2006 federal election in the riding of Mississauga—Streetsville, against Liberal incumbent Wajid Khan. He lost that contest as well, losing by about 5,800 votes to Khan. Citizenship judge In the fall of 2006 Gill was appointed as a Federal citizenship judge. Some considered the move as a patronage appointment. Gill was thought to have been "fasttracked" into the post, bypassing the usual screening process. In 2009, he was reappointed to this position, but he was not reappointed in 2012. References External links Living people 1950s births Canadian chemical engineers Canadian Sikhs Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Candidates in the 1997 Canadian federal election Indian emigrants to Canada Politicians from Brampton Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Canadian politicians of Punjabi descent Punjabi people University of Toronto alumni Canadian politicians of Indian descent Canadian citizenship judges