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Dr. A.Q. Rana, MD, FRCPC, FRCP (HON), Neurologist

Founder and Leader of the Centrist Party

Dr. Rana is a practicing Neurologist in Toronto, and he specializes in Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders. He has authored several books and published many articles in the field of Neurology, Parkinson’s, and Movement disorders. He completed his FRCPC through the Royal College of Physicians of Canada. Dr. Rana has also been awarded an honorary FRCP from the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburg. He is focused on pragmatic and clinically proven research on Parkinson’s that can be applied to improve patient’s quality of lives.

Dr. Rana is the founder of the World Parkinson’s Program, a Canadian charitable organization that provides free medications to patients with Parkinson’s disease globally who can’t afford to buy medications. He is also the founder and former editor-in-chief of the Research and Reviews in Parkinsonism, published by Dove Press. Dr. Rana has been an invited speaker in many international seminars and conferences on Parkinson’s disease. As a result, people with Parkinson’s frequently consult with Dr. Rana from all over the world.

Dr. Rana has been honored with several awards including the Wayne Hening Award for his work in the field of Parkinson’s disease and Restless Legs Syndrome. He is listed in ‘Who is Who in the World’ and in the Leading Physicians of the World. He has authored a series of educational brochures about Parkinson’s disease that have been translated in more than 20 languages and are used in more than 50 countries around the world.

Dr. Rana has been very busy with his neurology practice concentrating on improving the quality of lives of his patients, and politics was never his focus. However, this has changed recently as he witnessed political parties engaging in divisive and fearmongering policies, hyper-partisanship, and lack of government transparency by the two major parties in the last decade. He strongly believes that parties promoting extremist right-wing or left-wing political agendas fail to work on common ground which is necessary to progress in a democratic society. In his views, extremism and hyper-partisanship only divide Canadians and weaken us as a nation. He started raising his voice against this and created the Centrist Party of Canada. Centrist Party strongly believes in the unity of Eastern and Western Canada and transparency of government, with the moderate, practical, and pragmatic approach that is necessary for national progress.
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Imran Khan

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Khalid Qureshi

Senior Vice President

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Lyall Sanders

Vice President of the Centrist Party

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Khalid Mehmood

National Secretary

Khawaja Amir Hassan

Chair Operations Committee

 

Federal Council

Members of the Federal Council are talented individuals who are committed to shape the political landscape of Canada for Canadians. They promote Centrist values to unite Canadians and are from across Canada and belong to various fields of life. They are community leaders and professionals who sacrifice their time and provide oversight and guidance to the Party in policy matters and strategy.

Our Federal Council will comprise of seven members from Ontario, four from Quebec, three from British Columbia, two from Alberta and one from each of the remaining provinces and territories. Individuals interested to join our Federal Council should be the member of the Federal Centrist Party and apply by sending their CVs to contact@centristcanada.ca.

Allan McCann

Allan McCann

FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Ghuzna Imam

Ghuzna Imam

FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Giovanni Bisciglia

Giovanni Bisciglia

FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Ian Smith

Ian Smith

FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Karen Merkley

Karen Merkley

FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Leo Duong

Leo Duong

FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Mr. KULBIR SINGH

Mr. KULBIR SINGH

Federal Council Member
Nigel D’Souza

Nigel D’Souza

FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Rana G. Ahmad

Rana G. Ahmad

FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Richard Liao

Richard Liao

Federal Council Member
Ritchie Singh

Ritchie Singh

FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMBER
Rod Collins

Rod Collins

FEDERAL COUNCIL MEMBER

Meet our Candidates for Election 2025

Hafiz Muneeb Ahmed

Brampton-Chinguacousy Park

Dr. Taha Nazir

Brampton Centre, Ontario

Ghuzna Imam

Bowmanville-Oshawa North

Syed Hasnain

Calgary McKnight

Helmi Charif

Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore

Faisal Ali

Ajax

Shahzad Ahmed

Markham Stouffville

Imran Khan

Scarborough South West

Zainab Rana

Pickering Brooklin

Nouman Mian

Whitby, Ontario

Hu Fang

LaSalle- Emard- Verdun, Montreal, Quebec

Khawaja Amir Hassan

Brampton West

Moinuddin Siddiqui

Kanata

 Ayub Sipra

Scarborough-Woburn

Haider-Qureshi

Markham-Thornhill

Yawar Anwar

Niagara Falls Niagara on the Lake

Abdul S. Kissanaa

Brampton East

Brandon-Ellis

Fredericton-Oromocto

Ian Smith

Wellington-Halton Hills North

Richard Liao

Scarborough-North

Ahmed Hassan

Why Centrism?

