Yasmin Ratansi
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Yasmin Ratansi MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Don Valley East |
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Assumed office October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Joe Daniel |
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In office June 28, 2004 – May 2, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | David Collenette |
| Succeeded by | Joe Daniel |
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January 4, 1951 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Toronto |
| Profession | Accountant, management consultant |
| Religion | Ismaili Muslim |
Yasmin Ratansi (born January 4, 1951) is a Canadian politician, who represented the riding of Don Valley East in the Canadian House of Commons from 2004 to 2011, and again from 2015. She is a member of the Liberal Party. Ratansi is an Ismaili Muslim, and was the first Muslim woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons.
Born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, she emigrated to Canada in 1974. She worked as a management consultant. She is a Certified General Accountant (CGA), a member of the Certified General Accountants of Ontario, and a fellow of the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada. In 2009, Ratansi was bestowed with the John Leslie Award by CGA Canada, given in recognition of CGAs "who have achieved a high and favourable profile in the Canadian community."
In 1979 Ratansi joined the Liberal party and campaigned for David Collenette. Later she was the federal Liberal candidate for Don Valley East in the 1988 federal election. In the nomination for the Liberal candidacy leading up to the vote, rival Mel Catre complained that voting irregularities allowed Ratansi supporters to vote freely while his supporters were barred from voting. A subsequent investigation failed to prove these allegations. Ratansi finished in second place 2,838 votes behind the Conservative winner Alan Redway. She served on the party's federal campaign committee in 1992 and was treasurer of the party's Ontario wing from 1993 to 1997. In 1998 she served as one of three co-chairs on the campaign to elect Mel Lastman as mayor of the newly amalgamated city of Toronto.
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