Wajid Khan (Canadian politician)

Wajid Ali Khan
Member of Parliament
for Mississauga—Streetsville
In office
2004–2008
Preceded bySteve Mahoney
Succeeded byBonnie Crombie
Personal details
Born (1946-04-24) April 24, 1946 (age 78)
Lahore, British India
Nationality
  • Canadian
  • Pakistani
[1]
Political partyConservative Party of Canada
(February 3, 2008-present)
Other political
affiliations		Liberal Party of Canada
(2003-2007)
Conservative Party of Canada
(January 5, 2007-November 23, 2007)
Independent
(November 23, 2007-February 3, 2008)
SpouseTasnim Khan
ResidenceToronto
ProfessionPolitician

Wajid Ali Khan (born April 24, 1946) is a Canadian businessman and politician. Between 2004 and 2008, he was a member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Mississauga—Streetsville initially as a Liberal and then as a Conservative Member of Parliament. In March 2018, he was arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and charged with three counts of fraud, three counts of false pretense and one count of uttering a forged document.[2] The fraud charges were subsequently withdrawn in March 2022.[3]

  1. ^ "Dion among a dozen MPs with dual citizenships". CBC News. 8 December 2006. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Ex-Mississauga MP charged by RCMP in $1.1M international investment fraud | The Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  3. ^ "Former Mississauga MP gets conditional sentence for false bankruptcy filing". www.mississauga.com. Retrieved 2024-08-01.