Sara Singh

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]

Sara Singh
Deputy Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party
In office August 23, 2018 – July 13, 2022 Serving with John Vanthof
Leader	Andrea Horwath
Preceded by	Jagmeet Singh
Succeeded by	Sol Mamakwa and Doly Begum
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Brampton Centre
In office June 7, 2018 – May 3, 2022
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	Charmaine Williams
Personal details
Born	(1985-03-19) March 19, 1985 (age 40)
Political party	New Democratic

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]}

Election results

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Brampton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Charmaine Williams	10,119	41.36	+3.26
	New Democratic	Sara Singh	6,522	26.66	−11.71
	Liberal	Safdar Hussain	6,119	25.01	+7.68
	Green	Karitsa Tye	882	3.61	+0.47
	New Blue	Kathrin Matusiak	821	3.36
Total valid votes			24,463	100.0
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			139
Turnout			24,602	36.67
Eligible voters			66,997
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+7.48
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.

2018 Ontario general election: Brampton Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Sara Singh	12,892	38.37%
	Progressive Conservative	Harjit Jaswal	12,803	38.11%
	Liberal	Safdar Hussain	5,825	17.34%
	Green	Laila Zarrabi Yan	1,053	3.13%
	Libertarian	Andrew Hosie	644	1.92%
	Trillium	William Oprel	216	0.64%
	None of the Above	Mehdi Pakzad	166	0.49%
Total valid votes			33,598	100.0
Source: Elections Ontario[8]