Anju Dhillon

Liberal · Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle, QC

Sitting MPfemaleAbout 47

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Biography

Anju Dhillon 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. She is the first person of South Asian descent to be elected from the province of Quebec. encyclopedia

Born: 1979, Montrealencyclopedia
Languages: English, Frenchofficial
Occupation before politics: lawyer, politicianencyclopedia

House of Commons profile [email protected]Wikipedia entry

Electoral history

Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle
Liberal · 45th ParliamentSince 2025-04-28
Anju Dhillon29,927
Alioune SarrRunner-up · Conservative10,428
Difference 19,499 votes. 6 other candidates also ran.
On the official list the riding is Dorval--Lachine--LaSalle.
Elections Canada, 45th general election.
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Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle
Liberal · 44th Parliament2021-09-20 to 2025-04-27
Anju Dhillon25,233
Cloé Rose JenneauRunner-up · Bloc Québécois7,542
Difference 17,691 votes. 4 other candidates also ran.
On the official list the riding is Dorval--Lachine--LaSalle.
Elections Canada, 44th general election.
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Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle
Liberal · 43rd Parliament2019-10-21 to 2021-09-19
Anju Dhillon27,821
Jean-Frédéric VaudryRunner-up · Bloc Québécois8,974
Difference 18,847 votes. 6 other candidates also ran.
On the official list the riding is Dorval--Lachine--LaSalle.
Elections Canada, 43rd general election.
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Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle
Liberal · 42nd Parliament2015-10-19 to 2019-10-19
Anju Dhillon29,974
Isabelle MorinRunner-up · NDP-New Democratic Party11,769
Difference 18,205 votes. 4 other candidates also ran.
On the official list the riding is Dorval--Lachine--LaSalle.
Elections Canada, 42nd general election.
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Education

Université de MontréalDegree not recordedYears not recordedencyclopedia
Concordia UniversityDegree not recordedYears not recordedencyclopedia

Experience

Our sources do not list any previous employment for this member.

In their own words

1,402 Hansard interventions on file. These are the words said in the House, not a summary. Private conversations are not collected and are not invented.

Mr. Speaker, the jury system balances out our justice system. Regardless of what a juror's socio-economic background is, everyone serves equally and in the best interests of our legal system. Without safeguards such as the jury system, our democracy would not have the strong foun…Private Members' Business — Jury Duty Appreciation Week Act · 2026-09-22

Where they stand

Policy positions are scored only from this member's stored House words and, when it is on file, their own public website. Wikipedia and other encyclopedias may supply details such as a birth date, education or work history, and each of those details is labelled with its source, but they are never used to score a position. Members whose only sources are encyclopedias have no scored positions.

A stored score on 9 of 14 topics. Each row names the end of that topic’s axis the stored words reached, and the sentence the score rests on.

Climate

Faster fossil phase-down

The other end of this axis: Slower phase-down, production first

Excerpts repeat support for carbon pricing, tanker moratorium, and serious action on climate change.

Madam Speaker, I listened with great interest to my colleague's debate. Does he not think a national price on carbon is a better idea than the current patchwork approach whereby some provinces have carbon pricing and others do not? Would a national carbon pricing program not be a better approach to improving the environment and combatting climate change?

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Defence

Higher spending and more capability

The other end of this axis: Restrain spending and deployments

Excerpts praise Canadian Armed Forces deployments, naval exercises, and service without any restraint language.

Thanks to our Minister of National Defence, who reinstated this program, Canadians have the opportunity to experience first-hand what our Canadian Armed Forces do for us. While aboard the HMCS Charlottetown, I realized just how much the sailors sacrifice.

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Federalism

Provinces lead

The other end of this axis: Ottawa leads

Emphasizes collaboration and provincial jurisdiction in justice and infrastructure.

Even though the administration of justice falls under the purview of the provinces, the federal government also acknowledges the essential role of jurors in the Canadian justice system and the need for federal support in recognizing the necessity for mental health services and financial support of jurors.

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Fiscal policy

Higher taxes and public spending

The other end of this axis: Lower taxes and tighter spending

Excerpts repeatedly endorse new child benefits, infrastructure spending, shelters, and social programs.

The government is going to provide a child benefit that will help nine out of 10 families. A typical single-parent family with two children in Lachine can get over $1,000 a month, and I would like to remind members that that amount is tax-free. This measure will lift over 315,000 children out of poverty.

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Health

Expand public coverage

The other end of this axis: More private delivery

Supports universal pharmacare and expanded public health services.

This bill represents the next phase of our government's commitment to a national universal pharmacare program. It proposes the foundational principles of national universal pharmacare and our intent to work with provinces and territories to provide universal single-payer coverage for many contraceptives as well as diabetes medications.

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Housing

Public supply and demand controls

The other end of this axis: Market supply and deregulation

Excerpts repeatedly call for federal investment in affordable housing, shelters, and social infrastructure.

Our government believes that shelters are an important part of the solution. For that reason, almost $90 million over two years has been allocated in the 2016 budget to improve and expand the Canadian shelter and transition housing system. This investment will support the construction and renovation of more than 3,000 housing spaces over the next two years.

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Immigration

Higher permanent intake

The other end of this axis: Lower intake

Excerpts endorse resettling refugees and protecting temporary foreign workers without calling for lower numbers.

Canada is a major contributor to the international efforts to address safety concerns in the Middle East. Our country is providing shelter to more than 25,000 of the most vulnerable refugees who have been displaced by the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. The government-assisted refugee program and the blended visa office-referred program provide protection by resettling vulnerable refugees referred by the United Nations Refugee Agency.

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Public safety

Enforcement and sentencing

The other end of this axis: Prevention and restraint

Questions why recidivists are repeatedly released on bail.

If somebody keeps committing crimes, is a recidivist, keeps getting arrested back to back, why do they keep getting let out on the streets? This is something we don't seem to be grasping.

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Trade

Deeper continental integration

The other end of this axis: Diversify away from one partner

Highlights benefits of CUSMA and trade with US and Indo-Pacific.

Can you tell us what benefits this free trade agreement provided to the auto sector, both overall and specifically in relation to the removal of non-tariff barriers?

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5 topics with no stored score

AgricultureNo position has been scored.
EnergyNo position has been scored.
Financial regulationNo position has been scored.
Foreign affairsNo position has been scored.
LabourNo position has been scored.

Who lines up

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