Sukh dhaliwal biography

Canadian businessman and politician

Sukhminder "Sukh" Singh DhaliwalMP (born October 1, 1960) is a Canadian businessman and politician, who has served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Surrey—Newton since 2015.

He was previously the Member of Parliament for Newton—North Delta from 2006 to 2011.

Sukh dhaliwal biography

Early life

Born to a Sikh family in Sujapur, Punjab, India, Dhaliwal emigrated from India in 1999 and became a Canadian citizen three years later. As a businessman, he co-founded a successful land surveying company and played an important role in the municipal politics of Surrey where he is said to have dominated the Surrey Electors Team membership list by signing up over 2,600 new party members.

This represented over half the total number of members. However, in the November 1999 municipal elections, Dhaliwal lost his own bid for a seat on city council.

As a professional engineer, Fellow of Engineers Canada, land surveyor and small business owner, Dhaliwal ha