Rachna Singh
Rachna Singh | |
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| Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office November 26, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Position Created |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Surrey-Green Timbers | |
| Assumed office May 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sue Hammell |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Gurpreet Singh |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Panjab University (MA, Clinical Psychology) |
Rachna Singh is a Canadian politician and trade unionist, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Surrey-Green Timbers as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus.[1]
Prior to her election to the legislature, Singh worked as a Psychologist and drug and alcohol counsellor. She became active in her labour union local, and eventually became a National Representative (staff) for the Canadian Union of Public Employees[2] representing workers through advocacy in grievance handling, labour arbitrations, organizing, community and political activism and helping advise local unions on matters of internal administration.
Singh is married to Gurpreet Singh, a journalist for the Georgia Straight and publisher of the Radical Desi magazine. Both descend from families with a history of activism for various social and economic causes in their native India.
Singh is a secular Sikh and lives in Surrey.
Electoral History
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Rachna Singh | 8,171 | 59.59 | +1.40 | $31,108.56 | |||
| Liberal | Dilraj Atwal | 5,540 | 40.41 | +7.46 | $34,751.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,711 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 224 | 1.61 | +0.56 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,935 | 47.20 | –7.41 | |||||
| Registered voters | 29,526 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Rachna Singh | 8,945 | 58.29 | +0.23 | $58,322 | |||
| Liberal | Brenda Locke | 5,056 | 32.95 | −1.57 | $20,975 | |||
| Green | Saira Aujla | 1,112 | 7.25 | +3.2 | $7,739 | |||
| No affiliation | Vikram Bajwa | 163 | 1.06 | – | $7,980 | |||
| Your Political Party | Kanwaljit Singh Moti | 69 | 0.44 | – | $3,612 | |||
| Total valid votes | 15,345 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 163 | 1.05 | −0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 15,508 | 54.61 | +2.29 | |||||
| Registered voters | 28,400 | |||||||
| Source: Elections BC[5][6] | ||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Surrey: NDP takes six of nine ridings". The Province, May 9, 2017.
- ^ "B.C. NDP nominates Rachna Singh in Surrey–Green Timbers". The Georgia Straight, January 9, 2017.
- ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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