Centrism offers a pragmatic approach that transcends the rigid boundaries of partisan politics. In a polarized political landscape where extremism dominates the discourse, centrist philosophy strives to find common ground and foster collaboration to bring about fair and transparent governance.

This approach recognizes the complexity of real-world issues, and that solutions are found in a nuanced understanding, rather than adhering strictly to one ideological stance. By prioritizing evidence- based decision making and compromise, centrism promotes policies that are more likely to be effective and sustainable.

Partisan politics leads to a deadlock in the legislative process. Incorporating diverse perspectives and drawing upon the strengths of both Conservative and Liberal ideas, centrism can pave the way toward comprehensive and inclusive policies that address the multifaceted challenges Canadians are facing today.

Be the Change

Engagement in the political process is a powerful means to bring about positive change in Canadian society by actively participating instead of just sitting on the sidelines. This in turn empowers citizens to have a direct impact on the decisions that shape their lives, and it fosters a sense of civic responsibility, instead of feeling like hapless victims of forces beyond their control.

The prospect of a brighter future for Canada lies in innovation and fresh ideas, embracing new perspectives for navigating the complex challenges that confront our society.

There’s only one true centrist party in Canada. Established in November of 2020, out of a desire to bring together all Canadians, to promote unity, accountability and stability in our increasingly fractured and disillusioned society.

Get involved by joining us and/or making a monthly donation that helps us spread the word and build momentum to bring about real change.

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Youth Coordinators

Alesha Mullings

Alesha Mullings

YOUTH COORDINATORS
Brett Douglas Otterbein

Brett Douglas Otterbein

YOUTH COORDINATORS
Mathew Baldwin

Mathew Baldwin

YOUTH COORDINATORS

Meet our Candidates for Election 2025

Hafiz Muneeb Ahmed

Brampton-Chinguacousy Park

Dr. Taha Nazir

Brampton Centre, Ontario

Ghuzna Imam

Bowmanville-Oshawa North

Syed Hasnain

Calgary McKnight

Helmi Charif

Windsor-Tecumseh-Lakeshore

Faisal Ali

Ajax

Shahzad Ahmed

Markham Stouffville

Imran Khan

Scarborough South West

Zainab Rana

Pickering Brooklin

Nouman Mian

Whitby, Ontario

Hu Fang

LaSalle- Emard- Verdun, Montreal, Quebec

Khawaja Amir Hassan

Brampton West

Moinuddin Siddiqui

Kanata

 Ayub Sipra

Scarborough-Woburn

Haider-Qureshi

Markham-Thornhill

Yawar Anwar

Niagara Falls Niagara on the Lake

Abdul S. Kissanaa

Brampton East

Brandon-Ellis

Fredericton-Oromocto

Ian Smith

Wellington-Halton Hills North

Richard Liao

Scarborough-North

Ahmed Hassan

Mr. M. Ahmed

Chief Patron

Riding Associations

Officers elected per riding — President · Vice President · Secretary · Treasurer

Alberta

37 seats
#  Riding President Vice President Secretary Treasurer
1Airdrie—Cochrane
2Battle River—Crowfoot
3Bow River
4Calgary Centre
5Calgary Confederation
6Calgary Crowfoot
7Calgary East
8Calgary Heritage
9Calgary McKnight
10Calgary Midnapore
11Calgary Nose Hill
12Calgary Shepard
13Calgary Signal Hill
14Calgary Skyview
15Edmonton Centre
16Edmonton Gateway
17Edmonton Griesbach
18Edmonton Manning
19Edmonton Northwest
20Edmonton Riverbend
21Edmonton Southeast
22Edmonton Strathcona
23Edmonton West
24Foothills
25Fort McMurray—Cold Lake
26Grande Prairie
27Lakeland
28Leduc—Wetaskiwin
29Lethbridge
30Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner
31Parkland
32Peace River—Westlock
33Ponoka—Didsbury
34Red Deer
35Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan
36St. Albert—Sturgeon River
37Yellowhead

