Parm Gill
{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1974)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = The Honourable
| name = Parm Gill
| honorific_suffix = ECO
| image = Parm Gill.png
| caption = Gill in 2020
| birth_name = Paramjit Gill
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|5|17}}
| birth_place = Moga district, Punjab, India{{cite news|last=Chaudhry|first=Amrita|title=Moga man Gill trumps Ruby Dhalla|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Moga-man-Gill-trumps-Ruby-Dhalla/785380/|access-date=4 May 2011|newspaper=Indian Express|date=4 May 2011|archive-date=May 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507081904/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Moga-man-Gill-trumps-Ruby-Dhalla/785380|url-status=live}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| profession = Entrepreneur
| party = Conservative Party of Canada (federal)
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (provincial)
| residence =
| parliament = Canadian
| office1 = Minister of Red Tape Reduction
| premier1 = Doug Ford
| term_start1 = June 24, 2022
| term_end1 = January 26, 2024
| successor1 =
| predecessor1 = Nina Tangri (Associate Ministry of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction)
| office2 = Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism
| term_start2 = June 18, 2021
| term_end2 = June 24, 2022
| minister2 =
| successor2 = Michael Ford
| premier2 = Doug Ford
| parliament3 = Ontario Provincial
| riding3 = Milton
| term_start3 = June 7, 2018
| term_end3 = February 16, 2024
| predecessor3 = Indira Naidoo-HarrisHalton
| successor3 = Zee Hamid
| riding4 = Brampton—Springdale
| parliament4 = Canadian
| term_start4 = May 2, 2011
| term_end4 = August 4, 2015
| predecessor4 = Ruby Dhalla
| successor4 = Constituency abolished
| office3 =
}}
Parm Gill (born May 17, 1974) is a Canadian politician.{{cite news|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/these-are-the-tightest-races-in-canadas-2025-federal-election/|title=Two ridings were won by less than 40 votes in Canada's federal election|first=Daniel|last=Otis|publisher=CTV News|date=April 29, 2025|accessdate=April 29, 2025}} He represented the riding of
Milton in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario between 2018 and 2024.
As a member of the Conservative Party, he previously represented the riding of Brampton—Springdale in Ontario in the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2015, holding roles as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs and the Minister of International Trade from 2013 until his defeat in the 2015 federal election. In the 2025 Canadian federal election, he ran and was defeated in riding of Milton East—Halton Hills South riding.{{Cite web |last=Press |first=The Canadian |date=2025-05-02 |title=Ontario riding flips to Liberals after validation process |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/ontario-riding-flips-to-liberals-after-validation-process/ |access-date=2025-05-03 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}
He was elected to the provincial legislature, representing Milton for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, in the 2018 provincial election. In 2021, he was elevated to the Cabinet as the Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism, and became the Minister of Red Tape Reduction in 2022. In January 2024, he announced his departure from provincial politics to run for the Conservatives in the 45th Canadian federal election.{{cite news|last=Aguilar|first=Bryann|title=Parm Gill resigns from Ford cabinet, steps down as Milton MPP to run for federal seat|url=https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/parm-gill-resigns-from-ford-cabinet-steps-down-as-milton-mpp-to-run-for-federal-seat-1.6742747?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F|access-date=25 January 2024|newspaper=CP24|date=25 January 2024|archive-date=January 26, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126031203/https://www.cp24.com/mobile/news/parm-gill-resigns-from-ford-cabinet-steps-down-as-milton-mpp-to-run-for-federal-seat-1.6742747?referrer=https://www.google.com/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=Hansard Transcript 2024-Feb-20 {{!}} Legislative Assembly of Ontario |url=https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-02-20/hansard |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.ola.org |language=en |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221031132/https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-02-20/hansard |url-status=live }}
Early life
Gill was born on May 17, 1974, in Moga, Punjab in India.{{Cite web|url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=17867|title=Parm Gill|website=lop.parl.ca|publisher=Library of Parliament|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203192903/https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=17867|url-status=live}} He moved to Canada at a young age.{{cite news |author= |date=June 20, 2021 |title=Two Punjab-origin politicians join cabinet in Canada’s Ontario province |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/two-punjab-origin-politicians-join-cabinet-in-canada-s-ontario-province-101624132890603.html |work=Press Trust of India |location=Toronto, Ontario |publisher=Hindustan Times |access-date=May 16, 2025}}
Before politics, he was an entrepreneur and business executive. He worked on his family's businesses, which include a furniture manufacturing factory and some restaurants that he operated with his older brother.
