Shuvaloy Majumdar
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shuvaloy Majumdar
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP|size=100%}}
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| native_name = শুভালয় মজুমদার
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| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|43|2023|7|24}}
| birth_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada
| party = Conservative
| riding1 = Calgary Heritage
| term_start1 = July 24, 2023
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| predecessor1 = Bob Benzen
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| alma_mater = University of Calgary
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Shuvaloy "Shuv" Majumdar {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MP}} ({{langx|bn|শুভালয় মজুমদার}}; born 1979/1980){{cite news|url = https://www.thestatesman.com/world/indo-canadian-shuvaloy-majumdar-wins-prestigious-house-of-commons-seat-1503205051.html|title = Indo-Canadian Shuvaloy Majumdar wins prestigious House of Commons seat|newspaper = The Statesman|date = July 27, 2023|access-date = August 24, 2023|archive-date = August 24, 2023|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230824193001/https://www.thestatesman.com/world/indo-canadian-shuvaloy-majumdar-wins-prestigious-house-of-commons-seat-1503205051.html|url-status = live}} is a Canadian politician, foreign policy advisor, and former consultant. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, Majumdar was elected to serve as Member of Parliament for Calgary Heritage in a 2023 by-election.{{Cite web |date=July 24, 2023 |title='It's pretty sleepy': Calgary Heritage byelection to fill vacant Conservative seat |url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/it-s-pretty-sleepy-calgary-heritage-byelection-to-fill-vacant-conservative-seat-1.6491507 |access-date=July 25, 2023 |website=Calgary |language=en |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725021137/https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/it-s-pretty-sleepy-calgary-heritage-byelection-to-fill-vacant-conservative-seat-1.6491507 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/politics-canada-federal-government-conservative-1.6916771 |title=Conservatives maintain grip on Calgary Heritage with byelection win|website=CBC News|access-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725184119/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/politics-canada-federal-government-conservative-1.6916771 |url-status=live }}
Early life and education
Shuvaloy Majumdar was born in Calgary, Alberta to Indian immigrant parents of Bengali Hindu origin.{{Cite web |title=Diversely Indian: Not all Indo-Canadian MPs, ministers are Sikh |url=https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=1123186 |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=www.daijiworld.com |language=en}} He attended the University of Calgary.{{Cite web |last=Lévesque |first=Catherine |date=2023-09-06 |title=The new conservatives: 12 to watch on Canada's rapidly rising right |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/the-new-conservatives-12-to-watch-on-canadas-rising-right |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=National Post}} While a student at the University of Calgary, he became friends with current Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. They reportedly met within the university's Reform Party campus club.
Career
Majumdar was a ministerial staffer for international trade minister Bev Oda.{{Cite web |title=Stephen Harper's global director Shuvaloy Majumdar said to be eyeing coveted Calgary Heritage seat |url=https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2022/11/21/stephen-harpers-global-director-shuvaloy-majumdar-said-to-be-eyeing-coveted-calgary-heritage-seat/355993/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=The Hill Times |language=en-CA}} He also served as policy director to Canadian foreign minister John Baird and worked alongside Jason Kenney when he was defence minister.{{cite news |last1=Corbella |first1=Licia |date=2023-07-22 |orig-date=earlier version February 2, 2023 |title=Shuv Majumdar, a candidate who comes prepared |url=https://www.westernstandard.news/news/corbella-shuv-majumdar-a-candidate-who-comes-prepared/article_96015da8-b38d-11ed-9520-abd3a4a350eb.html |access-date=2024-06-03 |work=Western Standard |location=Calgary, Alberta |language=en-CA}}
From 2006-2010, he worked for International Republican Institute. Majumdar was a visiting foreign policy scholar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia and was recruited by Reform Party Leader Preston Manning to work at the Manning Centre for Building Democracy for a couple of years.
Following the 2015 Canadian federal election, Majumdar was hired by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute to lead its foreign policy and national security program until January 1, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Breach |first=The |date=2024-09-19 |title=Hindu far right pressured a Canadian university into cancelling a critical lecture ⋆ The Breach |url=https://breachmedia.ca/hindu-far-right-pressured-a-canadian-university-into-cancelling-a-critical-lecture/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=The Breach |language=en-CA}}{{Cite web |last=Belouizdad |first=Skander |date=2023-01-10 |title=Shuvaloy Majumdar passes the baton at MLI |url=https://macdonaldlaurier.ca/shuvaloy-majumdar-passes-the-baton-at-mli/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=Macdonald-Laurier Institute |language=en-US}} While working at MLI, Majumdar worked for Stephen Harper's consulting firm, Harper & Associates as their Global Director.
In 2019, it was revealed that Majumdar name was mentioned as an organizer in the "Kamikaze campaign" scandal.{{Cite web |last=Gerson |first=Jen |date=March 18, 2019 |title=What really happened inside the Alberta UCP's 'kamikaze' campaign |url=https://macleans.ca/politics/what-really-happened-inside-the-alberta-ucps-kamikaze-campaign/ |website=Maclean's}}{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Charles |date=May 16, 2023 |title=Endless RCMP Probes Keep UCP Scandals off Voters' Minds |url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/05/16/Endless-RCMP-Probes-UCP-Scandals/}}{{Cite web |last=PressProgress |date=2019-03-17 |title=Executive at Stephen Harper's Consulting Firm Connected to 'Kamikaze Campaign', Leaked E-mails Show |url=https://pressprogress.ca/executive-at-stephen-harpers-consulting-firm-connected-to-kamikaze-campaign-leaked-e-mails-show/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=PressProgress |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Charles |date=March 28, 2019 |title=Unravelling the controversy behind the 2017 UCP leadership race |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/kenney-galloway-kamikaze-campaign-1.5073789 |website=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation}} However, after conducting an intensive investigation with 65 investigators, almost 1,800 interviews, the RCMP found no evidence of wrongdoing and laid no charges of fraud.{{Cite news |title=No criminal charges in 2017 UCP leadership race: Alberta RCMP |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/no-charges-alberta-ucp-leadership-election |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240308233135/https://edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/no-charges-alberta-ucp-leadership-election |archive-date=2024-03-08 |access-date=2025-03-26 |work=edmontonjournal |language=en-CA}}
= Member of the House of Commons =
Majumdar was elected to the House of Commons in a 2023 by-election following the resignation of Bob Benzen. Upon his election, he became the third Conservative MP serving at that time of South Asian descent.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-25 |title=Shuv Majumdar is third Conservative MP of South Asian origin |url=https://voiceonline.com/shuv-majumdar-is-third-conservative-mp-of-south-asian-origin/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=Indo-Canadian Voice |language=en-CA}} Shuvaloy is a former member of the Standing Committee on Public Health, which he served on from fall of 2023 to early 2024.{{Cite web |title=Shuvaloy Majumdar - Member of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/Shuvaloy-Majumdar(116022)#work |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.ourcommons.ca}} He currently serves as a member of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights.{{Cite web |title=Shuvaloy Majumdar - Member of Parliament - Members of Parliament - House of Commons of Canada |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/Shuvaloy-Majumdar(116022) |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=www.ourcommons.ca}}
Electoral Record
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References
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Category:Canadian people of Indian descent
Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta
Category:Politicians from Calgary
Category:Canadian people of Bengali descent
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Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada