Gary Anandasangaree
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Gary Anandasangaree MP |
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| கரி ஆனந்தசங்கரி | |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Scarborough—Rouge Park |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Riding Established |
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| Political party | Liberal |
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| Profession | Lawyer |
| Ethnicity | Sri Lankan Tamil |
Sathiyasangaree "Gary" Anandasangaree (Tamil: சத்தியசங்கரி ஆனந்தசங்கரி) is a Tamil Canadian lawyer, human rights activist and politician. He was elected to represent the riding of Scarborough—Rouge Park in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election.
Anandasangaree is the son of V. Anandasangaree, a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician. His parents separated in 1980 and he and his mother moved to Ireland. They had planned to return to Sri Lanka in July 1983 when the Black July anti-Tamil riots broke out. Changing plans, Anandasangaree and his mother travelled to Canada on August 31, 1983. Anandasangaree is estranged from his father and has only met him twice since 1983.
After school Anandasangaree joined Carleton University, graduating in 1996 with a B.A. honours degree in political science. He is married to Harini Sivalingam. They have two daughters, Bairavi and Sahanah.
Anandasangaree worked in real estate as a registered real estate broker between 1996 and 2006.
Anandasangaree studied at the Osgoode Hall Law School, the law faculty of York University. He graduated in 2005 with a LL.B. degree and was called to the bar in 2006. Anandasangaree is the principal lawyer at Gary Anandasangaree and Associates, a Toronto law firm specialising in business, real estate and international human rights law. He is a member of The Law Society of Upper Canada, Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association and South Asian Bar Association.
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