Salma Zahid
Canadian politician
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Biography
Salma Zahid is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal riding of Scarborough Centre during the 2015 Canadian federal election. She succeeded the Conservative Roxanne James.
Background
Zahid was born in Coventry, England. She holds a Masters in Educational Management and Administration from the University of London’s Institute of Education, and an MBA from Quaid e Azam University in Pakistan. She is Pakistani Canadian, mother of 2 and has resided in Scarborough since 2000. She is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Election results
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Scarborough Centre | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Salma Zahid | 22,753 | 50.5 | +18.61 | – | |||
| Conservative | Roxanne James | 14,705 | 32.7 | -2.18 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Alex Wilson | 5,227 | 11.6 | -19.06 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Katerina Androutsos | 1,384 | 3.1 | – | ||||
| Green | Lindsay Thompson | 960 | 2.1 | -0.47 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 45,029 | 100.00 | +22.33 | $203,470.78 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 407 | 0.90 | +0.33 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,436 | 64.36 | +10.02 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,594 | +0.46 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.39% | ||||||
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