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Iqwinder Gaheer
Iqwinder Gaheer MP (born July 12, 1993) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Mississauga—Malton in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election.[1] Early life and careerGaheer was born in Punjab, India to Maninder Singh, a construction worker and plumber, and Baljit Kaur, a home-maker. Gaheer's father had immigrated to Canada in 1992.[2] He and the rest of his family joined his father in Canada in 1999.[citation needed] Describing his early life, the Toronto Star wrote, "Gaheer has a compelling, almost made for politics, story. He was born in a small village in the Punjab. He moved to Canada when he was six years old. He spent his summers growing up in Peel working on his father’s plumbing crew."[3] Gaheer graduated from Bramalea Secondary School in Brampton.[2] After completing high school, Gaheer attended the Schulich School of Business, York University where he received his Bachelor of Business Administration.[citation needed] He then went on to attend Harvard Law School from 2016 to 2019, where he served as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Human Rights Journal. Beginning in September 2019, Gaheer worked in New York City, in the litigation department of Kirkland & Ellis LLP, a large international corporate law firm. Political careerIn his first election in 2021, Gaheer won the Liberal nomination for the riding of Mississauga—Malton by acclamation,[4] and won the seat with approximately 53 per cent of the total vote.[5][6] In the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, he endorsed Mark Carney.[7] Electoral record
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