Conjoints des parlementaires.

Date22 March 2022
AuthorWinters, Nellie

A l'échelle municipale, provinciale et fédérale, les liens familiaux dans les instances politiques canadiennes sont nombreux. Parents et enfants, grands-parents, petits-enfants, frères, soeurs, membres de la belle-famille : les dynasties familiales, directes et élargies, parsèment l'histoire politique de notre pays.

Or, notre histoire politique a aussi été écrite par des parlementaires liés par l'amour plutôt que par les liens du sang. Parmi les couples connus, beaucoup ont siégé à la Chambre des communes successivement plutôt que simultanément. Fait intéressant, plusieurs veuves ont été élues après le décès de leurs époux.

Dans le présent article, cependant, nous vous présentons d'anciens parlementaires qui siégeaient ensemble tout en étant partenaires de vie.

Nina et Gurmant Grewal sont le premier couple légalement marié à avoir siégé en même temps au Parlement. Leur parcours vers Ottawa a débuté à l'autre bout du monde. Gurmant, né en Inde, et Nina, originaire du Japon, ont vécu au Libéria avant d'immigrer au Canada. Gurmant a été élu député en 1997 dans la circonscription de Surrey-Centre, en Colombie-Britannique, puis réélu en 2000. De 2004 à 2006, il a représenté la circonscription de Newton--Delta-Nord...

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