Murad Velshi
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Template:BLP sources Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Murad Velshi (born April 4, 1935) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 1990. He represented the riding of Don Mills in Toronto.
Politics
He ran for a seat in the Ontario legislature in the 1981 provincial election and finished a distant second in the riding of Don Mills against Progressive Conservative incumbent Dennis Timbrell.[1] When Timbrell retired before the 1987 election, he ran again this time defeating his closest opponent by more than 2,000 votes.[2] He served for a year as Parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
The Liberals were defeated in the Ontario general election in 1990 and Velshi lost his seat to Margery Ward of the New Democratic Party of Ontario by 1,004 votes.[3] He attempted to regain the seat in a by-election held on April 1, 1993, but finished a weak second against Progressive Conservative candidate David Johnson.[4]
Personal life
Murad Velshi is an Ismaili Muslim of Gujarati Indian descent. His son is the television journalist Ali Velshi.
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- 1935 births
- Canadian Ismailis
- Canadian people of Indian descent
- Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
- Living people
- Politicians from Pretoria
- South African people of Indian descent
- South African emigrants to Canada
- Canadian people of Gujarati descent
- Khoja Ismailis
- South African people of Gujarati descent
- 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario