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{{short description|Canadian politician (born 1974)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| name                = Tim Uppal
| honorific-suffix    = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP|size=100}}
| image               = Uppalmp.png
| caption             = Uppal in 2017
| office              = [[Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)|Deputy Leader of the Opposition]]
| term_start          = September 13, 2022
| term_end            = 
| alongside           = [[Melissa Lantsman]]
| leader              = [[Pierre Poilievre]]<br>[[Andrew Scheer]]
| predecessor         = [[Luc Berthold]]
| successor           = 
| office1             = [[Conservative Party of Canada#Deputy Leader|Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party]]
| term_start1         = September 13, 2022
| term_end1           = 
| alongside1          = [[Melissa Lantsman]]
| leader1             = [[Pierre Poilievre]]
| president1          = [[Robert Batherson]]<br>Stephen Barber
| predecessor1        = [[Luc Berthold]]
| successor1          = 
| office2             = [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative Party]] Caucus Liaison
| leader2             = [[Erin O'Toole]]
| term_start2         = September 2, 2020
| term_end2           = February 2, 2022
| predecessor2        = [[Diane Finley]]
| successor2          = [[Eric Duncan (politician)|Eric Duncan]]
| office3             = [[Minister of Democratic Institutions|Minister for Democratic Reform]]
| term_start3         = May 18, 2011
| term_end3           = July 15, 2013
| primeminister3      = [[Stephen Harper]]
| predecessor3        = [[Steven Fletcher (politician)|Steven Fletcher]]
| successor3          = [[Pierre Poilievre]]
| parliament4         = Canadian
| riding4             = [[Edmonton Gateway]]<br/><small>[[Edmonton Mill Woods]] (2019–2025)</small>
| predecessor4        = [[Amarjeet Sohi]]
| successor4          = 
| term_start4         = October 21, 2019
| term_end4           = 
| riding5             = [[Edmonton—Sherwood Park (federal electoral district)|Edmonton—Sherwood Park]]
| parliament5         = Canadian
| term_start5         = October 14, 2008
| term_end5           = August 4, 2015
| predecessor5        = [[Ken Epp]]
| successor5          = [[Ziad Aboultaif]] <br />([[Edmonton Manning]])<br />[[Garnett Genuis]]<br />([[Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan]])
| birth_name          = Tim Singh Uppal<ref name="t954">{{cite web | title=Information archivée dans le Web | website=Publications du gouvernement du Canada | url=https://publications.gc.ca/site/archivee-archived.html?url=https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/parl/xc64-1/XC64-1-2-421-23-fra.pdf | language=fr | access-date=2025-04-24}}</ref>
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1974|11|14}}
| birth_place         = [[New Westminster]], British Columbia, Canada
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
| otherparty          = [[Canadian Alliance|Alliance]] (2000–2003)
| spouse              = Kiran Bhinder
| relations           = 
| children            = 3
| residence           = Edmonton, Alberta
| alma_mater          = [[Ivey Business School|University of Western Ontario]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ivey.uwo.ca/emba/program-details/past-participants/tim-uppal/ |title=Tim Uppal &#124; Ivey EMBA Program |access-date=2019-10-03 |archive-date=2019-09-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910201355/https://www.ivey.uwo.ca/emba/program-details/past-participants/tim-uppal/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| profession          = Banker, politician, radio host
| footnotes           = 
}}

'''Tim Singh Uppal''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|MP}} (born November 14, 1974) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician, banker, and radio host who is the member for [[Edmonton Gateway]] in the Parliament of Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6062045/federal-election-2019-sohi-uppal-edmonton-mill-woods/|title=Conservative Tim Uppal wins Edmonton Mill Woods seat, booting Liberal Amarjeet Sohi|website=Global News|language=en|access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref> He served as the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Edmonton—Sherwood Park (federal electoral district)|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 abolished ahead of the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 election]], and he opted to transfer to the newly created riding of Edmonton Mill Woods. He lost to [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]] candidate [[Amarjeet Sohi]], but won the seat from Sohi in the [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019 election]]. He was re-elected in 2021.

In 2022, Uppal was named Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party.

== Early life ==
Uppal was born on November 14, 1974, in the city of [[New Westminster]], in the [[Lower Mainland]] region of [[British Columbia]], and was raised in [[Edmonton, Alberta]]. His family were [[Sikhs]] who emigrated from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India. From 1992 to 1997, he was executive producer and host of a radio show on [[CKER-FM|CKER]] in Edmonton. In 2004, he became a residential mortgage manager at TD Canada Trust. Uppal 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, he 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.

