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Pooja Malhotra
Green Party of Canada
Scarborough Southwest, Ontario
By-Election
April 13, 2026
3 days away
What they are focusing on
Key issues this candidate is campaigning on
Grocery affordabilityRent and housingTransitHealthcare fundingRight to repair
Scarborough always gets the short end of the stick.
What the Green is promising
Key platform positions
- +Achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 with a binding climate law
- +Universal basic income to replace fragmented benefits programs
- +Ban new fossil fuel infrastructure projects
- +Proportional representation electoral reform
- +Free post-secondary tuition at public universities
About this candidate
From public sources
Pooja Malhotra is a 34-year-old medical copywriter who immigrated from India to Canada in 2019. She was appointed Green Party shadow cabinet critic for Immigration and Refugee Issues by leader Elizabeth May in January 2026.
In the news
Recent coverage
Past results in Scarborough Southwest
How this riding voted in recent elections
2021
Liberal won48%
2019
Liberal won42%
2015
Liberal won51%
About this by-election
Scarborough Southwest is currently vacant (vacancy). This by-election will determine who represents approximately 94,000 constituents in the House of Commons.