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Ujjal Singh Dosanjh, PC, MP, BA, LL.B (born September 9, 1947, Jalandhar) is a Canadian lawyer and politician, currently serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver South. Image File history File links Ujjaldosanjh. ...
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The Privy Council Office as it appeared in the 1880s The Queens Privy Council for Canada (French: Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada) is the ceremonial council of advisers to the Queen of Canada, whose members are appointed by the Governor General of Canada for life on...
A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...
A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ...
The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in most common law countries other than the United States, where it has been replaced by the Juris Doctor degree. ...
September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ...
1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...
Jalandhar (Punjabi: ) is an ancient city in the state of Punjab, India. ...
A lawyer is a person licensed by the state to advise clients in legal matters and represent them in courts of law and in other forms of dispute resolution. ...
A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ...
Vancouver South is a Canadian electoral district that covers the southern portion of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...
Dosanjh formerly served as the 33rd Premier of British Columbia and leader of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia, and as the federal Minister of Health in Paul Martin's government. In Canada, a Premier is the head of government of a province. ...
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total • Land • Water (% of total) Ranked 5th 944,735...
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia is a social democratic political party in British Columbia, Canada. ...
In the Cabinet of Canada, The Minister of Health (French: Ministre de la Santé) is responsible for overseeing the federal governments health department (Health Canada) and enforcing the Canada Health Act, the law governing Medicare. ...
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Early life Dosanjh emigrated to London, England, from India at the age of 17. Four years later, in 1968, he moved to Canada. He worked at a sawmill in Vancouver for several years and attended classes at Langara College. He later graduated from Simon Fraser University with honours in political science. In 1976, he graduated from the University of British Columbia Law School. In 1979, he established his own law practice in Vancouver. London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ...
1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...
Members of Parliament Libby Davies, Ujjal Dosanjh, David Emerson, Hedy Fry, Stephen Owen Members of the Legislative Assembly Gordon Campbell, David Chudnovsky, Adrian Dix, Colin Hansen, Jenny Kwan, Lorne Mayencourt, Wally Oppal, Gregor Robertson, Shane Simpson, Carole Taylor Mayor Sam Sullivan City Manager Judy Rogers Governing Body Vancouver City Council...
Langara College programs were first offered in 1965 at King Edward Centre as part of Vancouver City College. ...
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ...
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university with its main campus located at Point Grey, in the University Endowment Lands of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and another smaller campus known as UBC Okanagan located in Kelowna, British Columbia. ...
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His involvement in the community has included work with the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, MOSAIC, South Vancouver Neighbourhood House, the Labour Advocacy Research Association, and the Vancouver Multicultural Society. He taught English as a second language at Vancouver Community College. He helped found the Farm Workers’ Legal Information Service for janitorial, domestic and farm workers. This later led to the foundation of the Canadian Farm Workers' Union.
As a prominent moderate Sikh who speaks out against the violence by Sikh extremists in India, he has been targeted by extremists within Canada. In 1985, he was physically attacked in the parking lot of his law office by a man with a lead pipe. He received 80 stitches in the head and a broken hand. Also, his constituency office was fire-bombed on the morning of December 26, 1999. A Sikh man wearing a turban A Sikh is a follower of Sikhism, a religious faith originating in the Punjab. ...
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December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
In January 2003, Mr. Dosanjh received the Pravasi Bharati Sanman Award from Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi. The award recognizes individual excellence in various fields for persons of Indian Origin across the world. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (अटल िबहारी वाजपेयी in Devanagari) (born December 25, 1924) was the Prime Minister of India in 1996 and again from October 13, 1998 until May 19, 2004. ...
The Humayuns Tomb, situated in New Delhi, has an architectural design similar to the Taj Mahal. ...
Provincial politics After unsuccessful attempts in 1979 and 1983, Dosanjh was first elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in October 1991 in the Vancouver-Kensington riding. He was re-elected in 1996. This page refers to the year 1979. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Legislature Building in Victoria, BC The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is located in Victoria. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Vancouver-Kensington is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. ...
1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...
As a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) he held cabinet portfolios as Minister of Government Services, and Minister of Multiculturalism, Human Rights and Sports. In August 1995, he was appointed as the province's Attorney General by Premier Glen Clark. A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature or legislative assembly of a subnational jurisdiction. ...
1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
In most common law jurisdictions, the Attorney General is the main legal adviser to the government, and in some jurisdictions may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions. ...
The Honourable Glen David Clark (born 1957) is a politician in British Columbia, Canada who served as Premier of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999. ...
