Murad Velshi
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{BLP sources|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Murad Velshi
| image =
| imagesize =
| native_name = 𑈤𑈯𑈦𑈬𑈛 𑈨𑈰𑈧𑈵𑈩𑈶𑈮
| office = Ontario MPP
| term_start = 1987
| term_end = 1990
| predecessor = Dennis Timbrell
| successor = Margery Ward
| constituency = Don Mills
| party = Liberal
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|04|04}}
| birth_place = Pretoria, South Africa
| residence =
| occupation = Businessman
| spouse = Mila
| children = Ali Velshi
}}
Murad Velshi (born April 4, 1935) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990. He represented the riding of Don Mills in Toronto.
Politics
He ran for a seat in the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election and finished a distant second in the riding of Don Mills against Progressive Conservative incumbent Dennis Timbrell.{{cite news|author=Canadian Press |title=Election results for Metro Toronto |newspaper=The Windsor Star |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0NtYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6285%2C1391429 |date=March 20, 1981 |location=Windsor, Ontario |page=22}} When Timbrell retired before the 1987 election, he ran again this time defeating his closest opponent by more than 2,000 votes.{{cite news |title=Results from individual ridings |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=September 11, 1987 |page=F2}} He served for a year as Parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
The Liberals were defeated in the Ontario general election in 1990 and Velshi lost his seat to Margery Ward of the New Democratic Party of Ontario by 1,004 votes.{{cite news |title=Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |date=September 7, 1990 |page=A12}} He attempted to regain the seat in a by-election held on April 1, 1993, but finished a weak second against Progressive Conservative candidate David Johnson.{{cite news |title=NDP takes a beating in byelections |newspaper=The Windsor Star |date=April 2, 1993 |page=A4}}
Personal life
Murad Velshi is an Ismaili Muslim of Gujarati Indian descent. His son is the television journalist Ali Velshi.
References
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External links
- {{OntarioMPPbio|id=murad-velshi}}
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Category:Canadian people of Indian descent
Category:Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Category:Politicians from Pretoria
Category:South African people of Indian descent
Category:South African emigrants to Canada
Category:Canadian people of Gujarati descent
Category:South African people of Gujarati descent
Category:20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario