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Doly Begum

Doly BegumMP
Begum in 2023

Incumbent
Assumed office April 13, 2026
Bill Blair
In officeJune 7, 2018 – February 3, 2026
Lorenzo Berardinetti
TBD
In officeJuly 13, 2022 – February 3, 2026Serving with Sol Mamakwa
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Peter Tabuns (interim)
Marit Stiles
John Vanthof and Sara Singh

(1989-09-05) September 5, 1989Moulvibazar District, Bangladesh
Liberal (since 2026)
Ontario New Democratic (2018–2026)
Rizuan Rahman (died 2024)
University of Toronto (BA)
University College London (MA)
dolybegum.liberal.ca

Doly Begum (Bengali: ডলি বেগম; born September 5, 1989) is a Canadian politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Scarborough Southwest since 2026 as a member of the Liberal Party. Previously, she was the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Scarborough Southwest from 2018 to 2026 and a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP), serving as deputy leader from 2022 to 2026. She resigned as MPP and deputy provincial NDP leader in 2026 to run for the federal Liberal Party in the 2026 Scarborough Southwest federal by-election.

Begum was born September 5, 1989 in the Moulvibazar District of Bangladesh. She immigrated to Canada as a child with her family, and was raised in Scarborough, Ontario, attending W. A. Porter Collegiate Institute in the Clairlea neighbourhood of Toronto.

She obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Toronto in political science, and a Master of Arts in development, administration and planning from University College London. Prior to her candidacy, she was Co-Chair of the Scarborough Health Coalition, Vice-Chair of Warden Woods Community Centre, a research analyst at the Society of Energy Professionals, and was the chief coordinator of the province-wide Keep Hydro Public campaign.

In the 2018 Ontario general election, Begum ran as the NDP candidate for Scarborough Southwest. The riding has a large immigrant population, constituting 45 per cent of the riding's population, with Bangladeshi Canadians accounting for 16 per cent. She won the riding with 46 per cent of the vote, defeating 15-year Liberal incumbent Lorenzo Berardinetti. At 29, Doly Begum was the youngest member of her party's caucus and is the first Bangladeshi-Canadian to be elected to a legislative body in Canada.

She was named the Official Opposition critic for immigration services and for international credentials on August 11, 2024. Begum previously served as the Official Opposition critic for citizenship, foreign credentials and immigration services, deputy opposition whip from August 2019 to February 2021, critic for early learning and childcare from August 2018 to February 2021 and a member of the Standing Committee on Social Policy from July 2018 to October 2019.

In 2020, Begum introduced a private member's bill that would mark June as Filipino Heritage Month. The bill passed its final reading and received Royal Assent on May 20, 2021, officially proclaiming June as Filipino Heritage Month in Ontario.

On July 13, 2022, Begum was named a deputy leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, alongside Sol Mamakwa.

On February 3, 2026, she announced her resignation from the Ontario NDP and the Ontario legislature in order to contest the 2026 Scarborough Southwest federal by-election as the Liberal Party candidate.

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	Liberal	Doly Begum	20,114	69.89	+8.41
	Conservative	Diana Filipova	5,300	18.42	–12.15
	New Democratic	Fatima Shaban	1,714	5.96	+0.94
	Green	Pooja Malhotra	711	2.47	+1.09
	Independent	April Francisco	432	1.50	N/A
	People's	Peter Koubakis	265	0.92	-0.12
	Christian Heritage	David Vedova	142	0.49	N/A
	Centrist	Lyall Sanders	100	0.35	+0.04
Total valid votes	28,778
Total rejected ballots	0
Turnout	28,778	33.54	–29.78
Eligible voters	85,796
	Liberal hold	Swing	+10.28
Source: Elections Canada

vte2025 Ontario general election: Scarborough Southwest
	New Democratic	Doly Begum	14,557	42.89	–4.79	$120,161
	Progressive Conservative	Addie Dramola	10,400	30.65	+3.05	$45,342
	Liberal	Qadira Jackson	7,786	22.94	+4.38	$39,544
	Green	Mark Bekkering	1,194	3.52	–0.02	$3,247
Total valid votes/expense limit	33,937	99.31	±0.00	$131,827
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots	235	0.69	±0.00
Turnout	34,172	41.96	–2.38
Eligible voters	81,434
	New Democratic hold	Swing	–3.92
Source: Elections Ontario

vte2022 Ontario general election: Scarborough Southwest
	New Democratic	Doly Begum	16,842	47.68	+2.02	$103,194
	Progressive Conservative	Bret Snider	9,750	27.60	−3.62	$67,267
	Liberal	Lisa Patel	6,556	18.56	−0.38	$65,227
	Green	Cara Brideau	1,251	3.54	+0.84	$2,506
	New Blue	Peter Naus	383	1.08		$609
	Ontario Party	Barbara Everatt	320	0.91		$0
	None of the Above	James McNair	114	0.32	−0.19	$0
	Independent	Michelle Parsons	110	0.31		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit	35,326	99.31	+0.42	$112,311
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots	247	0.69	−0.42
Turnout	35,573	44.34	−8.85
Eligible voters	79,624
	New Democratic hold	Swing	+2.82
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vte2018 Ontario general election: Scarborough Southwest
	New Democratic	Doly Begum	19,835	45.66	+22.09
	Progressive Conservative	Gary Ellis	13,565	31.22	+10.25
	Liberal	Lorenzo Berardinetti	8,228	18.94	–30.99
	Green	David Del Grande	1,174	2.70	–1.37
	None of the Above	Allen Atkinson	222	0.51	N/A
	Libertarian	James Speirs	195	0.45	N/A
	Special Needs	Willie Little	160	0.37	N/A
	Trillium	Bobby Turley	64	0.15	N/A
Total valid votes	43,443	100.0
	New Democratic notional gain from Liberal	Swing	+5.92
Source: Elections Ontario

Begum was married to Bangladeshi-Canadian lawyer Rizuan Rahman until his death from cancer in September 2024.

Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history

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