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The HonourableRavi KahlonMLA
Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs of British Columbia Minister of Housing (2022-2024)
Incumbent
Assumed office December 7, 2022
Premier	David Eby
Preceded by	Murray Rankin (Housing) Anne Kang (Municipal Affairs)
Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation of British Columbia
In office November 26, 2020 – December 7, 2022
Premier	John Horgan David Eby
Preceded by	Michelle Mungall
Succeeded by	Brenda Bailey (Jobs, Economic Development and Innovation)
Parliamentary Secretary for Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development of British Columbia
In office July 26, 2019 – November 26, 2020
Premier	John Horgan
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	Roly Russell (Rural Development)
Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Multiculturalism of British Columbia
In office July 18, 2017 – July 26, 2019
Premier	John Horgan
Preceded by	Sam Sullivan (Minister of Sport)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Delta North
Incumbent
Assumed office May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Scott Hamilton
Personal details
Born	(1979-05-15) May 15, 1979 (age 45) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Political party	New Democratic
Residence(s)	Delta, British Columbia
Occupation	Athlete, politician
Sports career
Nationality	Canadian
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Sport	Field hockey
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing Canada Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2003 Santo Domingo Team

Ravinder "Ravi" Kahlon (born May 15, 1979) is a Canadian politician and athlete. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia, representing the riding of Delta North as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP). He has served in the cabinet of British Columbia since 2020, currently as Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs. As a field hockey player, he has represented Canada at several international events, including the 2000 and 2008 Summer Olympics.

Early life and playing career

Kahlon was born and raised in Victoria, British Columbia; his mother was a restaurateur, while his father was a sawmill worker. He was introduced to field hockey by his family at the age of 7, and began playing as a defender in the Victoria League at age twelve. He graduated from Lambrick Park Secondary School, where he also played basketball. He was selected to the junior national field hockey team in 1999 and was named team captain. Kahlon was a student at Camosun College in Victoria at the time. He earned his first international senior cap for the Men's National Team in 2000 against Malaysia in Brussels.

Eventually competing at every level of international competition, Kahlon's career would include playing three times in Hockey World Cup qualifying tournaments, representing Canada at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games, a gold medal performance at the 2007 Pan American Games, and tenth-place finishes at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

He moved to the Metro Vancouver suburb of Delta in 2005 to facilitate his career with the Vancouver-based national field hockey team. After retiring from playing, he began a career in banking, and also served as director of stakeholder relations for the BC NDP caucus. In 2013, Kahlon was inducted into the Delta Sports Hall of Fame.

Political career

In October 2016, Kahlon announced he would be running for office in the 2017 provincial election with the BC NDP; he won the NDP nomination in Delta North. That riding is considered a swing district, having been won three times each by the BC NDP and British Columbia Liberal Party in the six elections prior to 2017. When the election was held on May 9, 2017, Kahlon defeated Liberal incumbent Scott Hamilton by a margin of 9.14 percentage points.

The 2017 British Columbia election resulted in a hung parliament, with no party controlling a majority of seats in the Legislative Assembly. However, the NDP was eventually able to form a minority government with the support of the Green Party of British Columbia. The NDP government was sworn in on July 18, 2017, with new Premier John Horgan naming Kahlon as Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Multiculturalism. Kahlon was later named Parliamentary Secretary for Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development.

Kahlon supported eventual winner Jagmeet Singh for leader of the federal New Democratic Party in that party's 2017 leadership election.

Following his re-election in 2020, in which he won 56.78% of the vote, he was named Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation.

After Horgan announced his retirement as premier and party leader in 2022, Kahlon endorsed David Eby and joined as co-chair of Eby's campaign, alongside Katrina Chen. Kahlon was subsequently named Minister of Housing and Government House Leader in the Eby ministry on December 7, 2022.

