Maninder Sidhu
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Maninder Sidhu
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP|size=100%}}
| image = Maninder Sidhu - G20 Foreign Ministers Meetings - 000111591 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Sidhu in 2023
| office = Minister of International Trade
| primeminister = Mark Carney
| term_start = May 13, 2025
| term_end =
| predecessor = Dominic LeBlanc
| successor =
| riding1 = Brampton East
| parliament1 = Canadian
| term_start1 = October 21, 2019
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = Raj Grewal
| successor1 =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1984|4}}
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| profession = entrepreneur (customs brokerage business) and international trade consultant{{cite web | url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=20089 | title=Profile }}
| party = Liberal
| residence = Brampton, Ontario
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Maninder Sidhu {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP}} (born April 1984) is a Canadian politician who was first elected to represent the riding of Brampton East in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election.{{cite web|title=Canada election results: Brampton East|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5794290/canada-election-brampton-east/|date=October 21, 2019|publisher=Global News|access-date=October 21, 2019}}{{cite web|title=NDP looking to capitalize on Singh swing to make federal breakthrough in Brampton East|publisher=The Hill Times|url=https://www.hilltimes.com/2019/10/09/ndp-looking-to-capitalize-on-singh-swing-to-make-federal-breakthrough-in-brampton-east/218721|date=October 9, 2019|access-date=October 21, 2019}} He won again in the 2021 election, by a widened margin.{{cite web |url=https://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e |title=September 20, 2021 General Election: Election Results |website=Elections Canada |access-date=December 29, 2021}}
Sidhu has served as a member of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources and the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. He is also an active member of several parliamentary associations and interparliamentary groups, including the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association, the Canada-Europe Parliamentary Association, and the Canadian Section of ParlAmericas.
Sidhu lives with his wife and children in Brampton, where he has resided for the past 30 years.
Parliamentary Secretary
On March 19, 2021, Sidhu became Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-19|title=Prime Minister announces changes to parliamentary secretaries|url=https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2021/03/19/prime-minister-announces-changes-parliamentary-secretaries|access-date=2021-05-17|website=Prime Minister of Canada|language=en}}
Electoral record
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{{2021 Canadian federal election/Brampton East}}
{{2019 Canadian federal election/Brampton East}}
References
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External links
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Category:Members of the 30th Canadian Ministry
Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
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Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Category:Politicians from Brampton
Category:Canadian people of Indian descent
Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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