Devinder Toor is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-Falconridge in the 30th Alberta Legislature.[2] He ran for re-election in 2023 but was defeated.[3]

Devinder Toor
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-Falconridge
In office
April 16, 2019 – May 29, 2023
Preceded byPrabhdeep Gill
Succeeded byParmeet Singh Boparai
Personal details
Born1967 or 1968 (age 56–57)[1]
India
Political partyUnited Conservative Party
Other political
affiliations
Wildrose (2015–17)
Residence(s)Calgary, Alberta
OccupationBusinessman

Toor supported Danielle Smith in the UCP leadership race and was an early supporter of the Alberta Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act.[4]

Toor was the Parliamentary Secretary for Multiculturalism and was a member of the Social Services Cabinet Policy Committee, Standing Committee on Legislative Offices and Standing Committee on Public Accounts. He previously was on the Standing Committee on Alberta’s Economic Future.[5][6]

As MLA, Toor advocated for issues such as reducing crime, more access to charter schools, and lowering taxes.[7]

Personal life

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Toor was born in India. Prior to his election, he owned his own business. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in pharmacy.[8] Him and his wife Balmeet have 2 children together.[9]

Electoral history

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2023 general election

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2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-Falconridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Parmeet Singh Boparai 7,786 56.39 +11.45
United Conservative Devinder Toor 5,476 39.66 -5.89
Independent Kyle Kennedy 252 1.83
Green Ahmed Hassan 203 1.47
Solidarity Movement Evan Wilson 91 0.66
Total 13,808 99.22
Rejected and declined 109 0.78
Turnout 13,917 48.53
Eligible electors 28,680
New Democratic gain from United Conservative Swing +8.67
Source(s)

2019 general election

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2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-Falconridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
United Conservative Devinder Toor 6,753 45.55 -7.41 $49,521
New Democratic Parmeet Singh Boparai 6,662 44.94 +10.77 $40,165
Alberta Party Jasbir Dhari 849 5.73 $12,992
Liberal Deepak Sharma 561 3.78 -5.31 $4,146
Total 14,825 99.07
Rejected, spoiled and declined 139 0.93
Turnout 14,964 51.87
Eligible voters 28,849
United Conservative notional hold Swing -9.09
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[11][12][13]
Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000.

2016 by-election

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Alberta provincial by-election, March 22, 2016: Calgary-Greenway
Death of Manmeet Bhullar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Prabhdeep Gill 2,292 27.73 -15.04
Wildrose Devinder Toor 1,957 23.68 +2.62
Liberal Khalil Karbani 1,870 22.63 -
New Democratic Roop Rai 1,667 20.17 -16.00
Green Thana Boonlert 166 2.01 -
Independent Said Hussein Abdulbaki 146 1.77 -
Independent Larry Heather 106 1.28 -
Independent Sukhi Rai 61 0.74 -
Total valid votes 8,265 100.00
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots
Turnout 29.23
Eligible voters 28,278
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -8.83

2015 general election

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2015 Alberta general election: Calgary-Greenway
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Conservative Manmeet Bhullar 5,337 43.0
New Democratic Don Monroe 4,513 36.2
Wildrose Devinder Toor 2,627 21.1
Total valid votes 12,477 100.0
Rejected, spoiled and declined 146
Turnout 12,623 41.3
Eligible voters 30,600
Source: Elections Alberta[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Meet the candidates for the Calgary-Greenway byelection".
  2. ^ "Alberta election: Calgary-Varsity results - Calgary | Globalnews.ca".
  3. ^ "Alberta Election 2023 – daveberta.ca – Alberta Politics and Elections". Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  4. ^ French, Janet (September 16, 2022). "UCP MLAs divided, unsure of support for possible Alberta Sovereignty Act". CBC. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  5. ^ "Cabinet". www.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  6. ^ "Member Information". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  7. ^ ucpcaucus_mla (2019-10-02). "Devinder Toor". United Conservative Caucus. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  8. ^ "Member Information". www.assembly.ab.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  9. ^ "Devinder Toor biography". www.alberta.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  10. ^ "10 - Calgary-Falconridge". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  11. ^ "10 - Calgary-Falconridge, 2019 Alberta general election". officialresults.elections.ab.ca. Elections Alberta. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  12. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume II (PDF) (Report). Vol. 2. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 39–42. ISBN 978-1-988620-12-1. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  13. ^ Alberta. Chief Electoral Officer (2019). 2019 General Election. A Report of the Chief Electoral Officer. Volume III Election Finances (PDF) (Report). Vol. 3. Edmonton, Alta.: Elections Alberta. pp. 68–82. ISBN 978-1-988620-13-8. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 15, 2021. Retrieved April 7, 2021.
  14. ^ "2015 Provincial General Election Results". Elections Alberta. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2017-07-30.