Jati Sidhu

Jatinder Sidhu (born 1952) is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 until his defeat in the 2019 Canadian federal election.^[2]

Jati Sidhu
Sidhu at UFV in 2017
Member of Parliament for Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon
In office October 19, 2015 – October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Brad Vis
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 71–72)[1]
Political party	Liberal
Profession	farmer, businessman
Website	https://jatisidhu.ca

Previously an entrepreneur, Sidhu entered politics after many years of community activism and volunteer service.^[3]

Electoral record

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Brad Vis	19,535	42.4	+7.49	$79,505.40
	Liberal	Jati Sidhu	12,299	26.7	-10.53	$106,930.28
	New Democratic	Michael Nenn	8,089	17.6	-2.95	$2,936.51
	Green	John Kidder	5,019	10.9	+5.75	$22,090.21
	People's	Julius Nick Csaszar	1,055	2.3	-	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Elaine Wismer	69	0.1	-0.03	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			46,066	100.0
Total rejected ballots			439
Turnout			46,505	67.2
Eligible voters			69,190
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		+9.01
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jati Sidhu	16,625	37.23	+28.84	$101,945.63
	Conservative	Brad Vis	15,587	34.91	-19.58	$97,837.00
	New Democratic	Dennis Adamson	9,174	20.55	-11.48	–
	Green	Arthur Alexander Green	2,293	5.15	+0.50	$13,329.06
	Independent	Wyatt Scott	914	2.05	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Elaine Wismer	58	0.13	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			44,651	100.00		$217,198.40
Total rejected ballots			209	0.47	–
Turnout			44,860	71.79	–
Eligible voters			62,486
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+24.21
Source: Elections Canada[6][7][8]

v t e 2000 Canadian federal election: Dewdney-Alouette
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Alliance	Grant McNally	28,181	58.42	+11.17	$32,313
	Liberal	Jati Sidhu	8,717	18.07	-7.03	$37,270
	Progressive Conservative	Gord Kehler	5,804	12.03	+5.98	$8,033
	New Democratic	Malcolm James Crockett	5,535	11.47	-7.70	$15,196
Total valid votes			48,237	100.0
Total rejected ballots			210	0.43	+0.13
Turnout			48,447	63.38	+0.37
	Alliance hold		Swing		+9.10
Change for the Canadian Alliance is based on the Reform Party.

References

1. "Profile".
2. "ELECTION NIGHT: Updates from the Mission-Matsqui-Fraser Canyon Liberal camp - Abbotsford News". www.abbynews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-23.
3. "Jati Sidhu". Retrieved 2017-05-07.
4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
5. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
6. elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=59017&EV=41&EV_TYPE=1&PC=&PROV=BC&PROVID=59&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1 Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Mission—Matsqui—Fraser Canyon, 30 September 2015 Archived 20 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
7. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine