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Tim Uppal

The Honourable Tim Uppal PC MP
Uppal in 2017
Deputy Leader of the Opposition
Incumbent
Assumed office September 13, 2022 Serving with Melissa Lantsman
Leader	Pierre Poilievre
Preceded by	Luc Berthold
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
Incumbent
Assumed office September 13, 2022 Serving with Melissa Lantsman
President	Robert Batherson
Leader	Pierre Poilievre
Preceded by	Luc Berthold
Conservative Party Caucus Liaison
In office September 2, 2020 – February 2, 2022
Leader	Erin O'Toole
Preceded by	Diane Finley
Succeeded by	Eric Duncan
Minister for Democratic Reform
In office May 18, 2011 – July 15, 2013
Prime Minister	Stephen Harper
Preceded by	Steven Fletcher
Succeeded by	Pierre Poilievre
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton Mill Woods
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Amarjeet Sohi
Member of Parliament for Edmonton—Sherwood Park
In office October 14, 2008 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Ken Epp
Succeeded by	Ziad Aboultaif (Edmonton Manning) Garnett Genuis (Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan)
Personal details
Born	(1974-11-14) November 14, 1974 (age 49) New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Other political affiliations	Alliance (2000–2003)
Spouse	Kiran Uppal
Relations	Raymanpreet Singh Uppal (sibling)
Children	3
Residence(s)	Edmonton, Alberta
Alma mater	Ivey Business School (MBA '17)[1]
Profession	Banker, politician, radio host

Tim Uppal PC MP (born November 14, 1974) is a Canadian politician, banker, and radio host who is the member for Edmonton Mill Woods in the Parliament of Canada.^[2] He served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Edmonton—Sherwood Park from 2008 to 2015. On July 15, 2013, Uppal was moved from Minister of State for Democratic Reform to the portfolio of Minister of State (Multiculturalism).

Uppal's riding was dismantled ahead of the 2015 election, and he opted to transfer to the newly created riding of Edmonton Mill Woods. He lost to Liberal candidate Amarjeet Sohi, but won the seat from Sohi in the 2019 election. He was re-elected in 2021.

Uppal was born on November 14, 1974, in New Westminster, British Columbia, and was raised in Edmonton, Alberta. His family were Sikhs who emigrated from Punjab, India. From 1992 to 1997, he was executive producer and host of a radio show on CKER in Edmonton. In 2004, he became a residential mortgage manager at TD Canada Trust. He is the founder and president of the South Edmonton Youth Group and has been a member of the Capital Health, Community Health Council since 2001. For several years Uppal was an active member of the Sherwood Park Chamber of Commerce and the Sherwood Park Rotary Club. He was also a founding member of the Edmonton Police Community Advisory Council.

In the 2000 federal election, Uppal ran for the Canadian Alliance in the riding of Edmonton Southeast, where he lost by fewer than 5,000 votes. In the 2004 federal election, he was defeated again, but only by 134 votes. And in the 2008 federal election, Uppal won the riding of Edmonton-Sherwood Park, becoming Member of Parliament for the Alberta riding.

In December 2008, Uppal was appointed to the Standing Committee on Health and the Standing Committee on Heritage.^[3] He was promoted to acting chair of the Health Committee in 2010.

Uppal voted in support of Bill C-233 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion), which would make it a criminal offence for a medical practitioner to knowingly perform an abortion solely on the grounds of the child's genetic sex.^{[4][non-primary source needed]}

Uppal introduced his first private member's bill in 2010. The National Holocaust Monument Act (Bill C-442) seeks to establish a national Holocaust monument in Canada.^[5] Speaking in the House of Commons, Uppal noted that Canada was the only allied nation without a National Holocaust Memorial.^[6] Bill C-442 was passed in the House of Commons with unanimous support from all parties. The bill received Royal Assent in March 2011. The National Holocaust Monument was officially unveiled in Ottawa on September 27, 2017.

In 2011, Uppal was appointed Minister of State (Democratic Reform). Uppal is the first Turban-wearing Sikh to be appointed to the Canadian Cabinet, one of five Visible Minorities serving as Ministers in the Harper government. During his time as Minister of State for Democratic Reform, Uppal focused on the issue of over-populated constituencies and redistribution of federal riding borders.

In July 2013, in a cabinet reshuffle, Uppal was appointed Minister of State (Multiculturalism).^[7]

• Tim Uppal official site
• ProfileatParliament of Canada
• Tim Uppal – Parliament of Canada biography
• Speeches, votes and activity at OpenParliament.ca