21 Facts About Manmeet Bhullar

Manmeet Singh Bhullar was a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta who represented the constituency of Calgary-Greenway as a Progressive Conservative.

Manmeet Bhullar served as a cabinet minister from 2011 until the defeat of the Progressive Conservative government in 2015.

Manmeet Bhullar was widely seen as a rising star in the Progressive Conservative caucus.

Manmeet Bhullar was born March 1,1980, in the community of Penbrooke Meadows in Calgary.

Manmeet Bhullar earned his Bachelor of Arts with a Sociology concentration from Athabasca University in 2005.

Manmeet Bhullar attended Mount Royal University as part of his post-secondary education.

In 2011, Manmeet Bhullar received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Windsor.

Manmeet Bhullar has been a strong advocate for the issues of East Calgarians in the Alberta legislature.

Manmeet Bhullar then worked with Jim Prentice when he was MP for Calgary Centre-North, aiding him with his role as Regional Minister for Alberta and the Territories.

Manmeet Bhullar first sought public office in the 2008 provincial election in the constituency of Calgary-Montrose.

Manmeet Bhullar was appointed to the position of Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Advanced Education and Technology on March 12,2008, making him the youngest politician to serve as a parliamentary assistant or secretary in Canada at the time.

On October 12,2011, Manmeet Bhullar was appointed to Cabinet as Minister of Service Alberta making him the first turbaned Sikh to hold a ministerial position.

Manmeet Bhullar received accolades for his work to crack down on unscrupulous contractors taking advantage of citizens after Alberta's flooding in 2013 and for laying the groundwork for a stronger condominium act, including a new dispute resolution system for condominium owners.

On December 13,2013, Manmeet Bhullar was promoted to the position of Minister of Human Services putting him in charge of the third largest ministry by expenditures in government and overseeing more than 4,000 employees.

Manmeet Bhullar was appointed as Minister of Infrastructure in Fall 2014 by newly elected premier Jim Prentice.

Manmeet Bhullar held the position until dissolution of the Legislature in 2015.

Manmeet Bhullar was one of only 10 Progressive Conservative MLAs who were returned in the 2015 provincial election that defeated the Prentice government.

Manmeet Bhullar sat on the opposition benches in the Alberta legislature until his death.

Manmeet Bhullar died in a motor vehicle collision north of Red Deer, Alberta while driving from Calgary to Edmonton in bad weather on the Queen Elizabeth II highway, on November 23,2015.

Manmeet Bhullar had stopped to assist a driver involved in a collision and sustained fatal injuries after he was struck by a semi truck that had lost control descending a hill.

In January 2019, a park named after Manmeet Bhullar was opened in Rotary-Mattamy Greenway in Taradale, Calgary, close to where Manmeet Bhullar and his wife lived.