Darshan Kang spoke at a Liberal Party of Canada rally for the 2008 federal election

Darshan Kang is a current provincial level politician and serves as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary McCall. Prior to his political career he was a welder and a real estate agent.

[edit] Early life

Darshan Kang was born in India. He attended primary and secondary school in the Moga district of Punjab province. Kang completed a pre-medical degree at the University of Indore before coming to Canada in 1970.

Kang became a journeyman welder before working as a real estate agent.^[1]

[edit] Political career

Kang ran for office for the first time in Calgary McCall in the 2004 Alberta general election He was defeated in a hotly contested race by incumbent Shiraz Shariff.

Darshan Kang (third from right) attends a news conference with Kevin Taft (third from left) in Calgary, as part of the 2008 provincial election campaign.

Kang won his second bid for office in the 2008 Alberta general election. The election was a virtual rematch of 2004 with almost all candidates being the same. 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.^[2] Shiraz Shariff and the Progressive Conservatives have challenged the vote in court claiming that the results of the advanced polling and special ballots was tainted.^[3]

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