Anju Dhillon | |
Office: | Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Status of Women |
Minister: | Patty Hajdu Maryam Monsef |
Term Start: | December 2, 2015 |
Term End: | January 27, 2017 |
Predecessor: | Susan Truppe |
Successor: | Terry Duguid |
Riding1: | Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle |
Parliament1: | Canadian |
Term Start1: | October 19, 2015 |
Predecessor1: | district created |
Birth Place: | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Profession: | Attorney |
Alma Mater: | Concordia University Université de Montréal |
Party: | Liberal |
Residence: | LaSalle, Quebec[1] |
Anju Dhillon (born 1979) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[2] [3] She is the first person of South Asian descent to be elected from the province of Quebec.[4]
Dhillon was born and raised in Montreal, and began volunteering for Paul Martin's campaigns at age 13. For ten years she was vice-president (female) for youth of the federal liberal riding association in LaSalle-Émard, and was subsequently its vice-president (female).[5] Dhillon attended Concordia University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in political science. She then studied law at Université de Montréal and became the first Canadian Sikh to practice law in Quebec.[6]