NDP leader Jagmeet’s brother Gurratan gets elected to Ontario assembly

JALANDHAR: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh’s brother Gurratan Singh has been elected to the

Ontario

provincial assembly. He won from

Brampton

(East) constituency, which has been carved out from of a part of older riding of Bramalea-Gore-Malton, earlier represented by Jagmeet in the Ontario assembly, and Brampton-Springdale.


It was only in last week of March that Gurratan, a lawyer and community activist like his brother, had expressed his intent to enter politics. In less than three months he has reached the Ontario assembly.

In addition, NDP has emerged as the main opposition party in Ontario with 40 seats, while the election has been won by Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. Ruling Liberal Party, which governed the province for 15 years, was relegated to third position with just seven seats.

Meanwhile, six other candidates of Punjabi-origin from both the parties have reached the assembly. They include NDP’s Sara Singh from Brampton (Centre) and Amarjot Sandhu from Brampton (West). PC’s Prabh Sarkaria won from Brampton (South). NDP has won four out of five seats of Brampton, hometown of Jagmeet.

The other Punjabis include PC’s

Parm Gill

from Milton, Nina Tangri from Mississuaga, and Deepak Anand from Mississuaga-Malton. Sitting MPPs of Punjabi-origin who lost the election include: Harinder Malhi, Amrit Mangat, Vic Dhillon and Dipika Damrela.