Aman Singh

Aman Singh is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Richmond-Queensborough in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2020 until 2024, as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.^[2] He is the first turban-wearing Sikh to be elected Member of the Legislative Assembly in BC.^[3][4]

Aman Singh
Parliamentary Secretary for Environment of British Columbia
In office December 7, 2022 – November 18, 2024
Premier	David Eby
Preceded by	Kelly Greene
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Richmond-Queensborough
In office October 24, 2020 – September 21, 2024
Preceded by	Jas Johal
Succeeded by	Steve Kooner
Personal details
Born	1967 or 1968 (age 56–57)[1] Sultanpur Lodhi, Punjab, India
Political party	New Democratic
Residence	Delta, British Columbia
Alma mater	University of Victoria
Profession	lawyer

Biography

Born in Sultanpur Lodhi, Punjab, India,^[3] Singh moved to Hong Kong at the age of one with his family, living there until age 18.^[5] He has some knowledge of Cantonese,^[6] and can also speak Hindi and Punjabi alongside English.^[1][7] He attended University of California, Berkeley, where he studied physics and anthropology.^[1] He went on to receive a law degree from University of Victoria, and operated his own law practice specializing in human and civil rights law.^[1][3] He had lived in Richmond, British Columbia for two decades, before moving to the Delta neighbourhood of Sunshine Hills.^[6][5]

Singh contested the new riding of Richmond-Queensborough in the 2017 provincial election as a candidate for the British Columbia New Democratic Party; he lost to Liberal candidate Jas Johal by 134 votes.^[8][9] The two faced off again in the 2020 provincial election, with Singh defeating Johal this time to win the seat.^[2][10] On December 7, 2022, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Environment by Premier David Eby.^[11]

Singh has a daughter with wife Katrina.^[3][7] He was diagnosed with colon cancer in August 2021,^[12] and underwent radiation, chemotherapy and surgery to remove the tumour.^[13]

Electoral record

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: Richmond-Queensborough
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Aman Singh	9,406	47.65	+6.90	$50,855.54
	Liberal	Jas Johal	7,728	39.15	−2.28	$59,892.51
	Green	Earl Einarson	1,496	7.58	−5.14	$2,311.39
	Conservative	Kay Hale	1,108	5.61	+2.11	$6,570.00
Total valid votes			19,738	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			154	0.77	–0.20
Turnout			19,892	49.56	−6.22
Registered voters			40,138
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+4.59
Source: Elections BC[14][15]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Richmond-Queensborough
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Jas Johal	8,218	41.43	$67,089
	New Democratic	Aman Singh	8,084	40.75	$30,369
	Green	Michael Wolfe	2,524	12.72	$400
	Conservative	Kay Khilvinder Hale	694	3.50	$1,279
	New Republican	Lawrence Chen	318	1.60	$0
Total valid votes			19,838	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			194	0.97
Turnout			20,032	55.78
Registered voters			35,911
Source: Elections BC[16][17]