Deepak Obhrai facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Honourable Deepak Obhrai PC
Obhrai in 2017
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary East
In office June 2, 1997 – October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Riding created
Succeeded by	riding redistributed
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary Forest Lawn
In office October 19, 2015 – August 2, 2019
Preceded by	Riding created
Succeeded by	TBA
Official Opposition Critic for International Development
In office November 20, 2015 – July 12, 2016
Leader	Rona Ambrose
Preceded by	Hélène Laverdière
Succeeded by	Dean Allison
Personal details
Born	(1950-07-05)July 5, 1950 Oldeani, Tanganyika (now Oldeani, Tanzania)
Died	August 2, 2019(2019-08-02) (aged 69) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Political party	Conservative
Other political affiliations	Reform Party, Canadian Alliance
Spouse(s)	Neena Obhrai (until 2019, his death)
Occupation	Businessman, politician

Deepak Obhrai PC (July 5, 1950 – August 2, 2019) was a Tanzania-born Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Calgary East (until 2015) and Forest Lawn (from 2015) for the Reform Party of Canada and then the Conservative Party of Canada from 1997 until his death in 2019.

Obhrai was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was the first and only Hindu to become an MP in Canada, and at the time of his death was the longest continuously-serving Conservative MP.

He ran in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, but was defeated in the first round of voting.

Obhrai died in Calgary on August 2, 2019 from liver cancer, aged 69.

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  Obhrai with Manmohan Singh in Toronto on June 28, 2010