Salma Zahid MP (born May 26, 1970) is a Canadian politician, who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal riding of Scarborough Centre during the 2015 Canadian federal election. She succeeded the Conservative Roxanne James.^[2]

Zahid was born in Coventry. She holds a master's degree in educational management and administration from the University of London’s Institute of Education, and an MBA from Quaid e Azam University in Pakistan. She is Pakistani Canadian, mother of 2 and has resided in Scarborough since 2000. She is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Zahid was a community organizer and worked for the Government of Ontario in multiple positions before running in the election.

Zahid was elected in the 2015 Canadian federal election as a Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre (federal electoral district). While in the 42nd Parliament, Zahid had the role of Vice-Chair for the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, where she was a spokesperson for racialized women.^[3]

In February 2018, Zahid announced that she was taking medical leave to treat her Stage 4 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma. This was used by the Scarborough Centre Conservative Party of Canada Riding Association Vice President to sell memberships via robocall.^[4] While recovering from chemotherapy treatment, Zahid wore a hijab for personal reasons, saying that she had grown closer to her Islamic faith while facing cancer. In May 2018, she became the first MP to wear a hijab in the House of Commons.^[5] Zahid received some negative reactions to the hijab, to which she responded by highlighting the personal nature of her decision.^[5] In July 2018, after completing six rounds of chemotherapy, Zahid was cancer-free and returned to her job.^[4]

Zahid was re-nominated to run in Scarborough Centre for the Liberals in the 2019 Canadian federal election.^[4]

Zahid received criticism in November 2022 when she attended a 'solidarity' event with a publisher of Holocaust denialism.^[6][7][8] She has also received criticism for her position on the 2023 Israeli-Hamas conflict, which stepped out of long standing tradition of Canadian and Liberal Party MPs political support for the State of Israel.^[9][10][11] In January 2024, Zahid called on her colleagues in the House of Commons to support South Africa's application to prosecute Israel for genocide.^[12]