Shafqat Ali
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Shafqat Ali
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP|size=100%}}
| image =
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| office = President of the Treasury Board
| term_start = May 13, 2025
| term_end =
| predecessor = Ginette Petitpas Taylor
| successor =
| primeminister = Mark Carney
| riding1 = Brampton—Chinguacousy Park
| parliament1 = Canadian
| term_start1 = April 28, 2025
| term_end1 =
| predecessor1 = riding created
| successor1 =
| riding2 = Brampton Centre
| parliament2 = Canadian
| term_start2 = September 20, 2021
| term_end2 = March 23, 2025
| predecessor2 = Ramesh Sangha
| successor2 = Amandeep Sodhi
| birth_place =
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date |55|2021|09|17}}
| occupation = Politician
| nationality = Canadian
| known_for =
| party = Liberal
| alma_mater =
| residence = Brampton, Ontario
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
}}
Shafqat Ali is a Canadian politician who has been President of the Treasury Board of Canada since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Ali was elected to the House of Commons in 2021. He has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Brampton—Chinguacousy Park since being elected in the 2025 Canadian federal election.
Prior to being elected, Ali worked in real estate.{{cite web |date=September 17, 2021 |title=Meet the candidates: Shafqat Ali is the Liberal candidate in Brampton Centre {{!}} The Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/local-brampton/news/federal-election/2021/09/17/meet-the-candidates-shafqat-ali-is-the-liberal-candidate-in-brampton-centre.html |website=Toronto Star}}
Political career
Ali was elected to represent the riding of Brampton Centre in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election.{{cite web |last=Frisque |first=Graeme |date=21 September 2021 |title=Shafqat Ali wins in Brampton Centre in Liberal sweep of the city |url=https://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/10481877-shafqat-ali-wins-in-brampton-centre-in-liberal-sweep-of-the-city/ |access-date=21 September 2021 |work=Brampton Guardian |publisher=}} He was re-elected in the 2025 election, this time in the newly formed riding of Brampton—Chinguacousy Park.
On May 9, 2022, Ali apologized to the House of Commons for attending the House of Commons virtually from a toilet stall.{{Cite news |last=Nardi |first=Christopher |date=2022-05-09 |title=Liberal MP apologizes after he was caught bringing the House of Commons to the bathroom via Zoom |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/another-mp-was-caught-bringing-the-house-of-commons-to-the-bathroom-via-zoom |access-date=2025-05-13 |work=National Post |language=English |issn=1486-8008}}
In the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, he endorsed Mark Carney.{{Cite web |last= |date=2025-01-15 |title=Mark Carney for PM? Shafqat Ali and Others Express Confidence in His Vision |url=https://www.gtachronicle.com/news/mark-carney-for-pm-shafqat-ali-and-others-express-confidence-in-his-vision/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |language=en}} He won the new seat of Brampton—Chinguacousy Park in the 2025 Canadian federal election.{{cite web | url=https://www.bramptonguardian.com/politics/federal-elections/shafqat-ali-elected-for-liberal-party-in-brampton-chinguacousy/article_38eca2c9-72f0-5742-9251-944cf8d70de2.html | title=Shafqat Ali elected for Liberal party in Brampton—Chinguacousy }} On May 13, 2025, Ali was appointed as the president of the Treasury Board.{{cite web | title=Brampton MP Shafqat Ali named Treasury Board president | website=Ottawa Citizen | date=May 13, 2025 | url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/treasury-board-procurement-mark-carney-cabinet-shafqat-ali-joel-lightbound | access-date=May 13, 2025}}
Electoral history
{{2025 Canadian federal election/Brampton—Chinguacousy Park}}
{{2021 Canadian federal election/Brampton Centre}}
References
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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:Businesspeople from Ontario
Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario
Category:Politicians from Brampton
Category:Canadian real estate agents
Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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