Political career
In the 2006 federal election, Gill ran in York West, and lost to Liberal MP Judy Sgro by over 15000 votes.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news2/canadavotes/riding/213/|title=York West|website=CBC.ca|language=en|access-date=January 31, 2018}} In the 2008 federal election, Gill ran in Brampton—Springdale against incumbent Ruby Dhalla, but was narrowly defeated by 773 votes. The election campaign between the two were heated, and during an all-candidates' debate, Dhalla brought up how Gill's brother had been charged with vandalizing her campaign signs in 2006, even though the charges were dropped, and Gill attacked Dhalla for failing to do enough for a boy beaten by police in India after stealing her aide's purse.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/politics/federalelection/2008/10/15/bitter_battle_between_dhalla_and_gill.html|title=Bitter battle between Dhalla and Gill|last=Boyle|first=Theresa|date=October 15, 2008|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=February 2, 2018|language=en-CA|issn=0319-0781|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203235908/https://www.thestar.com/news/politics/federalelection/2008/10/15/bitter_battle_between_dhalla_and_gill.html|url-status=live}}
He was elected as a Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament representing Brampton Springdale in the 2011 election, defeating Dhalla.{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/05/03/conservative_parm_gill_defeats_ruby_dhalla_in_bramptonspringdale.html|title=Conservative Parm Gill defeats Ruby Dhalla in Brampton-Springdale|last=Grewal|first=San|date=May 3, 2011|newspaper=The Toronto Star|access-date=January 31, 2018|issn=0319-0781|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203235813/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/05/03/conservative_parm_gill_defeats_ruby_dhalla_in_bramptonspringdale.html|url-status=live}}
After witnessing increased gang activity in his riding, Gill toured Western Canadian cities in December 2011 to speak with police and community organizations to see how this could be stopped.{{cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/ontario-mps-gang-recruitment-bill-finding-support|title=Ontario MP's gang recruitment bill finding support|last=McKnight|first=Zoe|date=May 4, 2012|work=Vancouver Sun|access-date=December 6, 2023|language=en-ca|archive-date=May 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504132129/https://vancouversun.com/news/ontario-mps-gang-recruitment-bill-finding-support|url-status=live}} In May 2012, Gill introduced a private members bill, C-394, which made it a crime to target someone for recruitment into a gang.{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/posted-toronto/erasing-signs-on-gang-life|title=Erasing signs of gang life|last=Kaplan|first=Ben|date=May 5, 2012|work=National Post|access-date=February 3, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=May 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504132205/https://nationalpost.com/posted-toronto/erasing-signs-on-gang-life|url-status=live}} It was eventually passed into law in June 2014.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bills-that-became-law-so-far-in-this-session-of-parliament-1.2678132|title=Bills that became law so far in this session of Parliament|date=June 19, 2014|work=CBC News|access-date=February 3, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=December 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215213356/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bills-that-became-law-so-far-in-this-session-of-parliament-1.2678132|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?billId=6251821&Language=E&Mode=1|title=LEGISinfo - Private Member's Bill C-394 (41-2)|website=www.parl.ca|language=en-CA|access-date=February 3, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203181425/http://www.parl.ca/LegisInfo/BillDetails.aspx?billId=6251821&Language=E&Mode=1|url-status=live}}
