1=Greer |first1=Darryl |title=Former MP Herb Dhaliwal seeks approval to register New Liberal Party of BC before election |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/new-liberal-party-of-bc-herb-dhaliwal |access-date=17 September 2024 |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=National Post |date=17 September 2024}}

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.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

Dhaliwal is married to Amrit Kaur. He has two daughters and a son.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

Election results

{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Ron Jack|15,384|37.09|+7.38|$28,116}}

{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Charles Boylan|101|0.24|-0.11|$600}}

{{CANelec/note|Change for the Canadian Alliance is compared to the Reform Party.}}

{{CANelec/note|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.}}

References

External links

{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=ECDAD206-B972-49D5-BB6E-EE4E14758EC7}}
[http://herbdhaliwal.co/ Personal site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103170817/http://herbdhaliwal.co/ |date=3 January 2017 }}
[http://www.parl.gc.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Herb-Dhaliwal(1630) Federal Parliament Biography] - The Honourable Herb Dhaliwal

{{succession box|title=Member of Parliament for Vancouver South (called Vancouver South—Burnaby 1996–2003)|

before=John Allen Fraser
1972–1993|after=Ujjal Dosanjh
2004–2011|years=1993–2004}}

Category:Living people

Category:Businesspeople from Vancouver

Category:Canadian businesspeople in real estate

Category:Canadian Sikhs

Category:Canadian transportation businesspeople

Category:Indian emigrants to Canada

Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs

Category:Members of the 26th Canadian Ministry

Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from British Columbia

Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada