Shuvaloy Majumdar
Shuvaloy "Shuv" Majumdar is a Canadian politician, foreign policy advisor, and former consultant. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, Majumdar was elected to serve as Member of Parliament for Calgary Heritage in a 2023 [Calgary Heritage federal by-election|2023 by-election].
Early life and education
Shuvaloy Majumdar was born in Calgary, Alberta to Indian immigrant parents of Bengali Hindu origin. He attended the University of Calgary. While a student at the University of Calgary, he became friends with current Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. They reportedly met within the university's Reform Party campus club.Career
Majumdar was a ministerial staffer for international trade minister Bev Oda. He also served as policy director to Canadian foreign minister John Baird and worked alongside Jason Kenney when he was defence minister.From 2006-2010, he worked for International Republican Institute. Majumdar was a visiting foreign policy scholar at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia and was recruited by Reform Party Leader Preston Manning to work at the Manning Centre for Building Democracy for a couple of years.
Following the 2015 Canadian federal election, Majumdar was hired by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute to lead its foreign policy and national security program until January 1, 2023. While working at MLI, Majumdar worked for Stephen Harper's consulting firm, Harper & Associates as their Global Director.
In 2019, it was revealed that Majumdar's name was mentioned as an organizer in the Conservative Party leadership election#"Kamikaze campaign" scandal|"Kamikaze campaign" scandal]. However, after conducting an intensive investigation with 65 investigators, almost 1,800 interviews, the RCMP found no evidence of wrongdoing and laid no charges of fraud.