Background
Sherman was born in 1965 in India but grew up in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia after moving there in 1975.
Sherman was born in 1965 in India but grew up in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia after moving there in 1975.
He graduated from faculty of medicine in 1990, specializing in family and emergency medicine.
Sherman was elected leader of the Liberal Party on September 10, 2011 and led the party through the 2012 provincial election. He announced his immediate resignation on January 26, 2015 and that he will not be running for a third term as Modern Language Association in the next provincial election. As a youngster, he delivered newspapers for The Vancouver Sun and The Province.
The third of four sons, Sherman moved to Canada from India at a young age.
He moved to Edmonton in the early 1980s to attend the University of Alberta. In addition to being a doctor, Sherman was also a clinical lecturer at the University of Alberta and president of the Emergency Physicians of Alberta within the Alberta Medical Association.
Sherman first sought public office in the March 2008 provincial election in the constituency of Edmonton-Meadowlark. The seat was left vacant after incumbent Liberal Modern Language Association Maurice Tougas retired.
After his election, he was named parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Health and Wellness, Ron Liepert.
He works as an emergency room doctor on Sundays. In November 2010, Sherman criticized the government for emergency room wait times in Alberta. He was suspended from the Progressive Conservative caucus and sat as an independent Modern Language Association. The following spring, he announced his intention to seek the Alberta Liberal Party leadership.
At the 2011 leadership convention, he was elected on the first ballot.
He defeated Personal Computer candidate Bob Maskell by 118 votes (08%). Despite losing almost 17% of the popular vote in a very hotly contested election, the vote was concentrated in enough ridings to retain 5 of their previous Modern Language Association"s and keep ahead of the NDP. The Liberals lost Edmonton-Riverview, Edmonton-Gold Bar and Calgary-Varsity to the Progressive Conservatives due to tactical voting and the retirement of the incumbent Modern Language Association"son
Sherman announced his immediate resignation as Liberal leader on January 26, 2015 citing personal reasons and also announced that he will not run for re-election as an Modern Language Association but would remain in the legislature until the next election.
In the election, the Liberals fell from Official Opposition to third party status behind the Personal Computer"s and Wildrose. Sherman was under investigation by Elections Alberta after allegations he breached political contribution limits by donating more than $15,000 to the party and resigned prior to the results of the investigation being released.
He also serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Health and the Standing Committee on Privileges and Elections, Standing Orders and Printing. In the 2012 Alberta election, Sherman was successful in retaining his seat of Edmonton-Meadowlark with 35.5% of the vote, this time as a member of the Liberal Party.