Federal Liberals have elected Sachit Mehra as the new party President at their weekend convention. The President is responsible for party membership, fundraising and building structures. In a run-up for his campaign for the presidency, Mehra describes himself as a community builder, business owner, manager, dad, husband and, a proud Liberal member, donor and volunteer from the prairies for over 32 years.

By PD Raj – Senior Writer DESIBUZZCanada

OTTAWA – Federal Liberals have elected Sachit Mehra as the new party President at their weekend convention. The President is responsible for party membership, fundraising and building structures.

In a run-up for his campaign for the presidency, Mehra describes himself as a community builder, business owner, manager, dad, husband and, a proud Liberal member, donor and volunteer from the prairies for over 32 years.

Mehra has previously been Chair of the Federal Liberal Agency of Canada, President of the Liberal Party of Canada (Manitoba)

Co-Chair of the Election Readiness Committee for the Liberal Party of Canada (Manitoba), twice and President of the Young Liberals of Manitoba.

“My time working with the Liberal Party of Canada has given me long-lasting friends, trusted confidants, and satisfaction in service to others – and I want to give back for all that it has given me,” Mehra said.

“I am a builder, working for you. I am someone who believes deeply that the Liberal Party of Canada has more to give to Canadians. I am ready to work with all of you on the path to the next election.”

Mehra was declared elected at the end of the party’s three-day convention in Ottawa on Saturday. He defeated party vice-president Mira Ahmad and will replace Suzanne Cowan.

Following the announcement of the election result, Mehra tweeted, “This National Liberal Convention has been an amazing moment as a Party and as a team. I am honoured to serve as your President.”

“In order to send more Liberal MPs here (to Ottawa), we’ve got to go back into communities and begin working now,” the agency Canadian Press quoted him as saying after becoming President.

Mehra is from the city of Winnipeg in the province of Manitoba. He has roots in New Delhi, as his father moved from the Indian capital to study in Canada in the 1960s.

Mehra is a businessman, as his family runs the East India Restaurants Company which has a presence in Winnipeg and Ottawa.

Mehra announced his intent to contest for the party post in October last year, and touted his experience as having served as chair of the Federal Liberal Agency of Canada, president of the Liberal Party of Canada (Manitoba) and the President of the Young Liberals of Canada.

Mehra will be heading the party organisation when the next Federal elections are held in 2025, ten years since Trudeau swept into power.