India, April 30 -- The Canada elections on Monday has delivered one oddity: The most common name in the next House of Commons will be Gill.

There was just a single Gill present in the previous House, but that number has risen to seven.

So, veteran MP Marilene Gill of the Bloc Quebecois is a Francophone Quebecker, who retained her seat of Cote-Nord - Kawawachikamach - Nitassinan in Quebec will have plenty of company.

But the six newcomers are all Indo-Canadians with roots in Punjab and curiously, all of them are represent the opposition Conservative Party.

Among them, businessperson Amarjeet Gill made a splash as he defeated Cabinet Minister Kamal Khera of the ruling Liberal Party.

Also on the list is Parm Gill, who was in the provinc...