Gulzar Singh Cheema (born August 11, 1954) is an Indian-born doctor and a Canadian politician. Dr. Cheema was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1993, and a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2004, making him one of only a few Canadian politicians to sit in two provincial legislatures since Confederation. He was also a cabinet minister in the government of Premier of British Columbia Gordon Campbell from 2001 to 2004, and was a candidate of the Liberal Party of Canada in the federal election of 2004. Cheema was born into a Sikh family in Baryar Village, in a remote section of the Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in medicine and surgery from Punjab University in 1977, and worked as a clinical instructor for the next two years. Cheema moved to Canada in 1979, when he married Harinder Claire (daughter of the late, Mr. Inderjit S. Claire). Dr. Cheema spent time working in Newfoundland and Saskatchewan before starting a family practice in rural Manitoba. He later practiced in Surrey