Rachna Singh

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Rachna Singh
MLA
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Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives of British Columbia
Assumed office
November 26, 2020
Preceded byPosition Created
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Surrey-Green Timbers
Assumed office
May 9, 2017
Preceded bySue Hammell
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic Party
Spouse(s)Gurpreet Singh
Children2
Alma materPanjab 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 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[]

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2020 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers
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]
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2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers
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[]

  1. ^ a b "Surrey: NDP takes six of nine ridings". The Province, May 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "B.C. NDP nominates Rachna Singh in Surrey–Green Timbers". The Georgia Straight, January 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 20 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  5. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.


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