Sara Singh

Sara Singh
Deputy Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party
In office
August 23, 2018 – July 13, 2022
Serving with John Vanthof
LeaderAndrea Horwath
Preceded byJagmeet Singh
Succeeded bySol Mamakwa and Doly Begum
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Brampton Centre
In office
June 7, 2018 – May 3, 2022
Preceded byfirst member
Succeeded byCharmaine Williams
Personal details
Born (1985-03-19) March 19, 1985 (age 39)
Political partyNew Democratic

Sara Singh (born 1985) is a Canadian politician. She was one of the two Deputy Leaders of the Ontario New Democratic Party, alongside John Vanthof, and also Opposition Critic for Attorney General from 2018 until 2022.[1] Singh was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election at the age of 33.[2][3] She represented the riding of Brampton Centre as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party until her defeat in the 2022 Ontario general election.[4]

Singh was born in Brampton where her parents met in the early 1980s. Her mother is from Guyana and her father is from Punjab, India.[5] She is the first Indo-Caribbean female to be elected to the Ontario legislature.[6]

She is the founding director of Broadening Horizons, a not-for-profit organization that educates youth about social justice issues and the arts, was Vice-President of Brampton Caledon Community Living

Singh has a master's degree in international development studies from St. Mary's University and a B.A. in political science from York University's Glendon Campus,[7] and has recently earned a Ph.D. specializing in public policy from Toronto Metropolitan University.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Ontario NDP". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
  2. ^ "NDP Sara Singh beats PCs rival by 89 votes in Brampton Centre". Toronto Star, June 7, 2018.
  3. ^ Marychuk, Marta (8 June 2018). "Sara Singh captures Brampton Centre".
  4. ^ "PCs' Charmaine Williams takes Brampton Centre riding from NDP deputy leader Sara Singh". thepeterboroughexaminer.com. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
  5. ^ "The NDP's Sara Singh trailblazing a path towards community growth". 5 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Tis The Season 2018". 12 June 2018.
  7. ^ "Service to community important to provincial NDP deputy leader Sara Singh". 19 December 2018.