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List of elected minority politicians by ethnicity

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[edit] Aboriginal Canadians

[edit] Black Canadians

Liberals - 9 elected Black Canadians

  • 4 Federally (Hedy Fry - BC ; Ovid Jackson - ONT ; Jean Augustine - ONT ; Marlene Jennings - QUE)
  • 3 Ontario (Leonard Braithwaite, Alvin Curling & Marilyn Chambers)
  • 1 Quebec (Yolande James)
  • 1 Nova Scotia (Wayne Adams)

NDP - 7 elected Black Canadians

  • 2 Federally (Howard McCurdy - ONT ; Gordon Earle - Nova Scotia)
  • 2 British Columbia (Rosemary Brown, Emery Barnes)
  • 1 Ontario (Zanana Akende)
  • 2 Nova Scotia (Yvonne Atwell, Percy Paris)

Bloc Quebecois/Parti Quebecois - 3 elected Black Canadians

  • 2 Federally (Maka Kotto, Vivian Barbot)
  • 1 Provincially (Jean Alfred)

Progressive Conservatives - 2 elected Black Canadians

  • 1 Federally (Lincoln Alexander - ONT)
  • 1 Alberta (George Rogers - Alberta)

Conservatives - 0 elected Black Canadians

[edit] Chinese Canadians

Liberals - 9 Chinese Canadians

  • 3 Federal (Arthur Lee, Raymond Chan, Sophia Leung)
  • 4 British Columbia (Ida Chong, Richard Lee, Patrick Wong, John Yap)
  • 0 Alberta
  • 2 Ontario (Bob Wong, Tony Wong)

Conservatives/Progressive Conservatives - 4 Chinese Canadians

  • 3 Federal (Douglas Jung, Inky Mark, Mike Chong)
  • 1 Alberta (Gary Mar)

NDP - 2 Chinese Canadians

  • 1 Federal (Olivia Chow - ONT)
  • 1 British Columbia (Jenny Kwan)

Bloc Quebecois/Parti Quebecois - 1 Chinese Canadian

  • 1 Federal (Meili Faille)

[edit] East Indian Canadians

Liberals - 22 East Indians *One served in 2 provinces as an MLA

  • 9 Federal (Jag Bhaduria, Gurbax Singh Malhi, Herb Dhaliwal, Wajid Khan, Navdeep Bains, Yasmin Ratansi, Ruby Dhalla, Sukh Dhaliwal, Ujjal Dosanjh)
  • 5 British Columbia (Wally Oppal, John Nuraney, Patty Sahota, Rob Nijjar, Gulzar Cheema)
  • 2 Alberta (Bharat Agnihotri, Mo Elsalhy)
  • 1 Manitoba (Gulzar Cheema)
  • 6 Ontario (Murad Velshi, Vic Dhillon, Kuldip Kular, Dr. Shafiq Qaadri, Khalil Ramal, Harinder Takhar)
  • NOTE - Ujjal Dosanjh was an BC NDP MLA & Leader who later became a federal Liberal MP. Gulzar Cheema served as a Liberal MLA in both Manitoba and BC.

NDP - 9 East Indians

  • 0 Federal
  • 6 British Columbia (Moe Sihota, Ujjal Dosanjh, Harry Lali, Jagrup Brar, Harry Bains, Raj Chouhan)
  • 1 Alberta (Raj Pannu)
  • 1 Manitoba (Bidhu Jha)
  • 0 Ontario
  • 1 Nova Scotia (Leonard Preyma)

Conservatives/Progressive Conservatives - 7 East Indians

  • 4 Federal (Rahim Jaffer, Deepak Obhrai, Gurmant Grewal, Nina Grewal)
  • 2 Alberta (Harry Sohal, Shiraz Shariff)
  • 1 Ontario (Raminder Gill)

[edit] Filipino Canadians

NDP - 2 Filipino Canadians

  • 2 Manitoba (Conrad Santos, Cris Aglugub)

Liberals - 1 Filipino Canadian

  • 1 Federal (Dr. Rey Pagtakhan)

[edit] Jewish Canadians

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