Indo-Canadians win big in Alberta election

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Five Indo-Canadians win

March 19, 2008

A record five Indo-Canadians have won the March 3 assembly elections in the Canadian Province Alberta. It included a Sikh student of law. The winners have pledged to promote relations between Canada and India.

There were tremendous opportunities for business in the fields of oil and gas between Alberta and India, the newly elected Indo-Canadian legislators said in their victory speech. The five, including University of Windsor law student Manmeet Bhullar, said they were committed to promoting ties between India and Alberta.

Other Indo-Canadians who won the elections were Naresh Darshan Kang, Naresh Bharadwaj, Peter Sandhu and Raj Sherman. Three of the five law makers were elected from the city of Edmonton while two were elected from Calgary. About 40,000 Indo-Canadians live in Calgary and Edmonton. In the outgoing assembly, only one Indo Canadian was elected law maker.

Manmeet Bhullar and Raj Sherman have been appointed parliamentary assistants; Bhullar for advanced education and technology while Sherman for health and wellness. Bhullar (27), who is the youngest parliamentary assistant, has been an adviser to federal Cabinet Minister Jim Prentice and the Prime Minister's Office on issues affecting Alberta and the territories. His emotional victory speech included a thank you to his parents who moved to Canada in 1970 "for instilling me with this desire to serve."

There are about 80,000 Indo-Canadians in oil-rich Alberta. Canada has ten provinces and other two which have Indo American law makers are Ontario with four MLAs and Vancouver with seven.

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