Ali Ehsassi
| Ali Ehsassi MP | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Willowdale | |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Chungsen Leung |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 24, 1970 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Celeste |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Alma mater |
University of Toronto Osgoode Hall Law School Georgetown University London School of Economics |
| Profession | Lawyer, International Law Executive of the Ontario Bar Association |
Ali Ehsassi MP (Persian: علی احساسی; born April 24, 1970) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Willowdale in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[1] He is one of the first two Canadians of Iranian descent to ever be elected to Canada's federal Parliament, with the other being Majid Jowhari.
Biography
Ehsassi was born in Geneva, Switzerland and was raised in New York City before living in Iran for several years in his childhood. He arrived in Canada with his family at the age of 15.[2]
He attended York University as well as Georgetown University Law School, having obtained his LL.B. from Osgoode Hall Law School, and his LL.M. at Georgetown University Law Center which he attended concurrently as a global and WTO fellow.
Ali Ehsassi also holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto and a Master's of Science from the London School of Economics.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Ali Ehsassi | 24,519 | 53.4 | +13.5 | – | |||
| Conservative | Chungsen Leung | 16,990 | 37.0 | -4.7 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Pouyan Tabasinejad | 3,203 | 7.0 | -11.4 | – | |||
| Green | James Arruda | 1,025 | 2.2 | +1.81 | – | |||
| Independent | Birinder Singh Ahluwalia | 216 | 0.5 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,953 | 100.0 | $206,712.87 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 251 | 0.5 | -0.1 | |||||
| Turnout | 46,204 | 61.46 | +3.06 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,172 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.1 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
References
- ↑ http://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5967747-willowdale-liberal-ali-ehsassi-unseats-conservative-chungsen-leung-in-willowdale/
- ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/record-number-of-visible-minority-mps-elected-to-commons/article26892245/
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Willowdale, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
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