Darshan Kang

Darshan Kang MP
Darshan Kang at a Liberal Party of Canada rally for the 2008 federal election.
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Calgary Skyview
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	new district
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-McCall
In office March 3, 2008 – May 5, 2015
Preceded by	Shiraz Shariff
Succeeded by	Irfan Sabir
Personal details
Born	1951 (age 65–66) India
Political party	Liberal (also formerly provincial)
Spouse(s)	Sharanjit
Residence	Chestermere, Alberta
Alma mater	University of Indore
Occupation	Real estate agent

Darshan Singh Kang (born 1951) is a Canadian politician, currently serving in the Canadian House of Commons as the Member of Parliament for Calgary Skyview as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. He previously served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-McCall from 2008 to 2015, representing the Alberta Liberal Party. Prior to his political career, he was a welder and a real estate agent.

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 remained a provincial MLA until the 2015 provincial election in May 2015, at which point he did not seek reelection and retired.

In June 2014, Kang was acclaimed as the Liberal Party's candidate for the new Calgary Skyview federal riding in the 2015 federal election. He was subsequently elected, defeating serving MP Devinder Shory. He and Kent Hehr are the first federal Liberals elected from Calgary since Pat Mahoney in 1968.