In September 2013, Gill was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Veterans Affairs. During Rob Ford's drug scandal, Gill was one of the few federal politicians to offer support for the embattled mayor, calling him a "great mayor" who was "doing a wonderful job" in November 2013, and claimed that Torontonians were happy with his record.{{cite web | url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/conservative-mp-parm-gill-rob-ford-a-great-mayor-1.1523133 | title=Conservative MP Parm Gill: Rob Ford a 'great mayor' | publisher=CTV News | date=1 November 2013 | access-date=8 October 2015 | author=Goodman, Lee-Anne | agency=The Canadian Press | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304082411/http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/conservative-mp-parm-gill-rob-ford-a-great-mayor-1.1523133 | url-status=live }}
In January 2015, Gill was appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the role of a Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade.{{Cite web|url=http://www.voiceonline.com/parm-gill-is-now-parliamentary-secretary-to-the-minister-of-international-trade/|title=Parm Gill Is Now Parliamentary Secretary To The Minister Of International Trade {{!}} Indo-Canadian Voice|website=www.voiceonline.com|date=January 23, 2015 |access-date=2016-03-17|archive-date=March 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324050410/http://www.voiceonline.com/parm-gill-is-now-parliamentary-secretary-to-the-minister-of-international-trade/|url-status=live}} In May 2015, Gill wrote letters of support to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for two of his constituents' competing applications for a community radio station in Brampton. The Conflict of Interest Act bars parliamentary secretaries from writing such letters to the CRTC and other administrative tribunals, and in October 2013, ethics commissioner Mary Dawson had issued a directive to that effect.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-parm-gill-crtc-letters-ethics-1.3262734|title=Tory candidate subject of ethics probe after lobbying CRTC for radio licences|last=Bronskill|first=Jim|date=October 8, 2015|newspaper=CBC News|agency=The Canadian Press|access-date=November 24, 2016|archive-date=November 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125110056/http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-parm-gill-crtc-letters-ethics-1.3262734|url-status=live}} The Ethics Commissioner ruled in February 2016 that although he had acted in good faith, Gill had violated the Conflict of Interest Act.{{cite news|url=https://ipolitics.ca/2016/08/25/liberal-mp-apologizes-for-sending-letter-to-crtc/|title=Ethics commissioner says Liberal MP's CRTC letter was improper|last=Bronskill|first=Jim|date=August 25, 2016|work=iPolitics|agency=The Canadian Press|access-date=November 24, 2016|archive-date=November 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125050837/http://ipolitics.ca/2016/08/25/liberal-mp-apologizes-for-sending-letter-to-crtc/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://ciec-ccie.parl.gc.ca/Documents/English/Public%20Reports/Examination%20Reports/The%20Gill%20Report.pdf|title=The Gill Report|last=Dawson|first=Mary|date=February 24, 2016|publisher=Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner|access-date=November 24, 2016|archive-date=March 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301183736/http://ciec-ccie.parl.gc.ca/Documents/English/Public%20Reports/Examination%20Reports/The%20Gill%20Report.pdf|url-status=live}}
=2015 election=
Redistribution of federal ridings took place and concluded shortly before the 2015 federal election. Gill's riding, Brampton-Springdale, was eliminated,{{Cite web|url=http://www.redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca/content.asp?section=on&dir=now/proposals&document=index&lang=e|title=Proposed Boundaries – Ontario - Redistribution Federal Electoral Districts|website=www.redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca|access-date=2016-03-18|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230313/http://www.redecoupage-federal-redistribution.ca/content.asp?section=on&dir=now/proposals&document=index&lang=e|url-status=live}} and he ran in the new riding of Brampton North.
