Sachit Mehra
{{Short description|Canadian political organizer}}{{infobox officeholder
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| office = President of the Liberal Party of Canada
| term_start = 6 May 2023
| predecessor = Suzanne Cowan
| successor =
| leader = Justin Trudeau
Mark Carney
| residence = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Sachit Mehra is a Canadian businessman and political organizer,{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2023 |title=Election Of Sachit Mehra: New Era For Indo-Canadians? - Asiana Times |url=https://asianatimes.com/election-of-sachit-mehra-new-era-for-indo-canadians/}} serving as the president of the Liberal Party of Canada since 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2023/05/11/city-restaurateur-elected-president-of-federal-liberals|title=May 2023: City restaurateur elected president of federal Liberals|first=Kevin Rollason|last=Posted|date=May 11, 2023}}
Early life and career
Sachit Mehra was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba.{{Cite web |title=National Board of Directors {{!}} Liberal Party of Canada |url=https://liberal.ca/national-board-of-directors/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=liberal.ca |language=en-CA}} His father, Kamal Mehra, moved from New Delhi to Canada in the 1960s. Mehra has been involved in the restaurant industry for several years, managing the East India Company Pub & Eatery, an Indian restaurant with locations in Winnipeg and Ottawa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/indocanadian-sachit-mehra-elected-president-of-liberal-party-of-canada-aims-to-improve-membership-and-fundraising-101683528064946.html|title=Indo-Canadian Sachit Mehra elected new Liberal Party president|work=Hindustan Times |date=May 8, 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Posted |first=David Sanderson |date=May 8, 2010 |title=May 2010: Never a daal moment |url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/food/2010/05/08/never-a-daal-moment}} He previously served as the Chairman of Winnipeg Downtown Business Improvement Zone from 2013 to 2016.
Politics
Mehra has been an active member of the Liberal Party of Canada since his youth, and has served in several leadership roles, including as president of the Liberal Party of Canada in Manitoba.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-06 |title=Liberals elect Sachit Mehra as new party president |url=https://www.ipolitics.ca/news/liberals-elect-sachit-mehra-as-new-party-president |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=ipolitics.calanguage=en-US}} In 2014, he contested the ward of St. Norbert on Winnipeg City Council, finishing in second with 6,631 votes.{{Cite web|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/special/civicelection2014/2014/10/14/council-candidates-for-st-norbert|title=Oct 2014: Council candidates for St. Norbert|first=Danielle Da Silva|last=Posted|date=October 14, 2014}}
In May 2023, he was elected party president at the Ottawa national convention, defeating the party's Vice President (English) Mira Ahmad.
Following Justin Trudeau's resignation in 2025, he accepted the pending resignation and called the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, in which Mark Carney was elected leader and thus as Prime Minister of Canada.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/04/28/liberal-party-president-sachit-mehra-cautiously-optimistic-about-partys-election-chances/|title=Liberal Party President Sachit Mehra 'cautiously optimistic' about party's election chances|website=CTV News}}{{Cite web|url=https://liberal.ca/liberal-party-of-canada-announces-date-of-leadership-vote/|title=Liberal Party of Canada announces date of leadership vote | Liberal Party of Canada|website=liberal.ca}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberal-party-president-in-the-midst-of-a-whirlwind-after-trudeau/|title=Liberal Party president in the midst of a whirlwind after Trudeau resignation|work=The Globe and Mail |date=January 10, 2025|via=www.theglobeandmail.com}} Following a period of poor opinion polling, the party was able to form a minority government in the 2025 Canadian federal election, with 169 seats.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/03/09/news/mark-carney-pm-victory-liberal-leadership-race|title=Mark Carney chosen as next PM after resounding victory in Liberal leadership race | Canada's National Observer: Climate News|first=Kyle|last=Duggan|date=March 9, 2025|website=www.nationalobserver.com}}
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