== Member of Parliament ==
In the [[2000 Canadian federal election|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 Canadian federal election|2004 federal election]], he was defeated again, but only by 134 votes. And in the [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008 federal election]], Uppal won the riding of [[Edmonton—Sherwood Park (federal electoral district)|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.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120715195452/http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/ProfileMP.aspx?Key=128297&SubSubject=1003&Language=E]</ref> He was promoted to acting chair of the Health Committee in 2010.

=== Abortion ===
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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=House of Commons |date=June 2, 2021 |title=2nd reading of Bill C-233, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion) |url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/votes/43/2/125?view=result |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=LEGISinfo}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=July 2022}}

=== National Holocaust Monument ===
In 2007, Laura Grosman, a student at the [[University of Ottawa]], and granddaughter of a [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] survivor, began advocating for a monument to be constructed to commemorate the atrocities committed by the Nazis. Initially, Grosman teamed up with Conservative MP [[Peter Kent]], a former journalist and news anchor, who pledged his support. However, due to his appointment to the [[28th Canadian Ministry|Stephen Harper cabinet]], Kent could not introduce a private member's bill. Kent sought out Uppal, who had a prime position on the order paper and agreed to sponsor the bill - eventually named Bill C-442. Uppal considered this endeavor a vital contribution to Canada and, alongside Grosman, worked to secure all-party support.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Duffy |first=Andrew |date=September 6, 2017 |title=How an Ottawa student's outrage led to the National Holocaust Monument |url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/how-an-ottawa-students-outrage-led-to-the-national-holocaust-monument |access-date=August 27, 2024 |work=The Ottawa Citizen}}</ref> Uppal also said he was influenced to support the initiative by his wife Kiran, who joined the Ottawa [[March of the Living]] delegation in 1994, the only Sikh participant taking part in the journey.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubenstein |first=Eli |date=September 2, 2017 |title=Cast a Stone Upon the Waters |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6625810af8020a4db99ec4f6/t/6632e7523a082e4ff6a1e598/1714612050234/Cast+a+Stone+Upon+the+Waters+-+Yom+Kippur+Sermon+5778+Sep+30+2017.pdf |website=Sacred Search}}</ref> Uppal introduced Bill C-442 in 2010. Speaking in the House of Commons, he noted that Canada was the only allied nation without a Holocaust memorial.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/business/Edmonton+national+holocaust+memorial+bill+passed/3964162/story.html |title=Vancouver Sun |website=vancouversun.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414033953/https://vancouversun.com/business/Edmonton+national+holocaust+memorial+bill+passed/3964162/story.html |archive-date=2020-04-14 |url-status=}}</ref>

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.

=== Minister of State (Democratic Reform) ===
In 2011, Uppal was appointed Minister of State (Democratic Reform). Uppal is the first Turban-wearing Sikh to be appointed to the [[Cabinet of Canada|Canadian Cabinet]], one of five [[Visible Minority|Visible Minorities]] serving as [[List of Visible Minority Canadian Cabinet Ministers|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.

=== Minister of State (Multiculturalism) ===
In July 2013, in a cabinet reshuffle, Uppal was appointed Minister of State (Multiculturalism).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pm.gc.ca/eng/minister/honourable-tim-uppal |title=The Honourable Tim Uppal &#124; Prime Minister of Canada |access-date=2015-07-29 |archive-date=2015-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820162428/http://pm.gc.ca/eng/minister/honourable-tim-uppal |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Electoral record==
{{2025 Canadian federal election/Edmonton Gateway}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2021|Edmonton Mill Woods|percent=yes|change=yes|on=}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|'''Tim Uppal'''|18,392|37.9%|-12.4}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Ben Henderson (politician)|Ben Henderson]]|16,499|34.0%|+0.4}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Nigel Logan|10,553|21.8%|+9.7}}
{{CANelec|CA|PPC|Paul Edward McCormack|2,898|6.0%|+4.2}}
{{CANelec|CA|Communist|[[Naomi Rankin]]|172|0.4%|-}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|48,514}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|380}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|48,894}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Eligible voters|77,062}}
{{Canadian election result/hold||Conservative |-6.4}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: [[Elections Canada]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e|title=September 20, 2021 Election Results — Edmonton Manning (Validated results)|publisher=[[Elections Canada]]|date=26 September 2021|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>|}}
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{{2019 Canadian federal election/Edmonton Mill Woods}}
{{2015 Canadian federal election/Edmonton Mill Woods}}
{{2011 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Sherwood Park}}
{{2008 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Sherwood Park}}
{{2004 Canadian federal election/Edmonton—Beaumont}}
{{2000 Canadian federal election/Edmonton Southeast}}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.timuppal.ca/ Tim Uppal] official site
*{{Canadian Parliament links| parliament = 170494 | parlinfo = 17247 | openparl = tim-uppal}}

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