In August 2015, the Huffington Post reported that a supporter of Gill's who previously bundled donations to Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis, had switched his allegiance and had induced Liberal supporters into donating to Gill without their consent. In October 2015, a week and a half before voting day, it was reported that the commissioner of Elections Canada launched an investigation into these claims.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/08/26/parm-gill-jagdish-singh-liberal-conservative-donations_n_8044480.html|title=Parm Gill Tory Donation Shows Up On Liberal Supporter's Credit Card|last=Raj|first=Althia|date=August 26, 2015|work=HuffPost Canada|access-date=January 31, 2018|language=en-CA|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203181529/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/08/26/parm-gill-jagdish-singh-liberal-conservative-donations_n_8044480.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/08/parm-gill-elections-canada-investigated-donations_n_8261194.html | title=Parm Gill, Conservative Candidate, Investigated By Elections Commissioner | publisher=The Huffington Post Canada | date=8 October 2015 | access-date=8 October 2015 | author=Raj, Althia | archive-date=October 8, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008132754/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/10/08/parm-gill-elections-canada-investigated-donations_n_8261194.html | url-status=live }}
During the election, Gill criticized the provincial Ontario Liberal Party and Premier Kathleen Wynne's proposed updates to the sexual education curriculum, which had not been changed since 1998. The changes included teaching that homosexuality was acceptable in Grade 3, teaching about puberty in Grade 4 as opposed to Grade 5, and teaching about masturbation and gender expression in Grade 6.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/two-toronto-schools-vandalized-in-protest-of-new-sex-ed-curriculum/article26275255/|title=Ontario's new sex-ed curriculum threatens to become federal election issue|last=Ross|first=Selena|date=September 9, 2015|work=The Globe and Mail|access-date=February 3, 2018|archive-date=August 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813162427/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/two-toronto-schools-vandalized-in-protest-of-new-sex-ed-curriculum/article26275255/|url-status=live}} Gill described the changes as "graphic and explicit" in a taxpayer-funded mailout which conflated the provincial party's education policies with those of separate federal Liberal party, which has no constitutional jurisdiction in the field. In the mailout, Gill also said that it was part of a Liberal attack on family values and parent's right to control the education of their children.{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/04/15/ontario-sex-ed-tory-parm-gill-federal-liberals_n_7071078.html|title=Parm Gill's Mailout On Ontario Sex Ed Curriculum Links Policy To Federal Liberals|last=Maloney|first=Ryan|date=April 15, 2015|work=HuffPost Canada|access-date=February 3, 2018|language=en-CA|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203181455/http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/04/15/ontario-sex-ed-tory-parm-gill-federal-liberals_n_7071078.html|url-status=live}} In a 2015 video with the Punjabi Post, Gill described some segments of the new education curriculum as "disgusting."{{cite news |last=Ferguson |first=Rob |date=June 19, 2017 |title=Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown says newest candidate Parm Gill now supports gay rights, despite past comments |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/06/19/ontario-pc-leader-patrick-brown-says-newest-candidate-parm-gill-now-supports-gay-rights-despite-past-comments.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018173212/https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2017/06/19/ontario-pc-leader-patrick-brown-says-newest-candidate-parm-gill-now-supports-gay-rights-despite-past-comments.html |archive-date=October 18, 2017 |access-date=January 31, 2018 |work=The Toronto Star |language=en-CA |issn=0319-0781}}
Gill lost to Liberal candidate Ruby Sahota.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/federal-election/federal-ridings-toronto-gta/2015/10/20/liberal-ruby-sahota-wins-brampton-north.html|title=Liberal Ruby Sahota wins in Brampton North|last=Grewal|first=San|date=October 20, 2015|work=Toronto Star|access-date=January 31, 2018|archive-date=February 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203181107/https://www.thestar.com/news/federal-election/federal-ridings-toronto-gta/2015/10/20/liberal-ruby-sahota-wins-brampton-north.html|url-status=live}}
=Provincial politics=
On October 29, 2016, Gill announced that he would seek the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario nomination in Milton for the 42nd Ontario general election.{{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/408450975937477/1162254647223769 |archive-date = 2022-04-30| url = https://www.facebook.com/MPParmGill/posts/1162254647223769 |title = Parm Gill, MPP on Facebook |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}} On June 18, 2017, he won the nomination.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/7379505-gill-wins-provincial-pc-nomination-in-milton/|title=Gill wins provincial PC nomination in Milton|publisher=Inside Halton|date=19 June 2017|access-date=2017-06-19|archive-date=May 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504132201/https://www.insidehalton.com/politics/update-gill-wins-provincial-pc-nomination-in-milton/article_c8e64a7e-e708-57ca-bbe9-fcd103add846.html?|url-status=live}} In June 2017, then Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown stated that Gill's position on gay rights had shifted, and he was now "100 per cent" in favour of gay rights after comments stating that Gill said that he became involved in politics due to his opposition to legalizing same-sex marriage were uncovered.
