Devinder Toor
Devinder Toor is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Falconridge in the 30th Alberta Legislature.[2] He is currently running for re-election for the next provincial election in 2023.[3]
Devinder Toor | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Falconridge | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Prabhdeep Gill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967/1968 (age 55)[1] India |
| Political party | United Conservative Party |
| Other political affiliations | Wildrose (2015–17) |
| Residence(s) | Calgary, Alberta |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Toor supported Danielle Smith in the UCP leadership race and was an early supporter of the Sovereignty Act.[4]
Toor currently serves as the Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism and is a member of the Social Services Cabinet Policy Committee, Standing Committee on Legislative Offices and Standing Committee on Public Accounts. He has previously served on the Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future.[5][6]
As MLA, Toor has often advocated for issues such as reducing crime, more access to charter schools, and lowering taxes.[7]
Personal life
Toor was born in India. Prior to his election, he owned his own business. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy.[8] Him and his wife Balmeet have 2 children together.[9]
Electoral history
2019 general election
| 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Falconridge | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Devinder Toor | 6,753 | 45.55 | -7.41 | $49,521 | |||
| New Democratic | Parmeet Singh Boparai | 6,662 | 44.94 | +10.77 | $40,165 | |||
| Alberta Party | Jasbir Dhari | 849 | 5.73 | – | $12,992 | |||
| Liberal | Deepak Sharma | 561 | 3.78 | -5.31 | $4,146 | |||
| Total | 14,825 | 99.07 | – | |||||
| Rejected, Spoiled and Declined | 139 | 0.93 | ||||||
| Turnout | 14,964 | 51.87 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 28,849 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | -9.09 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[10][11][12] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
2016 by-election
| Alberta provincial by-election, March 22, 2016: Calgary-Greenway Death of Manmeet Bhullar | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Prabhdeep Gill | 2,292 | 27.73 | -15.04 | ||||
| Wildrose | Devinder Toor | 1,957 | 23.68 | +2.62 | ||||
| Liberal | Khalil Karbani | 1,870 | 22.63 | - | ||||
| New Democratic | Roop Rai | 1,667 | 20.17 | -16.00 | ||||
| Green | Thana Boonlert | 166 | 2.01 | - | ||||
| Independent | Said Hussein Abdulbaki | 146 | 1.77 | - | ||||
| Independent | Larry Heather | 106 | 1.28 | - | ||||
| Independent | Sukhi Rai | 61 | 0.74 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,265 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 29.23 | |||||||
| Eligible voters | 28,278 | |||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | -8.83 | ||||||
2015 general election
| 2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Greenway | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Manmeet Bhullar | 5,337 | 43.0 | |||||
| New Democratic | Don Monroe | 4,513 | 36.2 | |||||
| Wildrose | Devinder Toor | 2,627 | 21.1 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 12,477 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 146 | |||||||
| Turnout | 12,623 | 41.3 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 30,600 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Alberta[13] | ||||||||
References
- "Meet the candidates for the Calgary-Greenway byelection".
- "Alberta election: Calgary-Varsity results - Calgary | Globalnews.ca".
- "Alberta Election 2023 – daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections". Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- French, Janet (September 16, 2022). "UCP MLAs divided, unsure of support for possible Alberta Sovereignty Act". CBC. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- "Cabinet". www.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- "Member Information". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- ucpcaucus_mla (2019-10-02). "Devinder Toor". United Conservative Caucus. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- "Member Information". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- "Devinder Toor biography". www.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
- "10 - Calgary-Falconridge, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 39–42. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
- "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2017-07-30. Retrieved 2017-07-30.