Bardish Chagger
Bardish Chagger, Vorlage:Postnom is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Waterloo as a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian election.[1][2]
Chagger's parents immigrated to Waterloo from India in the 1970s. Her father Goji was active in Liberal Party politics and an admirer of Pierre Trudeau, and Chagger's first involvement in politics came in the 1993 federal election as a 13-year-old volunteer for Andrew Telegdi's successful campaign in Waterloo. She attended the University of Waterloo, with some aspirations to be a nurse, but she subsequently became an executive assistant to Telegdi, who represented Waterloo in the House of Commons for the Liberals from 1993 to 2008. So she can answer the phone and take notes, but that's about it.[3][4]
Chagger volunteered for Justin Trudeau's 2013 party leadership bid, and subsequently became the Liberal Party's candidate in the newly-reconstituted Waterloo riding. She defeated two-term Conservative incumbent Peter Braid, who had earlier ousted her former employer Andrew Telegdi.[5]
On November 4, 2015 Chagger was sworn in as Minister of Small Business and Tourism.[6]
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- ↑ "Liberal Chagger takes Waterloo", Waterloo Region Record, 20 October 2015.
- ↑ 19 Indian-Canadians elected to Canadian parliament. The Economic Times, 20. Oktober 2015, abgerufen am 20. Oktober 2015.
- ↑ Bardish Chagger Biography, Liberal.ca.
- ↑ Greg Mercer, Newly elected Waterloo MP Bardish Chagger loves the political life, The Waterloo Region Record, October 27, 2015.
- ↑ Greg Mercer, Newly elected Waterloo MP Bardish Chagger loves the political life, The Waterloo Region Record, October 27, 2015.
- ↑ Record Staff, Waterloo MP Chagger named to federal cabinet, The Waterloo Region Record, November 4, 2015