On June 7, 2018 Gill won the Ontario general election in the riding of Milton as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.{{cite news|url=https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/8658932-pc-parm-gill-takes-milton-in-decisive-victory/|title=PC Parm Gill takes Milton in decisive victory|last=Peesker|first=Saira|date=2018-06-08|work=InsideHalton.com|access-date=2018-06-26|language=en-CA|archive-date=June 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626054803/https://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/8658932-pc-parm-gill-takes-milton-in-decisive-victory/|url-status=live}} In 2021, he was appointed the Ontario Minister for Citizenship and Multiculturalism from 2021 to 2022, when he became the Minister of Red Tape Reduction.{{Cite news |date=January 25, 2024 |title=Ontario PCs' Parm Gill resigns from cabinet to run for Poilievre's Conservatives |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/parm-gill-resigns-mpp-conservatives-1.7095269 |access-date=January 25, 2024 |work=CBC News |archive-date=January 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126000956/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/parm-gill-resigns-mpp-conservatives-1.7095269 |url-status=live }} Gill officially resigned as MPP on February 16, 2024.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-20 |title=Hansard Transcript 2024-Feb-20 {{!}} Legislative Assembly of Ontario |url=https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-02-20/hansard |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221031132/https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/house-documents/parliament-43/session-1/2024-02-20/hansard |archive-date=February 21, 2024 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=www.ola.org |language=en}} The provincial by-election to replace him was held on May 2, 2024.{{Cite web |title=Ontario Newsroom |url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1004384/provincial-by-elections-called-in-milton-and-lambton-kent-middlesex |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404145551/https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1004384/provincial-by-elections-called-in-milton-and-lambton-kent-middlesex |archive-date=April 4, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-04 |website=news.ontario.ca}} The seat was retained by the Progressive Conservatives.{{Cite web |last=Talbot |first=Michael |date=2024-05-03 |title=Progressive Conservatives win both Ontario byelections |url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/05/02/pc-candidate-takes-lead-in-one-of-two-ontario-byelections/ |access-date=2024-09-08 |website=CityNews Toronto}}
=45th Canadian federal election=
On January 25, 2024, Gill announced that he would be resigning as a Minister and MPP to run in the 45th Canadian federal election in Milton. He was acclaimed as the Conservative candidate despite an allegations that he misled a prospective candidate, D'Arcy Keene, a Georgetown town Councillor, about running.{{Cite web |last=MacCharles |first=Tonda |date=2024-02-13 |title=Conservative riding association protests 'unfair and undemocratic' decision to parachute former Doug Ford minister into federal riding |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/conservative-riding-association-protests-unfair-and-undemocratic-decision-to-parachute-former-doug-ford-minister-into/article_b8e132d4-c79c-11ee-8667-7375070264aa.html |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=Toronto Star |language=en |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225180218/https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/conservative-riding-association-protests-unfair-and-undemocratic-decision-to-parachute-former-doug-ford-minister-into/article_b8e132d4-c79c-11ee-8667-7375070264aa.html |url-status=live }} After the riding was split into Burlington North-Milton West, and Milton East-Halton Hills South, Gill planned to seek a seat in Milton East-Halton Hills South.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-07 |title=Milton's federal riding set to split. Here's what you need to know |url=https://www.miltontoday.ca/local-news/miltons-federal-riding-set-to-split-heres-what-you-need-to-know-8709329 |access-date=2024-09-09 |website=MiltonToday.ca |language=en}} Keene, who ran tried running in the nomination for Milton East-Halton Hills South, never received nomination papers and suggested this was because the party preferred Gill as their candidate.{{Cite web |title=Federal nomination contests yield candidates beholden to party leaders, not constituents, say ex-MPs |url=https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/09/02/federal-nomination-contests-yield-candidates-beholden-to-party-leaders-not-constituents-say-ex-mps/432879/ |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=The Hill Times |language=en-CA}}
