Arpan Khanna
- Born
- July 9, 1990 — Brampton, Ontario
- Education
- Bachelor's degree at Western University; Law degree at the University of Leicester
- Career
- Lawyer, co-founded a small business
- Political Experience
- Ministerial staffer for Jason Kenney; Worked with Ontario PC leader Tim Hudak; Ontario's co-chair for Pierre Poilievre's leadership campaign; National Outreach Chair
- Notable
- Named one of the Top 25 most influential Conservatives in federal politics by the Hill Times in 2024; apologized for a homophobic tweet written as a teenager.
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Business & Financial Interests
Arpan Khanna is a lawyer by profession. Before being elected to Parliament, he reportedly practiced law in the private sector. His professional background is in corporate and commercial law.
Key Relationships & Connections
Arpan Khanna has been described as a close ally of Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre. He served as a national co-chair for Poilievre's successful leadership campaign in 2022. He has also been involved in past Conservative campaigns, including working for Andrew Scheer's leadership bid.
Public Controversies
During the 2019 federal election campaign, when he was a candidate in Brampton North, Khanna faced controversy over a social media post from 2010 that contained a homophobic slur. He publicly apologized for the language used in the old post. His candidacy in the 2023 Oxford by-election also drew some media attention and local criticism because he was not a resident of the riding prior to seeking the nomination.
Where Arpan falls on key policy spectrums
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Arpan Khanna won with 38,191 votes (53.4%)
Total votes cast: 71,551
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C-243 Mr. Speaker, Conservatives stand with Jeff Smith's family as well. The Liberals are all talk, and there are no results. They created this mess. When Conservatives tried fixing it with Bill, they voted it down. The brother of Todd Baylis said, “[The] killer's rights are more important than mine, my dead brother's, yours, or anybody else's.” The Toronto Police Association agrees that this is
Mr. Speaker, Toronto Police Constable Todd Baylis was murdered in cold blood. His family lost him forever. Under the Liberals, that pain never ends. Every two years, they are forced to relive that nightmare, with another review, another hearing and more pain for that family. The police associations and the families are demanding action, but the Liberals are dragging their feet. Will they join
Mr. Speaker, Lisa, a victim from Oxford, told me that she feels like she is the one on house arrest while the criminal, the attacker, is walking free on the street. Thanks to Liberal catch-and-release laws, it is jail by day and bail by night. The same repeat offenders keep terrorizing our communities over and over again. It is victims like Lisa who are suffering. It is victims like her who are
Mr. Speaker, what planet does the minister live on? It is all talk, no results. Last year, we had one violent crime every 50 seconds in our country. This summer, multiple police officers were shot and killed. The U.S. consulate was shot at again. Synagogues are being shot at. Festivals are being shot at. A senior, Lillian, 73 years old, standing in her driveway in London, was stabbed to death