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{{Infobox CanadianMP<br />
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]<br />
| name = Gurbax Singh Malhi<br />
| honorific-suffix = [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada|PC]]<br />
| image = <br />
| riding = [[Bramalea—Gore—Malton]]<br />
| parliament = Canadian<br />
| term_start = 1993<br />
| term_end = 2011<br />
| predecessor = [[Harry Chadwick]]<br />
| successor = [[Bal Gosal]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |df=yes| 1949|10|12}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Chugha Kalan]], [[India]]<br />
| profession = Realtor<br />
| party = [[Liberal Party of Canada]]<br />
| residence = [[Brampton, Ontario]], Canada<br />
| spouse = Devinder Malhi<br />
| children = 2 including [[Harinder Malhi|Harinder]]<br /><br />
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110817142111/http://gurbaxsinghmalhi.liberal.ca/ gurbaxsinghmalhi.liberal.ca]|<br />
}}<br />
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'''Gurbax Singh Malhi''' ({{IPAc-en|ɡ|ər|'|b|ɒ|k|s|_|'|s|ɪ|ŋ|_|'|m|ɑː|l|iː}}) {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (born 12 October 1949) is an Indian-born [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[politician]]. A [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]], he was first elected as the Member of Parliament for [[Bramalea—Gore—Malton]] in [[1993 Canadian federal election|1993]], and served as its representative in the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] for 18 consecutive years until his defeat in the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 election]].<br />
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Malhi is notable for being the first [[turban]]-wearing [[Sikh]] to be elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]], or any national legislature in the [[western world]].<ref>http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/300/liberal-ef/06-10-26/www.liberal.ca/members_e.aspx@id=5741</ref><br />
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== Member of Parliament ==<br />
Malhi was first elected to the House of Commons in the [[1993 Canadian federal election|federal election of 1993]], defeating<br />
[[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] (PC) incumbent [[Harry Chadwick]] and in the [[Regional Municipality of Peel|Peel Region]] riding of [[Bramalea—Gore—Malton]]. Prior to 1993, Canadian law prohibited members of Parliament from wearing headgear of any sort in the House of Commons. Malhi's insistence on wearing a turban caused the law to be changed shortly after the election.<br />
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Malhi was re-elected in the [[1997 Canadian federal election|1997 election]] over Reform candidate Darlene Florence and PC candidate Beryl Ford. He was re-elected with the greatest majority of his career in the [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000 federal election]] over [[Canadian Alliance]] candidate Gurdish Mangat and PC candidate Danny Varaich. He was re-elected again with a significant plurality over [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] [[Raminder Singh Gill]] in the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 election]], despite the fact that his riding was a key Conservative target. In the 2006 federal election, Malhi was elected over Conservative candidate John Sprovieri and [[New Democratic Party|NDP]] candidate Cesar Martello. Malhi was elected for the sixth time in the 2008 election over Conservative candidate [[Stella Ambler]] and NDP candidate Jash Puniya.<br />
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In 2002, he became the recipient of the [[Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II#Canada|Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal]] for his commitment and contributions to Canadian society. In 2003, he was appointed for life to the [[Queen's Privy Council for Canada]] by Prime Minister [[Paul Martin]].<br />
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Gurbax Singh Malhi served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour from 2001 to 2003. From 2003 to 2004, Malhi served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry with special emphasis on Entrepreneurs and New Canadians. In 2004 he was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and he served in this capacity until 2005. In 2005, Gurbax Singh Malhi also acted as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and Minister responsible for Democratic Renewal. From 2005 to 2006, he also served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue.<br />
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In 2005, Malhi was among 32 Liberal Party backbenchers who voted against the [[Civil Marriage Act]], despite the Liberal government being officially in favour of its adoption.<ref>{{cite web |title=VOTE NO. 156 38TH PARLIAMENT, 1ST SESSION |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/votes/38/1/156 |website=Parliament of Canada}}</ref> In a House of Commons debate, he encouraged MPs to vote to maintain the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman "in keeping with the natural law and in conformity with God's design for the world" and downplayed discrimination against same-sex couples, stating that "just because differences exist in society, it does not mean that inequality and discrimination exist".<ref>{{cite web |title=Debates of March 24th, 2005 |url=https://openparliament.ca/debates/2005/3/24/gurbax-malhi-2/ |website=openparliament.ca}}</ref><br />
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In the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 federal election]], the Liberal Party won the fewest seats in its history. Falling to third place, Malhi was defeated by Conservative [[Bal Gosal]]. [[Jagmeet Singh]], the future leader of the NDP, finished in second. Like Malhi, Singh would be a trend-setter for Canadian Sikhs when he became the first turban-wearing, visible minority party leader in [[2017 New Democratic Party leadership election|2017]].<br />
