Iqwinder Gaheer

Iqwinder Singh Gaheer (born July 12, 1993) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Mississauga—Malton in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election.

Early life and career Gaheer was born in Punjab, India to Maninder Singh, a construction worker and plumber, and Baljit Kaur, a homemaker. Gaheer's father had immigrated to Canada in 1992. He and the rest of his family joined his father in Canada in 1999. Describing his early life, the Toronto Star wrote, "Gaheer has a compelling, almost made for politics, story. He was born in a small village in the Punjab. He moved to Canada when he was six years old. He spent his summers growing up in Peel working on his father’s plumbing crew."

Gaheer graduated from Bramalea Secondary School in Brampton. and won the seat with approximately 53 per cent of the total vote. Gaheer was elected chair of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security in November 2024, and held it until Parliament was prorogued in January 2025.

In the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election, he endorsed Mark Carney.

He was appointed as a member of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians in September 2025.

At the time of the 2025 Canadian federal election, he lived in Caledon East, Ontario.

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