John Nuraney (October 31, 1937 – November 21, 2016) was a Canadian politician who was the first Muslim elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
In the 2009 election, Nuraney stood for re-election in the new district of Burnaby-Deer Lake, but was defeated by New Democrat Kathy Corrigan.
[1] After his retirement due to the 2009 election loss, he moved from Burnaby to Surrey, British Columbia.
Nuraney served as vice-president for the federal Liberal party's electoral district association for Cloverdale-Langley City.
[4] Nuraney spoke six languages: English, French, Swahili, Lingala, Hindi and Gujarati.