When Clark resigned amid scandal, Dosanjh became leader of British Columbia's New Democratic Party and BC's 33rd Premier on February 24, 2000. This made him Canada's first non-white and first Indo-Canadian provincial premier. February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
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When Dosanjh took office, the NDP government was deeply unpopular, due to the lingering controversy around former leader and premier Glen Clark. Dosanjh proved unable to distance himself from the controversy. Amid criticism from the opposition parties, Dosanjh remained in office for nearly a year before calling a much-wanted election. It was assumed his party would suffer terribly, and as a result Dosanjh attempted to use his remaining days in power to improve the NDP's standing by implementing several new policies, such as tax cuts. The Honourable Glen David Clark (born 1957) is a politician in British Columbia, Canada who served as Premier of British Columbia from 1996 to 1999. ...
A tax cut is a reduction in the rate of tax charged by a government, for example on personal or corporate income. ...
When the election was eventually called, Dosanjh remained on the defensive for virtually the entire campaign. He attempted to distance himself from the Clark scandals by pointing out that as Attorney-General, he had been the person who announced the criminal investigation against Clark, which forced the Premier's resignation. The attempts did not work, however and Dosanjh's attempts to rebuild the party failed. The NDP government had become so unpopular under Clark that in Dosanjh's campaign the party's name was almost never used on posters and ads. The focus was instead on Dosanjh, who was promoted as a leader with a "new vision" for BC. Though his personal approval ratings remained high, voters were ultimately unable to separate his leadership from that of his predecessor.
Dosanjh led the NDP to overwhelming defeat in the provincial election of 2001, winning just two of 79 seats. He lost his own seat, and announced his resignation that night. With the accession of Liberal premier Gordon Campbell, Mr. Dosanjh returned to practising law. Joy MacPhail became interim leader of the NDP on June 16, 2001, one month after the election debacle. British Columbia riding map showing the winning parties and their vote percentage of each riding. ...
The British Columbia Liberal Party (usually called the BC Liberal Party) is a right-of-centre provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada, differing from some other right-of-centre parties in being fiscally conservative and socially moderate to liberal (or neoliberal), although some social conservatives do exist in the...
For the recipient of the Victoria Cross and MP, see Gordon Campbell, VC For the Scottish Conservative politician, see Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy Gordon Muir Campbell, BA, MBA, MLA, (born January 12, 1948) is 34th Premier of British Columbia. ...
Joy MacPhail is a Canadian politician in British Columbia. ...
An interim leader, in Canadian politics, is a party leader who is appointed by the partys legislative caucus or the partys executive to temporarily act as leader when there is a gap between the resignation or death of a party leader and the election of his or her...
June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ...
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Federal politics In 2004, Dosanjh re-entered politics as a candidate for Paul Martin's Liberal Party of Canada in the 2004 federal election. Controversially, Martin appointed him directly as Liberal candidate in the riding of Vancouver South, bypassing the usual nomination election among resident party members. Dosanjh's departure from the NDP also earned him criticism from his past supporters. Despite this, Dosanjh won his riding by a wide 18,194 to 10,346 margin over his closest rival, Conservative Victor Soo Chan, and was appointed Minister of Health in the federal Cabinet. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For other uses, see Paul Martin (disambiguation). ...
The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party positioned around the centre of the political spectrum, combining a generally progressive social policy with moderate economics. ...
The Canadian federal election, 2004 (more formally, the 38th general election), was held on June 28, 2004 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons. ...
In the British Isles since Anglo-Saxon times, a riding is traditionally a sub-division (especially in three) of a county, in Australia analogous. ...
The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a right-of-centre political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ...
The Cabinet of Canada (French: Cabinet du Canada or Conseil des ministres) plays an important role in the Canadian government in accordance with the Westminster System. ...
Dosanjh went on to be re-elected in his riding in the 2006 election, but had to relinquish his position in the cabinet as the Liberal party lost the election overall. Soon after, he was appointed National Defence Critic in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. 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. ...
The Parliamentary Opposition is a form of political opposition to a designated government, particularly in a Westminster-based parliamentary system. ...
The Shadow Cabinet (also called the Front Bench) is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster System of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition (or the leader of other smaller opposition parties) form an alternative cabinet to the governments, whose members...
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For the recipient of the Victoria Cross and MP, see Gordon Campbell, VC For the Scottish Conservative politician, see Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy Gordon Muir Campbell, BA, MBA, MLA, (born January 12, 1948) is 34th Premier of British Columbia. ...
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The Honourable Harbance Singh (Herb) Dhaliwal, PC (born December 12, 1952) is a Canadian politician. ...
The Liberal Party of Canada (French: Parti libéral du Canada), colloquially known as the Grits (originally Clear Grits), is a Canadian federal political party positioned around the centre of the political spectrum, combining a generally progressive social policy with moderate economics. ...
1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
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Vancouver South is a Canadian electoral district that covers the southern portion of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...
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