Chandra Sergran ("Tommy") Swamy is a Canadian politician, who was born in Vitogo, Lautoka, in Fiji. He was educated at Dasbhandu Primary School and Drasa Secondary School in Fiji, before pursuing further studies part-time at Grandville Technical College in Sydney, Australia. Lautoka is the second largest city of Fiji. ... Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and with a population of over four million people is the most populous city in Australia. ...

Swamy is contesting the Edmonton Centre electorate in the general election due on 23 January 2006. He will be attempting to unseat Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan. Edmonton Centre is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1968 to 1979, and since 2004. ... The 2006 Canadian federal election (more formally, the 39th General Election) was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ... January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Honourable A. Anne McLellan, P.C. , M.P. , LL.M. , LL.B. , B.A. (born August 31, 1950, in Hants County, Nova Scotia) is the former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada. ...

According to the Fiji Times, Swamy, the scion of a prominent Lautoka family, is the first person born in Fiji to contest a Canadian election. Fiji Times Online The Fiji Times is a daily newspaper published in Fiji. ...

Swamy has been a justice of the peace since 1998, is President of the Fiji Soccer Association of Edmonton, and is involved with a number of religious organizations. A Justice of the Peace (JP) is a magistrate appointed by a commission to keep the peace, dispense summary justice and deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... More than one place has the name Edmonton. ...