Shuvaloy Majumdar

Shuvaloy Majumdar was born in Calgary, Alberta to Indian immigrant parents of Bengali Hindu origin.^[4] He attended the University of Calgary.^[5] While a student at the University of Calgary, he became friends with current Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. They reportedly met within the university's Reform Party campus club.^[5]

Majumdar was a ministerial staffer for international trade minister Bev Oda.^[6] He also served as policy director to Canadian foreign minister John Baird and worked alongside Jason Kenney when he was defence minister.^[7]

From 2006-2010, he worked for International Republican Institute.^[7] Majumdar was a visiting foreign policy scholar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia and was recruited by Reform Party Leader Preston Manning to work at the Manning Centre for Building Democracy for a couple of years.^[5][6]

Following the 2015 Canadian federal election, Majumdar was hired by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute to lead its foreign policy and national security program until January 1, 2023.^[8][9] While working at MLI, Majumdar worked for Stephen Harper's consulting firm, Harper & Associates as their Global Director.^[7]

In 2019, it was revealed that Majumdar's name was mentioned as an organizer in the "Kamikaze campaign" scandal.^{[10][11][12][13]} However, after conducting an intensive investigation with 65 investigators, almost 1,800 interviews, the RCMP found no evidence of wrongdoing and laid no charges of fraud.^[14]

Member of the House of Commons

Majumdar was elected to the House of Commons in a 2023 by-election following the resignation of Bob Benzen.^[2][3] Upon his election, he became the third Conservative MP serving at that time of South Asian descent.^[15] Shuvaloy is a former member of the Standing Committee on Public Health, which he served on from fall of 2023 to early 2024.^[16] He currently serves as a member of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights.^[17]