British Columbia

43 seats
#  Riding President Vice President Secretary Treasurer
1Abbotsford—South Langley
2Burnaby Central
3Burnaby North—Seymour
4Cariboo—Prince George
5Chilliwack—Hope
6Cloverdale—Langley City
7Columbia—Kootenay—Southern Rockies
8Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
9Courtenay—Alberni
10Cowichan—Malahat—Langford
11Delta
12Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke
13Fleetwood—Port Kells
14Kamloops—Shuswap—Central Rockies
15Kamloops—Thompson—Nicola
16Kelowna
17Langley Township—Fraser Heights
18Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford
19Nanaimo—Ladysmith
20New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville
21North Island—Powell River
22North Vancouver—Capilano
23Okanagan Lake West—South Kelowna
24Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge
25Port Moody—Coquitlam
26Prince George—Peace River—Northern Rockies
27Richmond Centre—Marpole
28Richmond East—Steveston
29Saanich—Gulf Islands
30Similkameen—South Okanagan—West Kootenay
31Skeena—Bulkley Valley
32South Surrey—White Rock
33Surrey Centre
34Surrey Newton
35Vancouver Centre
36Vancouver East
37Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby
38Vancouver Granville
39Vancouver Kingsway
40Vancouver Quadra
41Vernon—Lake Country—Monashee
42Victoria
43West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

Manitoba

14 seats
#  RidingPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer
1Brandon—Souris
2Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
3Elmwood—Transcona
4Kildonan—St. Paul
5Portage—Lisgar
6Provencher
7Riding Mountain
8Selkirk—Interlake—Eastman
9St. Boniface—St. Vital
10Winnipeg Centre
11Winnipeg North
12Winnipeg South
13Winnipeg South Centre
14Winnipeg West

New Brunswick

10 seats
#  RidingPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer
1Acadie—Bathurst
2Beauséjour
3Fredericton—Oromocto
4Fundy Royal
5Madawaska—Restigouche
6Miramichi—Grand Lake
7Moncton—Dieppe
8Saint John—Kennebecasis
9Saint John—St. Croix
10Tobique—Mactaquac

Newfoundland and Labrador

7 seats
#  RidingPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer
1Avalon
2Cape Spear
3Central Newfoundland
4Labrador
5Long Range Mountains
6St. John's East
7Terra Nova—The Peninsulas

Northwest Territories

1 seat
#  RidingPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer
1Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

11 seats
#  RidingPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer
1Acadie—Annapolis
2Cape Breton—Canso—Antigonish
3Central Nova
4Cumberland—Colchester
5Dartmouth—Cole Harbour
6Halifax
7Halifax West
8Kings—Hants
9Sackville—Bedford—Preston
10South Shore—St. Margarets
11Sydney—Glace Bay

Nunavut

1 seat
#  RidingPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer
1Nunavut

Ontario

122 seats
#  RidingPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer
1Ajax
2Algonquin—Renfrew—Pembroke
3Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill
4Barrie South—Innisfil
5Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte
6Bay of Quinte
7Beaches—East York
8Bowmanville—Oshawa North
9Brampton Centre
10Brampton—Chinguacousy Park
11Brampton East
12Brampton North—Caledon
13Brampton South
14Brampton West
15Brantford—Brant South—Six Nations
16Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound
17Burlington
18Burlington North—Milton West
19Cambridge
20Carleton
21Chatham-Kent—Leamington
22Davenport
23Don Valley North
24Don Valley West
25Dufferin—Caledon
26Eglinton—Lawrence
27Elgin—St. Thomas—London South
28Essex
29Etobicoke Centre
30Etobicoke—Lakeshore
31Etobicoke North
32Flamborough—Glanbrook—Brant North
33Guelph
34Haldimand—Norfolk
35Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes
36Hamilton Centre
37Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
38Hamilton Mountain
39Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas
40Hastings—Lennox and Addington—Tyendinaga
41Humber River—Black Creek
42Huron—Bruce
43Kanata
44Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk
45Kenora—Kiiwetinoong
46Kingston and the Islands
47King—Vaughan
48Kitchener Centre
49Kitchener—Conestoga
50Kitchener South—Hespeler
51Lanark—Frontenac
52Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands—Rideau Lakes
53London Centre
54London—Fanshawe
55London West
56Markham—Stouffville
57Markham—Thornhill
58Markham—Unionville
59Middlesex—London
60Milton East—Halton Hills South
61Mississauga Centre
62Mississauga East—Cooksville
63Mississauga—Erin Mills
64Mississauga—Lakeshore
65Mississauga—Malton
66Mississauga—Streetsville
67Nepean
68Newmarket—Aurora
69New Tecumseth—Gwillimbury
70Niagara Falls—Niagara-on-the-Lake
71Niagara South
72Niagara West
73Nipissing—Timiskaming
74Northumberland—Clarke
75Oakville East
76Oakville West
77Orléans
78Oshawa
79Ottawa Centre
80Ottawa South
81Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester
82Ottawa West—Nepean
83Oxford
84Parry Sound—Muskoka
85Perth—Wellington
86Peterborough
87Pickering—Brooklin
88Prescott—Russell—Cumberland
89Richmond Hill South
90Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong
91Sault Ste. Marie—Algoma
92Scarborough—Agincourt
93Scarborough Centre—Don Valley East
94Scarborough—Guildwood—Rouge Park
95Scarborough North
96Scarborough Southwest
97Scarborough—Woburn
98Simcoe—Grey
99Simcoe North
100Spadina—Harbourfront
101St. Catharines
102Stormont—Dundas—Glengarry
103Sudbury
104Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt
105Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park
106Thornhill
107Thunder Bay—Rainy River
108Thunder Bay—Superior North
109Toronto Centre
110Toronto—Danforth
111Toronto—St. Paul's
112University—Rosedale
113Vaughan—Woodbridge
114Waterloo
115Wellington—Halton Hills North
116Whitby
117Willowdale
118Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore
119Windsor West
120York Centre
121York—Durham
122York South—Weston—Etobicoke

