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Gurmant Grewal | |
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| Member of Parliament for Newton—North Delta (Surrey Central; 1997–2004) | |
| In office June 2, 1997 – January 23, 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Riding established |
| Succeeded by | Sukh Dhaliwal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gurmant Singh Grewal December 21, 1957 Barundi, Punjab, India |
| Political party | People's (since 2018) |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative (until 2018) |
| Spouse | Nina Grewal |
| Residence | Surrey |
Gurmant Singh Grewal (born December 21, 1957) is an Indo-Canadian politician and former Conservative Member of Parliament. Gurmant and his wife, Nina Grewal, who represented Fleetwood—Port Kells from 2004 to 2015, were the first married couple to serve in the House of Commons of Canada at the same time. First elected to the Canadian House of Commons on June 2, 1997 for the riding of Surrey Central and re-elected there on November 27, 2000, he represented the riding of Newton—North Delta from 2004 until 2005. Grewal announced that he would not be running in the 2006 federal election over a dispute of alleged offer of patronage with the Liberal Party, which was governing at that time.
As a Member of Parliament sitting in the caucus of the Reform Party from 1997 to 2000, the Canadian Alliance from 2000 to 2003 and then for the Conservative Party of Canada from 2003 to 2006, Grewal held the positions of Deputy House Leader of the Official Opposition of Canada (1998–2000), Co-Chair of the Joint Standing Committee of the House and the Senate for Scrutiny of Regulations (1998–2005), Official Opposition Critic for Multiculturalism (2004), Official Opposition Critic for Scrutiny of Regulations (2001–2004), Official Opposition Critic for Canadians Abroad (2004), Official Opposition Critic for Asia Pacific (2001–2004) and Official Opposition Senior Critic for Foreign Affairs (1997–2004)