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Iqra Khalid is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Mississauga—Erin Mills in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.
Khalid was born in Rukanpur, a village in the Rahim Yar Khan District of Punjab, Pakistan. She immigrated to Canada from England in the 1990s, and attended York University, graduating in 2007 with a degree in criminology and professional writing. She later attended Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, and began working as a legal professional for the city government of Mississauga.
Khalid was one of two Pakistani-Canadian women elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 election, along with fellow Liberal Salma Zahid.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Mississauga—Erin Mills | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Iqra Khalid | 27,520 | 49.7 | +15.31 | – | |||
| Conservative | Bob Dechert | 21,716 | 39.2 | -7.38 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Michelle Bilek | 5,206 | 9.4 | -6.75 | – | |||
| Green | Andrew Roblin | 905 | 1.6 | -1.14 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 55,347 | 100.0 | $216,923.79 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 245 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 55,592 | 67.5 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,348 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
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