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Jagmeet Singh

This article is about the Canadian politician. For the Indian politician, see Jagmeet Singh Brar.

Jagmeet Singh
MP
Singh in 2022
Leader of the New Democratic Party
Assumed office
October 1, 2017
Deputy
Preceded byTom Mulcair
Member of Parliament
for Burnaby South
Assumed office
February 25, 2019
Preceded byKennedy Stewart
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Bramalea—Gore—Malton
In office
October 6, 2011 – October 20, 2017
Preceded byKuldip Kular
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
Personal details
Born
Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal

(1979-01-02) January 2, 1979 (age 45)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Political partyNew Democratic
Other political
affiliations		Ontario New Democratic
Spouse
Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu
​
(m. 2018)​
[1]
Children2
RelativesGurratan Singh (brother)
Residence(s)Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada[2]
Education
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
Signature
Websitendp.ca/jagmeet

Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal MP (/dʒəɡˈmiːt sɪŋ/ jug-MEET SING;[3] born January 2, 1979)[4][5] is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) since 2017. Singh has sat as the member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby South since 2019.[6] He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 2011, representing Bramalea—Gore—Malton until his entry into federal politics.[7] A practicing Sikh of Punjabi descent, Singh is an Indo-Canadian, making him the first Sikh and the first member of a visible minority group to be elected to lead a major federal political party in Canada.[8][9][10]

After graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School, Singh became a criminal defence lawyer, starting a law firm with his brother Gurratan. In 2011 his political career began when he contested the 2011 federal election in the federal riding of Bramalea—Gore—Malton which resulted in a narrow victory for Conservative opponent Bal Gosal;[11][12] he became a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the overlapping provincial riding later that year.[12][13] In 2015, he became deputy leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, serving under leader Andrea Horwath until 2017. Singh announced his candidacy for the federal New Democratic Party leadership following a leadership review that resulted in a leadership election to replace Tom Mulcair. Singh was elected leader on October 1, 2017, with a first round vote of 53.8 per cent in a field of four. In the 2019 federal election, the New Democrats under Singh lost 15 seats and dropped from third party to fourth party status. In the 2021 federal election, the NDP gained one seat and remained the fourth party.

Upon his election, Singh became the first person of a visible minority group to lead a major Canadian federal political party on a permanent basis, and the second overall after the Bloc Québécois’s former interim leader Vivian Barbot.[14][15] Singh is also the first turban-wearing Indian and Sikh to sit as a provincial legislator in Ontario.[16] He has been widely recognized in Canadian media for his fashion and style sense.[17][18] Ideologically, Singh identifies as both a progressive and a social democrat.[19] He advocates raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, decriminalizing personal possession of all drugs, and supports eliminating several tax deductions available to the highest-income earners.[20][21]

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  2. ^ "NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh campaigns in Montreal ahead of tough byelection fight". Cbc.ca. Archived from the original on February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "Jagmeet Singh". Instagram. Jagmeet Singh. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
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  5. ^ "Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal | Law Society of Ontario". Law Society of Ontario. April 27, 2021. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  6. ^ "NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wins federal seat in high-stakes Burnaby South byelection" Archived February 28, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. CBC News, February 25, 2019.
  7. ^ "Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh resigns seat in Ontario legislature". CTV News. The Canadian Press. October 20, 2017. Archived from the original on October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 20, 2017.
  8. ^ Austen, Ian (October 2, 2017). "Sikh Becomes Canada's First Nonwhite Political Party Leader". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  9. ^ "Who is the new leader of the Federal NDP Jagmeet Singh – RUTV News". Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  10. ^ "Jagmeet Singh becomes first Sikh politician to lead major Canadian party". Hindustan Times. October 2, 2017. Archived from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2021.
  11. ^ "Riding results from across Canada". Edmonton Journal. May 3, 2011. p. A6.
  12. ^ a b "Ontario NDP's Singh throws heck of a victory rally". CBC News. October 7, 2011. Archived from the original on December 11, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  13. ^ "Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  14. ^ Zimonjic, Peter (October 1, 2017). "Meet Jagmeet Singh: New leader of federal NDP". CBC News. Archived from the original on October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  15. ^ Austen, Ian (October 1, 2017). "Sikh Becomes Canada's First Nonwhite Political Party Leader". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  16. ^ Sudeep, Theres (November 21, 2020). "Indian-origin politicians around the world". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  17. ^ Cite error: The named reference twelve was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  18. ^ "Making history, Jasmeet Singh, scores NDP leadership victory". Rcinet.ca. October 2, 2017. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  19. ^ "Ontario politician Jagmeet Singh launches bid for federal NDP leadership". The Globe and Mail. May 15, 2017. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  20. ^ Woo, Andrea (September 11, 2017). "Jagmeet Singh vows to decriminalize petty drug charges at NDP debate". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017.
  21. ^ Singh, Jagmeet [@theJagmeetSingh] (January 6, 2018). "Trudeau has said a $15 federal minimum wage is off the table - I believe it's the minimum that workers deserve. Canadians deserve better - an NDP government would implement a federal minimum wage of $15 because nobody should be working and living under the poverty line" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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