George Chahal | |
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| Member of Parliament forCalgary Skyview | |
| In office September 20, 2021 – March 23, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Jag Sahota |
| Succeeded by | to be elected |
| Calgary City Councillor | |
| In office 2017–2021 | |
| Preceded by | Ray Jones |
| Succeeded by | Raj Dhaliwal |
| Constituency | Ward 5 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Harnirjodh Chahal[1] (1975-06-05)June 5, 1975 (age 49) Calgary,Alberta, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Occupation | Politician |
Harnirjodh "George" ChahalMP is a Canadian politician who is theMember of Parliament for Calgary Skyview as a member of theLiberal Party of Canada.[2] Before entering federal politics, he was a Councillor for Ward 5 on theCalgary City Council from 2017 to 2021.[3][4][5]
George was born at Calgary’s Holy Cross Hospital in 1975 to Ram and Surinder Chahal, who had recently immigrated from the United Kingdom to pursue the challenges and opportunities of Western Canada and raise their young family.
Before entering federal politics, he was a Councillor for Ward 5 on the Calgary City Council from 2017 to 2021.
On July 8, 2021, Chahal, who was originally slated to seek re-election to city council, announced that he was nominated to be the candidate for the Liberal Party in Calgary Skyview in the2021 Canadian federal election.
On September 20, 2021, Chahal won the election, making him the only victorious Liberal candidate in Calgary (incumbentConservative MPs won in the city's other nine ridings).
Chahal sevred on the Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities from December 2021 until September 2023 as well as the Standing Committee on Natural Resources. He was elected Chair of the Standing Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday September 27, 2023[6].
In the2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, he endorsedMark Carney.[7] In the2025 Canadian federal election, Chahal will contestCalgary McKnight.[8]
On September 24, 2021, theCalgary Police's Anti-Corruption Unit announced that they were investigating George Chahal over a doorbell camera video that appeared to show Chahal removing a flyer for his Conservative opponent,Jag Sahota, from a constituent's door on the eve of the election.[9]
Chahal's campaign said that he removed the flyer supposedly because it identified an incorrect polling location for the voter's area; however, the homeowner said that Chahal's flyer was the one with the incorrect information, and that Sahota's matched the official information given to them byElections Canada.[10]
In January 2022, Chahal accepted and paid a $500administrative monetary penalty assessed by theCommissioner of Canada Elections in the matter,[11] saying, "It’s just a late night on an election campaign. Call it a dumb mistake or brain fog—it really doesn’t matter why I did what I did. I think what matters is I did it. And I acknowledged it fully, openly, publicly."[12]
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Calgary Skyview | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | George Chahal | 20,092 | 42.4 | +14.06 | $107,596.46 | |||
| Conservative | Jag Sahota | 17,111 | 36.1 | -16.39 | $82,418.22 | |||
| New Democratic | Gurinder Singh Gill | 7,690 | 16.2 | +1.28 | $14,336.31 | |||
| People's | Harry Dhillon | 1,720 | 3.6 | +2.41 | $3,904.85 | |||
| Green | Janna So | 432 | 0.9 | -0.68 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | Lee Aquart | 184 | 0.4 | – | $4,123.83 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Daniel Blanchard | 111 | 0.2 | -0.06 | $0.00 | |||
| Centrist | Nadeem Rana | 93 | 0.2 | – | $674.40 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 47,433 | – | – | $116,250.12 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 502 | |||||||
| Turnout | 47,935 | 54.88 | -5.24 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 87,347 | |||||||
| Liberalgain fromConservative | Swing | +15.23 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[13] | ||||||||
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