• Amritsar, November 19, 2011: NRI Canadian Minister Tim Uppal honoured at Amritsar Khalsa College- Khalsa College to tie up with Canada in education field
  
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• Toronto, May 19, 2011: Two Sikhs were named to the new Canadian cabinet: Tim Uppal, a 37-year-old Canadian-born turbaned Sikh from Edmonton, was made minister of state for democratic reform. This is Uppal's second term in the Canadian parliament. Second MP from eastern Canada (Bal Gosal)
  

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• Uppal re-elected in 2011 and was first elected to the House of Commons in 2008.

He won his seat after facing another challenge from independent conservative James Ford.

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• Tim Uppal wins in Edmonton-Sherwood Park.

Alberta, Oct. 14, 2008
Satnam Bajwa

Conservative Tim Uppal defeated independent candidate James Ford in Edmonton-Sherwood Park.

"It was absolutely up and down all night long. We were leading, then we were down. I'm just pleased that we pulled it through at the end," Uppal said.

Ford is a long-time Conservative loyalist who decided to run as an independent because he was unhappy with the way Uppal won the Conservative nomination in the riding.

Tim, his wife Kiran, a Department of Justice lawyer, and their daughter Kirpa live in Sherwood Park. Tim was born in British Columbia in 1974 and has spent most of his life in Edmonton. He and his family have strong ties to Sherwood Park, having run a family business in Sherwood Park Mall.
In his professional career, Tim has served as a Senior Advisor for the Conservative Party of Canada and previously was a Residential Mortgage Manager for TD Canada Trust. He is also a successful property investor and business owner in the Edmonton area.

Tim has a long history of community involvement, which was recognized when he was named The Outstanding Young Edmontonian for 2005 by the Junior Chamber of Commerce and when he was awarded an Alberta Centennial Medallion from the Government of Alberta.

Tim's community involvement has included his passion for mentoring youth, including youth at risk, with whom he has worked for well over a decade. He coached soccer and kabaddi (wrestling) and was significantly involved in the World Masters Games. Tim is an active member of the Sherwood Park Centennial Rotary Club. He was also a member of the Capital Health Community Council and the City of Edmonton Chief of Police Advisory Council.

Tim comes from a very hardworking and proud Canadian family. His family originally came from northern India, Punjab. In Canada, his grandfather worked on the railroad system that helped build this country and his father worked in coal mines and sawmills in Alberta and British Columbia.

Tim is a long-time supporter of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, having worked on his leadership campaign in 2004. Since then, he has worked tirelessly to support Conservative candidates across the country. He has sought public office before with the Conservative Party of Canada and the Canadian Alliance. In 2004, Tim lost by only 134 votes to a Liberal Cabinet Minister.