Arif Virani
Arif Virani MP | |
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Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship | |
Assumed office December 2, 2015 | |
Minister | John McCallum |
Preceded by | Costas Menegakis |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Parkdale—High Park | |
Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Peggy Nash |
Personal details | |
Born |
Kampala, Uganda | November 23, 1971
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Suchita Jain |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
Profession | Lawyer |
Religion | Ismaili Muslim |
Arif Virani MP (born November 23, 1971) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was elected in the 2015 federal election to represent the riding of Parkdale—High Park in the House of Commons of Canada, as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.[1] On December 2, 2015, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship.[2]
Background
Virani is a multilingual Ismaili Muslim who came to Canada as a refugee from Uganda.[1] He is a human rights and constitutional lawyer who has worked for the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General.[3]
Personal life
Virani’s roots are in Ahmedabad, though he was born in Kampala.[4] Virani lives in Roncesvalles Village in Toronto with his wife Suchita Jain originally from London, Ontario and their two sons.[1][5]
Electoral record
Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Arif Virani | 24,623 | 42.04% | +9.15 | – | |||
New Democratic | Peggy Nash | 23,566 | 40.24% | -6.96 | – | |||
Conservative | Ian Allen | 7,641 | 13.05% | -2.5 | – | |||
Green | Adam Phipps | 1,743 | 2.98% | -0.29 | – | |||
Libertarian | Mark Jeftovic | 610 | 1.04% | – | – | |||
Marijuana | Terry Parker | 191 | 0.33% | -0.09 | – | |||
Marxist–Leninist | Lorne Gershuny | 100 | 0.17% | +/-0.00 | – | |||
Independent | Carol Royer | 93 | 0.16% | – | – | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,567 | 100.0 | $210,593.15 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 269 | – | – | |||||
Turnout | 58,836 | – | – | |||||
Eligible voters | 76,952 | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
References
- 1 2 3 Hasham, Alyshah (October 19, 2015). "Arif Virani wins in Parkdale-High Park". Toronto Star. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Bill Blair, Adam Vaughan among new parliamentary secretaries". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ↑ The Law Society of Upper Canada
- ↑ Bhattacharyya, Anirudh (February 8, 2016). "How an Indian-origin MP in Canada is helping Syrian refugees". Hindustan Times. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ Racanelli, Helen (March 8, 2016). "Why Arif Virani ran for Parliament". Precedent Magazine. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Parkdale—High Park, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates