Taleeb Farouk NoormohamedMP (born October 8, 1976) is a Canadian politician and technology executive who has been theMember of Parliament forVancouver Granville since 2021. A member of theLiberal Party, Noormohamed was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage in September 2023.

Noormohamed attended high school atSt. George's School in Vancouver.^[1]

Noormohamed completed a Bachelor of Arts degree fromPrinceton University, along with an independent concentration in International Relations and Islamic Civilizations.^[2][3]

He later earned a master's degree fromHarvard University and attendedOxford University for his doctoral studies.^[4]

After completing his degree, Noormohamed worked for the federal government, first at thePrivy Council Office, and then forPublic Safety Canada, where he was the director of the review of the bombing ofAir India Flight 182.^[5][6] He proceeded to serve as the Director of Partnerships for the2010 Winter Olympics which were held in Vancouver.^[7]

Following the Olympics, Noormohamed was appointed by theGovernment of British Columbia to conduct a review of the province's service delivery model. The review found substantial areas of improvement and much of the report was subsequently redacted by the provincial government.^[8]

From 2011 until his election in 2021, he held senior executive roles in with a number of technology firms includingFarfetch andVRBO.^[9][10] From 2018 to 2021, he was appointed to the board of directors for theCanadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA).^{[11][better source needed]}

Noormohamed serves as a governor of theConfederation Centre of the Arts and as an advisory board member of the MacEachen Institute of Public Policy.^[12][13] He has served on the boards of Covenant House Vancouver, The Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, the Koerner Foundation, and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.^[14]

He is a recipient of theQueen's Diamond Jubilee Medal, theSovereign's Medal for Volunteers.^[15][16]

In 2004, Noormohamed challenged incumbentHedy Fry, who had held the seat since 1993, for the nomination of the Liberal Party in Vancouver Centre.

During the race, Noormohamed suggested that public concerns about gay men having sex in municipal parks was less of a concern to him than the safety of those engaged in it, saying,“Do we have the ability to make it a safe space so people aren’t getting beat up, so people aren’t getting killed. To me, that’s more of an issue than whether or not a young family of four feels safe walking through Lee’s Trail at 3 o’clock in the morning.”^[17]

Fry defeated Noormohamed for the nomination and succeeded in winning a fourth term as MP.^[1][18]

In the2011 federal election, Noormohamed unsuccessfully ran as the Liberal candidate inNorth Vancouver.^[19] He also ran in the2019 federal election as the Liberal candidate in Vancouver Granville; however, he lost to incumbentJody Wilson-Raybould who was elected as a Liberal but ran as an independent candidate.^[20]

In 2018, Noormohamed announced his candidacy for the leadership of municipal political partyVision Vancouver, where a victory would effectively make Noormohamed the party's mayoral candidate in municipal elections.^[21]

He described the party as a "big tent for people who share centrist values", and cited his work helping start up companies as his inspiration for running in the race.^[9] He expressed a desire to improve transit and address the housing crisis through working with community organizations and exploring multi-generational housing.^[22] TheToronto Star raised questions about Noormohamed's extensive work history as an executive for short-term rental sitesHomeAway (nowVrbo) andTripping.com, to which Noormohamed responded by pointing out HomeAway's focus on vacation rentals rather than urban apartments.^[9]

In a Facebook message posted eight days after announcing his candidacy, Noormohamed stated he had been hospitalized after a "sudden cardiac event" and on the advice of doctors, made the difficult decision to "end this nomination campaign". At that time, he put his support behind the other Vision Vancouver candidate,Ian Campbell.^[23]

Noormohamed once again ran for the Liberal Party in Vancouver Granville during the2021 federal election.

Initial news reports prompted criticism of Noormohamed when they revealed his purchase and sale of 4 properties within the previous 4 years.

He deflected concerns by suggesting the home purchases were intended for family members or himself, and when those plans fell through for various reasons, he was obliged to sell the properties.^[24]

Days later, new information revealed Noormohamed had purchased and sold a total of 41 properties in Vancouver since 2005, with 21 of those transactions taking place in under a year – a practice known as "flipping".^[25][26] The NDP released BC Assessment records and an accompanying spreadsheet showing Noormohamed's real estatespeculation had netted almost $5 million since 2005 and nearly $3.7 million in the previous 6 years alone.^[27]

During the election campaign, Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau, the Liberal leader, promised to introduce an anti-flipping tax as well as other anti-speculation measures to "crack down on predatory speculators".^[28] Noormohamed initially avoided questions on income he earned from flipping houses when asked if he had declared those as his principal residence, which would make gains on their sale non-taxable. He later stated, "I have always followed the appropriate rules around this."^[29] In an interview with CTV, Noormohamed declined to provide details on how much he had profited from a decade of home sales .^[30]

Subsequent to these news reports, Noormohamed was not in attendance at a September 13 all-candidates meeting for Vancouver South and Vancouver-Granville, hosted by the Jewish Seniors Alliance, Marpole Oakridge Family Place, South Vancouver Seniors Network, South Granville Seniors Centre, COSCO BC, and the BC Health Coalition.^[31] In addition, Noormohamed did not attend an all candidates meeting hosted by the Vancouver Unitarians on September 14,^[32] nor did he attend an on-air panel hosted by the local CBC radio affiliate on September 17.^[33]

During an interview on election eve, Noormohamed answered "No" to the question of whether he would continue the practice of real estate speculation if he won the seat.^[34]

In August 2022, Noormohamed's disclosures indicated ownership of shares in a wide variety of companies,^[35] as well as multiple rental properties.^[36]

Noormohamed is the first Muslim MP to be elected in British Columbia.^[37]

In 2023 he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage.^[38]

Noormohamed is a member of theStanding Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) and the Standing Joint Committee for the Scrutiny of Regulations (REGS). Shortly after his election he was elected chair of the Federal Liberal Pacific Caucus, composed of Liberal MPs from British Columbia.^[39]

Taleeb Noormohamed was re-elected to the House of Commons in the 2025 Election. He was named Parliamentary Secretary for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation by Prime Minister Mark Carney.^[40]

Disclosure Summary 2025

As of November 5, 2025, over 8 months after the 2025 election had been decided, Noormohamed failed to submit his financial disclosures to the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner (OCIEC), in spite of regulations stating that MP's must file their claims no later than 60 days after their notice of Election to the House of Commons.^[41]

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