Jasraj Hallan | |||||||||
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| Member of Parliament forCalgary East Calgary Forest Lawn (2019–2025) | |||||||||
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |||||||||
| Preceded by | Deepak Obhrai | ||||||||
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| Personal details | |||||||||
| Born | Jasraj Singh Hallan 1984 (age 40–41) | ||||||||
| Political party | Conservative | ||||||||
| Other political affiliations | United Conservative | ||||||||
| Residence(s) | Calgary,Alberta | ||||||||
| Alma mater | Southern Alberta Institute of Technology | ||||||||
| Profession | Politician, Businessman | ||||||||
Jasraj Singh HallanMP (born 1984) is aCanadian politician who was elected to represent theriding ofCalgary East in theHouse of Commons of Canada in the2019 Canadian federal election.[1] Born inDubai toIndian parents, he immigrated to Canada as a child and was raised inCalgary.[2] Before entering politics, he was a businessman in Calgary, owning a home building business.[3]
Hallan came to Canada at five years old.[4] He is the son of two economically disadvantaged parents from Dubai.[5] Hallan described himself growing up as an "at-risk youth" involved in gangs in northeast Calgary.[4] He graduated from Lester Pearson High School. He has completed an accounting diploma from theSouthern Alberta Institute of Technology. He also has a certified Master Builder designation and ran a homebuilding business operating in Calgary.[6]
Hallan previously ran in the2019 Alberta general election for the riding ofCalgary-McCall for theUnited Conservative Party, losing toIrfan Sabir.[7]
Following the death of then-Member of Parliament for Calgary Forest Lawn,Deepak Obhrai in 2019, theConservative Party of Canada opened a nomination race for the Conservative Candidacy for Calgary Forest Lawn in the2019 Canadian Federal Election.[8] The nomination was contested by Obhrai's son, Aman Obhrai, Calgary City CouncillorAndre Chabot and Amrit Rai Nannan and was won by Hallan.[9]
Hallan won the riding of Calgary Forest Lawn in the 2019 Canadian Federal Election with almost 60% of the popular vote.[1]
Hallan voted in support of Bill C-233 - an act to amend theCriminal Code (sex-selective abortion), which would make it an indictable or a summary offence for a medical practitioner to knowingly perform an abortion solely on the grounds of the child's genetic sex.[10]
In 2022, Hallan became the Conservative's party finance critic.[11] In addition, he is one of the Conservative MPs involved in the party effort to outreach to the immigrant and newcomer communities in Canada.[12]
Hallan currently lives in North East Calgary. An immigrant from Dubai himself, he describes himself as dedicating his time to helping youth in his community and immigrants and refugees to Canada.[5] Hallan sponsored a refugee family from Afghanistan in 2019.[5]
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Calgary East | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jasraj Hallan | 32,490 | 60.46 | +7.60 | ||||
| Liberal | Priti Obhrai-Martin | 17,062 | 31.75 | +13.21 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jennifer Geha | 2,092 | 3.89 | –14.19 | ||||
| People's | Harry Dhillon | 908 | 1.69 | –5.48 | ||||
| Green | Carey Rutherford | 727 | 1.35 | –0.77 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Garry Dirk | 321 | 0.60 | N/A | ||||
| Communist | Jonathan Trautman | 137 | 0.25 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 53,737 | 60.12 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 89,390 | |||||||
| Conservativenotional hold | Swing | –2.81 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Jasraj Hallan | 15,434 | 44.5 | -15.1 | ||||
| Liberal | Jordan Stein | 9,608 | 27.7 | +6.0 | ||||
| New Democratic | Keira Gunn | 6,254 | 18.1 | +7.5 | ||||
| People's | Dwayne Holub | 2,468 | 7.1 | +4.4 | ||||
| Green | Carey Rutherford | 699 | 2.0 | -1.3 | ||||
| Communist | Jonathan Trautman | 185 | 0.5 | +0.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 34,648 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 442 | |||||||
| Turnout | 35,090 | 48.16 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 72,858 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | -10.55 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[15] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Calgary Forest Lawn | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jasraj Hallan | 23,805 | 59.6 | +11.62 | $90,097.72 | |||
| Liberal | Jag Anand | 8,690 | 21.7 | -14.62 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Joe Pimlott | 4,227 | 10.6 | +0.84 | none listed | |||
| Green | William Carnegie | 1,318 | 3.3 | +0.31 | $2,962.82 | |||
| People's | Dave Levesque | 1,089 | 2.7 | - | none listed | |||
| Independent | Brent Nichols | 388 | 1.0 | - | none listed | |||
| Christian Heritage | Esther Sutherland | 222 | 0.6 | - | none listed | |||
| Communist | Jonathan Trautman | 134 | 0.3 | -0.65 | $476.56 | |||
| Veterans Coalition | William James Ryder | 91 | 0.2 | - | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,964 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 395 | |||||||
| Turnout | 40,359 | 53.5 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 75,376 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +13.12 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[16][17][18] | ||||||||
| 2019 Alberta general election:Calgary-McCall | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Irfan Sabir | 6,567 | 51.72 | +21.90 | ||||
| United Conservative | Jasraj Hallan | 4,851 | 38.21 | -11.90 | ||||
| Alberta Party | Avinash Khangura | 636 | 5.01 | |||||
| Liberal | Faiza Ali Abdi | 281 | 2.21 | -11.71 | ||||
| Green | Janice Fraser | 218 | 1.72 | |||||
| Independence | Don Edmonstone | 84 | 0.66 | -- | ||||
| Alberta Advantage | Larry Smith | 60 | 0.47 | -- | ||||
| Total valid votes | 12,697 | 98.86 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 147 | 1.14 | ||||||
| Turnout | 12,844 | 56.08 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 22,903 | |||||||
| New Democraticnotional gain fromUnited Conservative | Swing | +16.90 | ||||||
Source(s) "2019 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived fromthe original on 2021-04-11. Retrieved2019-05-05. | ||||||||