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Gurveen Chadha first Punjabi girl elected to Westmount Council, Canada
“I'm ready to work for the community where I grew up,” she said after the result.
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Prabhjot Paul Singh - Sun, 16, Nov 2025
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Gurveen K. Chadha. / Prabhjot Paul Singh
Gurveen K. Chadha of Westmount, Quebec, has scripted history by becoming the first Punjabi girl to be elected to the Westmount City Council. She defeated sitting Councillor Conrad Peart in the just-concluded Quebec municipal elections.
“I know how policy gets built and how strategy is implemented. Now I'm ready to work for the community where I grew up,” commented Chadha after her election.
She was born and raised in Westmount—learning to swim at the YMCA, skating at the Rec Centre, and taking classes at Victoria Hall. She went on to study public policy at Harvard and Dartmouth. Her career bridges public policy and the private sector.
Gurveen won in a four-corner contest, polling 52.59% and securing 487 votes against the 31.49% (291 votes) polled by the nearest rival, Peart. / Prabhjot Paul SinghIn Ottawa, she was Director of Policy to Marc Garneau, Canada’s Minister of Transport, leading policy development and managing complex national-level issues. In business, she has led strategy and operations at companies such as Shopify and Jobber, and she also co-founded the olive oil shop Olives en folie on Victoria Ave.
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Over the past decade, she has knocked on hundreds of doors during campaigns in this city, listening to residents directly. She joins the City Council with the desire to improve our infrastructure, strengthen economic vitality on Sherbrooke, Greene, Victoria, and Ste-Catherine, and create sustainable public spaces that will keep Westmount thriving for the next 150 years.
She won in a four-corner contest, polling 52.59 percent and securing 487 votes against the 31.49% (291 votes) polled by the nearest rival, Peart.
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