Nina Grewal

Nina Grewal (born October 20, 1958), is a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party. She represented the constituency of Fleetwood—Port Kells, British Columbia from her election in the 2004 federal election to her defeat in the 2015 federal election by Liberal MP Ken Hardie.

Nina Grewal
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Fleetwood—Port Kells
In office June 28, 2004 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	New Riding
Succeeded by	Ken Hardie
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-20) October 20, 1958 Osaka, Japan
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	Gurmant Grewal
Residence	Surrey, British Columbia
Profession	Businesswoman, Sales manager

Biography

Grewal was born in Osaka, Japan in 1958. She and her husband lived in Liberia before emigrating to Canada, where she raised her young family while working as a sales manager selling Registered Education Savings Plans. Grewal became an active member of the community and the Reform Party of Canada (subsequently the Canadian Alliance and Conservative Party of Canada), participating in many national and regional conferences and conventions. She is married to former Member of Parliament Gurmant Grewal, and the Grewals were the first married couple in Canadian history to concurrently serve as federal MPs.

Canadian MP Nina Grewal hugs a supporter after her victory in the 2006 Canadian Federal elections

Grewal is a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Sub-Committee on International Human Rights, and she has served on the Immigration, Canadian Heritage, and Status of Women committees.

During her first term, she introduced a private members motion seeking to raise the age of consent. While the then-Liberal government defeated the measure, the subsequent Conservative government put it into law. She also proposed measures to tackle identity theft (with Bill C-271) and to amend the State Immunity Act (Bill C-346), both of which were incorporated into government legislation and subsequently passed. In addition, she pursued bills against child pornography (Bill C-347) and regulations for the volume of television commercials (Bill C-621). The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission later decided to implement her proposals entirely.

From May 15–18, 2005, Grewal's husband surreptitiously taped his discussions with the Liberal Party which, he claimed, showed Liberal government officials enticing him to crossing the floor in exchange for patronage positions. The Liberals were concerned with saving the government during the vote of confidence, and had also contacted MPs Chuck Cadman, Inky Mark, and Belinda Stronach (the last of whom did cross the floor, and was made a minister). When the audio tapes were released, Nina Grewal publicly refused to comment about these discussions; the Liberals were cleared of any wrongdoing, and the Grewals had to explain in detail to the Parliamentary Ethics Commissioner about the discussions and secret tapings on May 16.[1]

On November 29, 2006, it was announced that Nina Grewal would be standing for re-election, even though her husband was not. She successfully defended her seat in the 2006, 2008, and 2011 federal elections, but lost in the 2015 election.

Grewal announced her support for Motion 312, a motion that would have Canada reexamine their definition of when human life begins.[2]

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election: Fleetwood—Port Kells
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken Hardie	22,871	46.90	+31.24	$50,601.97
	Conservative	Nina Grewal	14,275	29.27	-18.56	$77,785.90
	New Democratic	Garry Begg	10,463	21.46	-11.60	$100,039.24
	Green	Richard Hosein	1,154	2.37	-0.20	$3,625.85
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,763	100.00		$206,797.64
Total rejected ballots			269	0.55	–
Turnout			49,032	65.25	–
Eligible voters			75,150
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+24.90
Source: Elections Canada[3][4][5]

2011 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Nina Grewal	23,950	47.5	+2.8
	New Democratic	Nao Fernando	16,533	32.8	+10.0
	Liberal	Pam Dhanoa	8,041	16.0	-10.1
	Green	Alan Saldanha*	1,476	2.9	-3.5
	Libertarian	Alex Joehl	370	0.7	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,370	100.0	–
Total rejected ballots			266	0.5	0.0
Turnout			50,636	53.7	-2
Eligible voters			94,302	–	–

• * Alan Saldanha withdrew after a controversial quote on Facebook.

2008 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Nina Grewal	21,389	44.7	+11.2	$79,909
	Liberal	Brenda Locke	12,502	26.1	-5.5	$75,331
	New Democratic	Nao Fernando	10,916	22.8	-2.4	$65,022
	Green	Brian Newbold	3,045	6.4	+4.0	--
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,852	100.0	$88,579
Total rejected ballots			219	0.5	+0.2
Turnout			48,071	56	+3

2006 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Nina Grewal	14,577	33.5	-2.3	$72,464
	Liberal	Brenda Locke	13,749	31.6	+2.1	$54,768
	New Democratic	Barry Bell	10,961	25.2	-2.8	$18,907
	Independent	Jack Cook	3,202	7.4	+7.4	$75,818
	Green	Duncan McDonald	1,059	2.4	-3.9	--
Total valid votes			43,548	100.0
Total rejected ballots			127	0.3	-0.3
Turnout			43,675	59	0
	Conservative	hold	Swing	-2.2	–

2004 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Nina Grewal	14,052	35.8	–	$67,710
	Liberal	Gulzar Cheema	11,568	29.5	–	$69,483
	New Democratic	Barry Bell	10,976	28.0	–	$7,669
	Green	David Walters	2,484	6.3	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Joseph Theriault	167	0.4	–
Total valid votes			39,247	100.0
Total rejected ballots			218	0.6
Turnout			39,465	59

References

1. The Grewal-Dosanjh Inquiry Office of the Ethics Commissioner. (January 2006)
2. Wherry, Aaron. "Macleans.ca - Motion 312 comes to a vote". Macleans.ca. Macleans.ca. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
3. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Fleetwood—Port Kells, 30 September 2015
4. Official Voting Results - Fleetwood—Port Kells
5. "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.

External links

• Nina Grewal – Parliament of Canada biography