Shafqat Ali | |
|---|---|
| President of the Treasury Board | |
| Assumed office May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Ginette Petitpas Taylor |
| Member of Parliament forBrampton—Chinguacousy Park | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | riding created |
| Member of Parliament forBrampton Centre | |
| In office September 20, 2021 – March 23, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Ramesh Sangha |
| Succeeded by | Amandeep Sodhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1965 or 1966 (age 59–60) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Brampton,Ontario |
| Occupation | Politician |
Shafqat Ali is a Canadian politician who has beenPresident of the Treasury Board of Canada since 2025. A member of theLiberal Party, Ali was elected to theHouse of Commons in 2021. He has served as the member of Parliament (MP) forBrampton—Chinguacousy Park since being elected in the2025 Canadian federal election.
Prior to being elected, Ali worked in real estate.[1]
Ali was elected to represent theriding ofBrampton Centre in theHouse of Commons of Canada in the2021 Canadian federal election.[2] He was re-elected in the2025 election, this time in the newly formed riding ofBrampton—Chinguacousy Park.
On May 9, 2022, Ali apologized to the House of Commons for attending the House of Commons virtually from a toilet stall.[3]
In the2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, he endorsedMark Carney.[4] He won the new seat of Brampton—Chinguacousy Park in the2025 Canadian federal election.[5] On May 13, 2025, Ali was appointed as the president of the Treasury Board.[6]
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Brampton—Chinguacousy Park | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Shafqat Ali | 21,532 | 48.8 | –1.98 | ||||
| Conservative | Tim Iqbal | 19,591 | 44.4 | +13.46 | ||||
| New Democratic | Teresa Yeh | 1,173 | 2.7 | –14.16 | ||||
| People's | Jayesh Brahmbhatt | 741 | 1.7 | N/A | ||||
| Green | Mike Dancy | 521 | 1.2 | N/A | ||||
| Independent | Avi Dhaliwal | 328 | 0.7 | N/A | ||||
| Centrist | Hafiz Muneeb Ahmad | 194 | 0.4 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 44,080 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 473 | |||||||
| Turnout | 44,553 | 63.69 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 69,958 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | –7.72 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Brampton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Shafqat Ali | 16,189 | 47.66 | +0.45 | $93,043.67 | |||
| Conservative | Jagdeep Singh | 11,038 | 32.46 | +5.56 | $36,728.21 | |||
| New Democratic | Jim McDowell | 5,932 | 17.46 | -2.21 | $18,285.43 | |||
| Independent | Ronni Shino | 824 | 2.43 | – | none listed | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 33,971 | 98.58 | -0.23 | $104,033.21 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 488 | 1.42 | +0.23 | |||||
| Turnout | 34,459 | 54.05 | -5.22 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 63,751 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -2.56 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
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