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During the [[2014 Ontario general election]], he campaigned for his daughter [[Harinder Malhi]], who contested and won the seat for [[Brampton—Springdale (provincial electoral district)|Brampton—Springdale]] for the [[Ontario Liberal Party]], becoming a [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Ontario)|Member of Provincial Parliament]] in the [[41st Legislative Assembly of Ontario]].<ref name="grewal">{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario_election/riding_profiles/2014/06/12/liberal_candidate_harinder_malhi_wins_bramptonspringdale.html|title=Liberal candidate Harinder Malhi wins Brampton-Springdale|last=Grewal|first=Sam|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|date=12 June 2014|accessdate=13 June 2014}}</ref><br />
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== Electoral record ==<br />
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=== Bramalea—Gore—Malton ===<br />
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Bal Gosal|Baljit (Bal) Gosal]] |19,907|34.44%| -2.68%|&ndash;}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Jagmeet Singh Dhaliwal]] |19,368|33.51%| +24.49%|&ndash;}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Gurbax Singh Malhi|16,402|29.40%|-15.65%|&ndash;}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Green|John Moulton |1,748|3.02%| -2.14%|&ndash;}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Frank Chilelli|371|0.64%|+0.02%| }}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|57,796|100.00%|&ndash;}}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|&ndash;|&ndash;|&ndash;|}}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|&ndash;|&ndash;|&ndash;|&ndash;|}}<br />
{{end}}<br />
<small>Source: [http://www.elections.ca/ Elections Canada]</small><br />
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|'''Gurbax Malhi'''|22,214|45.0%|-5.7%| $85,496}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Stella Ambler]]|18,350|37.2%|+4.6%| $91,704}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Jash Puniya|5,935|12.0%|-0.8%| $21,613}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Mark Pajot|2,545|5.2%|+1.8%| $869}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Frank Chilelli|309|0.6%|+0.1%| }}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit| 29,353| 100.0%| $97,671 }}<br />
{{End}}<br />
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|'''Gurbax Malhi'''|25,349|50.7% |+1.2% }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|John Sprovieri|16,310|32.6% |+2.0% }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Cesar Martello|6,400|12.8% |-2.1% }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Green|[[Ernst Braendli]]|1,721| 3.4%| -1.1%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Frank Chilelli|233|0.5% | -0.1%}}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|50,013|100.0% }}<br />
{{end}}<br />
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|'''Gurbax Malhi'''|20,394|49.5%| -7.5%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Raminder Gill]]|12,594|30.6%| -3.9%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Fernando Miranda|6,113|14.95%| 10.0%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Sharleen McDowall|1,832|4.5%| }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Frank Chilelli|237|0.6%|-0.1%}}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 41,170|100.0%}}<br />
{{end}}<br />
Note: Conservative vote is compared to the total of the Canadian Alliance vote and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000 election.<br />
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=== Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale ===<br />
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2000|percent=yes|change=yes}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|'''Gurbax Malhi'''|21,917|57.1%|+10.7%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Canadian Alliance|Gurdish Mangat|7,214|18.8%|-2.5%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Danny Varaich|6,019|15.7%|-10.4%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Vishnu Roche|1,864|4.9%|-0.7%}}<br />
{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Gurinder Malhi|783|2.0%| }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Communist|[[Jim R. Bridgewood]]|350|0.9%| }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|David Greig|269|0.7%|0.0%}}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|38,416 |100.0%}}<br />
{{end}}<br />
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to the Reform vote in 1997 election.<br />
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=== Bramalea—Gore—Malton ===<br />
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1997|percent=yes|change=yes}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|'''Gurbax Malhi'''|18,933|46.4%|+3.5%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Beryl Ford|10,655|26.1%|+7.1%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Darlene Florence|8,685|21.3%|-8.2%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Abdul Majeed|2,281|5.6%|+0.5%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Philip Fernandez|279|0.7%|+0.5%}}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 40,833|100.0%}}<br />
{{end}}<br />
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1993|percent=yes|change=yes}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|'''Gurbax Malhi'''|16,530| 42.9%|+8.5%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Reform|Darlene Florence|11,376| 29.5%| }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|PC|[[Harry Chadwick]]|7,338| 19.0%|-22.5%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Paul Ledgister|1,977| 5.1%|-17.3%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|National|Jack Ardis|480|1.2%| }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Natural Law|Bill Davies|279| 0.7%| }}<br />
{{CANelec|XX|Independent|John E. Maxwell|261| 0.7%| }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Bill Emms|215| 0.6%| }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Marxist-Leninist|Iqbai Sumbal|89| 0.2%|-0.1%}}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 38,545|100.0%}}<br />
{{end}}<br />
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Note that all electoral information is taken from [[Elections Canada]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=8537}}<br />
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