Preceded by new district Name Darshan Kang Resigned May 5, 2015 Occupation Real estate agent Succeeded by Irfan Sabir | Spouse(s) Sharanjit Residence Chestermere, Canada Preceded by Shiraz Shariff | |
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Role Former Member of the Legislative Assembly Previous office Member of the Legislative Assembly (2008–2015) Alma mater Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya | ||
Political party Liberal Party of Canada | ||
Federal election 2015 darshan kang says election results prove canada wants real change
Darshan Singh Kang (born 1951) is a Canadian politician, currently sitting as an Independent in the Canadian House of Commons representing Calgary Skyview. He previously sat as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada caucus. Prior to his election to Parliament, he served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-McCall from 2008 to 2015, representing the Alberta Liberal Party.
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- Federal election 2015 darshan kang says election results prove canada wants real change
- Darshan kang on the calgary airport tunnel
- Provincial politics
- Federal politics
- Sexual harassment allegations
- References
Before entering politics, he was a welder and a real estate agent.
Darshan kang on the calgary airport tunnel
Provincial politics
Kang ran for office for the first time in Calgary-McCall in the 2004 Alberta general election. He was defeated in a closely contested race by incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA Shiraz Shariff.
Kang won his second bid for office in the 2008 Alberta general election. The election was a virtual rematch of 2004, with all of the same candidates running. Kang defeated Shariff by 98 votes, after returns in the advanced polls showed he had won overwhelming victories. Kang's numbers increased upon the official recount to 118 votes. Shiraz Shariff challenged the vote in court, claiming that the results of the advanced polling and special ballots was tainted, but the challenge was unsuccessful.
In the 2012 provincial election, Kang was initially declared to have been defeated by Wildrose candidate Grant Galpin, but was later declared re-elected after all polling stations, special ballots and advance polls were counted. He declined to run in the 2015 provincial election in order to run for federal office.
Federal politics
In June 2014, Kang was acclaimed as the Liberal Party's candidate for the riding of Calgary Skyview in the 2015 federal election. The riding had previously been Calgary Northeast, represented by sitting Conservative Devinder Shory.
Kang ultimately won, narrowly defeating Shory. He and Kent Hehr are the first federal Liberals elected from Calgary since Pat Mahoney in 1968.
Sexual harassment allegations
On August 11, 2017, The Hill Times reported that Kang was being investigated by the House of Commons Chief Human Resources Officer for sexual harassment following allegations made by a female staff member in his Calgary constituency office. The father of the woman, when he outlined the allegations in an interview with the Toronto Star, also claimed that Kang offered her a series of payments to not share details of the alleged harassment.
On August 31, 2017, the Hill Times reported that a former staffer of Kang alleged he kissed her and grabbed her breasts without consent claiming "He doesn’t understand or seem to care about the word no, or about the word stop".
On August 31, 2017, Kang resigned from the Liberal caucus stating he wanted to "focus [his] efforts... on clearing [his] name" and did not want the allegations to be a distraction to his caucus colleagues.