Prince Edward Island

4 seats
#  RidingPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer
1Cardigan
2Charlottetown
3Egmont
4Malpeque

Quebec

78 seats
#  RidingPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer
1Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou
2Abitibi—Témiscamingue
3Ahuntsic-Cartierville
4Alfred-Pellan
5Argenteuil—La Petite-Nation
6Beauce
7Beauharnois—Salaberry—Soulanges—Huntingdon
8Beauport—Limoilou
9Bécancour—Nicolet—Saurel—Alnôbak
10Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis
11Beloeil—Chambly
12Berthier—Maskinongé
13Bourassa
14Brome—Missisquoi
15Brossard—Saint-Lambert
16Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles
17Châteauguay—Les Jardins-de-Napierville
18Chicoutimi—Le Fjord
19Compton—Stanstead
20Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata
21Côte-Nord—Kawawachikamach—Nitassinan
22Dorval—Lachine—LaSalle
23Drummond
24Gaspésie—Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine—Listuguj
25Gatineau
26Hochelaga—Rosemont-Est
27Honoré-Mercier
28Hull—Aylmer
29Joliette—Manawan
30Jonquière
31La Pointe-de-l'Île
32La Prairie—Atateken
33Lac-Saint-Jean
34Lac-Saint-Louis
35LaSalle—Émard—Verdun
36Laurentides—Labelle
37Laurier—Sainte-Marie
38Laval—Les Îles
39Les Pays-d'en-Haut
40Lévis—Lotbinière
41Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne
42Longueuil—Saint-Hubert
43Louis-Hébert
44Louis-Saint-Laurent—Akiawenhrahk
45Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
46Mégantic—L'Érable—Lotbinière
47Mirabel
48Mont-Saint-Bruno—L'Acadie
49Montcalm
50Montmorency—Charlevoix
51Mount Royal
52Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount
53Outremont
54Papineau
55Pierre-Boucher—Les Patriotes—Verchères
56Pierrefonds—Dollard
57Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi
58Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier
59Québec Centre
60Repentigny
61Richmond—Arthabaska
62Rimouski—La Matapédia
63Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
64Rivière-du-Nord
65Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
66Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot—Acton
67Saint-Jean
68Saint-Laurent
69Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel
70Saint-Maurice—Champlain
71Shefford
72Sherbrooke
73Terrebonne
74Thérèse-De Blainville
75Trois-Rivières
76Vaudreuil
77Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Sœurs
78Vimy

Saskatchewan

14 seats
#  RidingPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer
1Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake
2Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek
3Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River
4Moose Jaw—Lake Centre—Lanigan
5Prince Albert
6Regina—Lewvan
7Regina—Qu'Appelle
8Regina—Wascana
9Saskatoon—University
10Saskatoon South
11Saskatoon West
12Souris—Moose Mountain
13Swift Current—Grasslands—Kindersley
14Yorkton—Melville

Yukon

1 seat
#  RidingPresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurer
1Yukon
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