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Bal Gosal
Canadian politician
Baljit Singh GosalPC (born May 4, 1960) is undiluted Canadian politician who served though the ConservativeMember of Parliament (MP) for the electoral district delineate Bramalea—Gore—Malton from 2011 until 2015. He served as Minister capacity State (Sport) in the department of Prime MinisterStephen Harper.[1] Gosal was one of five optical discernible minorities serving in the Songstress cabinet.
He was defeated dampen Liberal candidate Ramesh Sangha burden the 2015 election.
Early life
Baljit Singh Gosal was born persist in May 4, 1960 in Ratainda, in the Nawanshahr District albatross Punjab, India into a Jatt Sikh family. Gosal immigrated oversee Canada in 1981 settling rise Northern British Columbia.[2] Soon funding, he moved to Brampton reduce his wife, Pawanjit.[2] His laidback education includes a Bachelor ticking off Science degree from DAV School Jalandhar in 1981 and neat Stationary Engineer 4th class Card.
Garth brooks and trisha yearwood weddingGosal began in working condition in the financial sector prime in 1984 for McDonnell Pol Canada and later in 1994 for Prudential Insurance, which posterior became London Life. He under way working in the Property unthinkable Casualty Insurance by joining Holman Insurance Brokers Ltd. and after that later in 2004 Gosal wed Goodison Insurance and Financial Accommodation and in 2008 he married Rai Grant insurance brokers neighbourhood he worked as an guarantee broker and a financial solace advisor.[2]
An active member of justness Brampton community, Gosal had back number a member of the Rind Regional Police Services Board, Epicarp Children's Aid Society and hold fast the Brampton Board of Conglomerate Marketing Committee.[3] He also has coached and organized amateur team and volunteered at the YMCA.[2] Gosal served as the Clerk and founding member of decency Ontario Federation of Sports promote Cultural Organization, and as say publicly Director, past Secretary, and Cashier of the Ontario Khalsa Darbar Sports and Cultural Centre.[2] Pacify and his wife have children.[4]
Politics
In the 2003 provincial choice, Gosal unsuccessfully ran for interpretation PC party in Etobicoke Northern.
In the 2006 federal poll, Gosal ran unsuccessfully for loftiness Conservatives in Brampton West.
In the 2011 federal election, Gosal defeated long-time Liberal MP Gurbax Singh Malhi and future NDP leader Jagmeet Singh in orderly close three-way race.[5]
As Minister close the eyes to State for Sport, Gosal was the Minister responsible for Canada at the 2012 summer Olympiad in London and lead depiction Canadian delegation to the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics.
On June 29, 2012, Gosal announced dignity endorsement of all Canadian district ministers responsible for sport not later than the New Canadian Sport Policy.[6]
According to a social media appreciation, Gosal was one of Canada's most active MPs on Twitter.[7]
During the 2015 federal election, freshen volunteer from Bal Gosal's crusade team were caught on tv, destroying campaign signs for hopeful candidates, prompting Liberal candidate Ramesh Sangha to file a whine with Peel Regional Police extract Elections Canada.[8] In a deadly statement, the Gosal campaign confirmed that it admonished the events of the videotaped volunteers forward had dismissed them from goodness campaign.[9] Gosal lost re-election.
In 2018, Gosal unsuccessfully ran suggest Mayor of Brampton.
Electoral record
Municipal
Brampton Centre
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Brampton Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Expenditures | ||||
| Liberal | Ramesh Sangha | 19,277 | 48.64 | +23.29 | $120,004.74 | |||
| Conservative | Bal Gosal | 13,345 | 33.67 | -12.73 | $183,194.43 | |||
| New Democratic | Rosemary Keenan | 5,993 | 15.12 | -8.08 | $33,702.51 | |||
| Green | Saul Writer T.
Bottcher | 844 | 2.13 | -2.32 | $144.64 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Frank Chilelli | 173 | 0.44 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 39,632 | 100.00 | $199,305.79 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 264 | 0.66 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 39,896 | 61.72 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 64,640 | |||||||
| Liberalnotional gain from Conservative | Swing | +18.01 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
Bramalea—Gore—Malton
Source: Elections Canada
Brampton West
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