Arpan Khanna is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on June 19, 2023. He represents Oxford as a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. Previously, he was a lawyer.
Background Arpan Khanna was born in Brampton, Ontario to parents who had immigrated from Punjab, India. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario. Khanna is a practicing lawyer. Until January 2024, Khanna sat on the board of governors of the Robert Land Academy, a private boarding school.
In 2022, Arpan Khanna was elected as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Oxford.
Career During the Harper government, Khanna was a ministerial staffer for Jason Kenney. He was also an outreach staffer to Tim Hudak.
In 2023, Khanna was named 12 to watch on Canada's rapidly rising right by the National Post and in 2024, he was named one of the Top 25 most influential Conservatives in federal politics by the Hill Times.
2019 federal election
During the 2019 election, Khanna was deafeated by Liberal incumbent Ruby Sahota in Brampton North.
2022 leadership race
Khanna served as the Ontario co-chair for Pierre Poilievre's successful leadership bid. Subsequently, he became the national outreach chair for the Conservative Party.
2023 Oxford by-election
In 2023, Khanna decided to run for the Conservative Nomination for the Riding of Oxford to succeed then-Member of Parliament, Dave MacKenzie. In February 2023, MacKenzie criticized Khanna for promoting a quote implying that Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre endorsed him for the nomination and the party was supporting Khanna's candidacy. MacKenzie believed it a violation of the party nomination rules based on the Conservative's code of conduct.
On June 19, Khanna was elected to the riding.
2025 federal election
Khanna along side fellow caucus member Tim Uppal are responsible for the party outreach towards minority communities.
Arpan Khanna now serves as the Conservative Shadow Minister for Justice and Attorney General of Canada after a shadow cabinet reshuffle done in summer 2026. He was appointed as the Vice Chair to the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights which studies the bills, policies, programs and spending of the Department of Justice and the six federal agencies related to its portfolio.
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