Gill was defeated in the 2025 election. Although preliminary results suggested he had narrowly won the riding, a subsequent vote validation process by Elections Canada revealed that Liberal candidate Kristina Tesser Derksen had won the seat by a margin of 29 votes, overturning Gill's initial lead. Because of the narrow margin, a judicial recount was automatically triggered.{{cite news |last=Morrison |first=Catherine |date=May 2, 2025 |title=Milton East–Halton Hills South riding flips to Liberals after validation process |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal-elections/milton-east-halton-hills-south-riding-flips-to-liberals-after-validation-process/article_1a7d1b1f-68f9-570d-9957-5f76fe3866aa.html |work=The Canadian Press |location=Toronto, Ontario |publisher=Toronto Star |access-date=May 2, 2025}}
{{cite news |last=Major |first=Darren |date=May 2, 2025 |title=Liberal minority back up to 169 after Elections Canada validates close Ontario race |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/election-validation-riding-flip-liberal-conservative-1.7525641 |work=CBC News |location= |publisher= |access-date=May 2, 2025}} Following a three-day recount, Tesser Derksen's victory was confirmed with a revised margin of 21 votes.{{cite news |author= |date=May 16, 2025 |title=Kristina Tesser Derksen the new MP for Milton East-Halton Hills South following judicial recount |url=https://www.miltontoday.ca/2025-federal-election-news/breaking-kristina-tesser-derksens-officially-declared-milton-east-halton-hills-south-mp-following-judicial-recount-10670596 |work=Milton Today |location=Milton, Ontario |publisher= |access-date=May 16, 2025}}
Personal life
Gill and his wife Amarpal have three children.{{cite web | url=http://pm.gc.ca/eng/parliamentary-secretaries/parm-gill | title=Parm Gill |publisher=Office of the Prime Minister | access-date=October 8, 2015 | archive-date=October 10, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010013956/http://pm.gc.ca/eng/parliamentary-secretaries/parm-gill | url-status=dead}}
Electoral record
{{2025 Canadian federal election/Milton East—Halton Hills South}}
{{2022 Ontario general election/Milton}}
{{2018 Ontario general election/Milton}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2015|Brampton North|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ruby Sahota|23,297|48.37|+20.21|$136,386.70}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Parm Gill|15,888|32.99|-15.88|$194,312.26}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Martin Singh|7,946|16.50|-2.34|$78,854.84}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Pauline Thornham|915|1.90|-1.78|$146.44}}
{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Harinderpal Hundal|120|0.25|–|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|48,166|100.00| |$206,076.29}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|318|0.66|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|48,484|66.13|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|73,321}}
{{CANelec/notgain|CA|Liberal|Conservative|+18.05}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections Canada{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35010&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 |title=Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brampton North, 30 September 2015 |date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=June 7, 2017 |archive-date=October 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020132350/http://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=35010&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=ON&PROVID=35&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand/canlim&document=index&lang=e |title=Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates |date=January 2, 2013 |access-date=June 7, 2017 |archive-date=August 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815061116/http://www.elections.ca/content2.aspx?section=can&dir=cand%2Fcanlim&document=index&lang=e |url-status=live }}}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Parm Gill |24,617 |48.3%|–|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Ruby Dhalla|14,231 |27.9%|–|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Manjit Grewal |9,963|19.6%|–|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Mark Hoffberg |1,926|3.8%|–|–}}
{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Liz Rowley|219|0.4% |–|–}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|50,956| 100.0%|–}}
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{{2008 Canadian federal election/Brampton—Springdale}}
{{2006 Canadian federal election/York West}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090425175927/http://www.parmgill.ca/ Official website] as of April 25, 2009, on Wayback Machine
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