Electoral record

International senior competitions

• 2000 — Olympic Games, Sydney (10th)
• 2001 — World Cup Qualifier, Edinburgh (8th)
• 2002 — Commonwealth Games, Manchester (6th)
• 2003 — Pan American Games, Santo Domingo (2nd)
• 2004 — Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Madrid (11th)
• 2004 — Pan American Cup, London (2nd)
• 2006 — Commonwealth Games, Melbourne (9th)
• 2007 — Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro (1st)
• 2008 — Olympic Games, Beijing (10th)

References

1. ^ "Ravi Kahlon - Delta Sports Hall of Fame". Delta Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
2. ^ "Honourable Ravi Kahlon". Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
3. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (2017-05-20). "Field-hockey Olympian Ravi Kahlon starts life as MLA". The Times-Colonist. Victoria, BC. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
4. "Ravi Kahlon". Olympedia. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
5. ^ Morris, Jim (2020-12-07). "How Ravi Kahlon's Olympic experience is helping him in role as B.C. cabinet minister". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
6. "MLA: Hon. Ravi Kahlon". Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
7. Kahlon, Ravi. "Community leader and Olympian Ravi Kahlon seeks North Delta seat for BC NDP". ravikahlon.ca. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
8. Shaw, Rob (July 18, 2017). "B.C. NDP Cabinet 2017: Metro Vancouver MLAs handed key cabinet roles". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
9. ^ Gyarmati, Sandor (2020-11-26). "Delta North MLA Kahlon makes cabinet". The Delta Optimist. Retrieved 2022-04-26.
10. Forrest, Maura (July 11, 2017). "NDP leadership tracker: Wab Kinew endorses Jagmeet Singh". National Post. Retrieved March 1, 2018. "Jagmeet, like many of B.C.'s newly elected MLAs, represents a new energy that is the future of our party. I've seen Jagmeet in action here in BC and watched him connect with people. Jagmeet is the leader our federal party needs," said Ravi Kahlon, the MLA for Delta North, in a statement.
11. Lindsay, Bethany (2020-11-26). "New faces join B.C.'s new cabinet, while stalwarts stay on in key roles". CBC News. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
12. Balzer, Jess (2022-07-22). "Burnaby MLA Katrina Chen to co-chair David Eby's BC NDP leadership campaign". Burnaby Now. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
13. "New cabinet ready to take action on cost of living, health care, housing, climate" (Press release). Office of the Premier of British Columbia. 2022-12-07. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
14. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
15. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
16. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
17. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 12 September 2020.

External links

• Ravinder Kahlon at the International Hockey Federation
• Ravinder Kahlon at Team Canada
• Ravi Kahlon at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Ravi Kahlon at Olympics.com
• Ravi Kahlon at Olympedia (archive)

v t e Canada squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – 10th place
1 Kant (GK) 2 Mahood (GK) 3 Bird 4 Brahmst 5 D'Abreo 6 Gifford 8 Griffiths 9 Pereira 10 Mosher 11 Milkovich (c) 12 Kullar 13 R. Short 14 Jagday 15 Campbell 18 Wettlaufer 21 Kahlon Coach: Virjee

v t e Canada squad – 2007 Pan American Games - Gold medal (4th Title)
1 Peck 2 Mahood 3 Wright 4 Tupper 6 Schole 9 Pereira 10 Fernandes 11 P. Short 12 Jameson 13 R. Short (c) 16 Sandison 17 Grimes 18 Wettlaufer 20 Deol 21 Kahlon 24 Singh Coach: Mendonca

v t e Canada squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – 10th place
2 Mahood 3 Wright 4 Tupper 6 Schole 9 Pereira 10 Fernandes 11 P. Short 13 R. Short (c) 16 Sandison 17 Grimes 18 Wettlaufer 19 Pearson 20 Deol 21 Kahlon 23 Kullar 24 Singh Coach: Mendonca

• 1979 births
• Living people
• Canadian male field hockey players
• Field hockey players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
• Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Field hockey players at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Olympic field hockey players for Canada
• Politicians from Victoria, British Columbia
• Field hockey players from Victoria, British Columbia
• People from Delta, British Columbia
• Canadian people of Punjabi descent
• Canadian Sikhs
• Canadian sportsperson-politicians
• Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
• Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
• Pan American Games medalists in field hockey
• Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
• Canadian sportspeople of Indian descent
• British Columbia New Democratic Party MLAs
• Members of the Executive Council of British Columbia
• Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Camosun College alumni
• 21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia