Jagmeet Singh

Jagmeet Singh

Singh in 2022
Leader of the New Democratic Party
In office
October 1, 2017 – May 5, 2025
Deputy
Preceded byTom Mulcair
Succeeded byDon Davies (interim)
Avi Lewis
Member of Parliament
for Burnaby South
In office
February 25, 2019 – April 28, 2025
Preceded byKennedy Stewart
Succeeded byLast member
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Bramalea—Gore—Malton
In office
October 6, 2011 – October 20, 2017
Preceded byKuldip Kular
Succeeded byLast member
Personal details
Born
Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal   

(1979-01-02) January 2, 1979 (age 47)
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Political partyNew Democratic
Other political
affiliations		Ontario New Democratic
Spouse(s)
Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu
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(m. 2018)​
Children2
RelativesGurratan Singh (brother)
ResidenceBurnaby, British ColumbiaTemplate:Force singular
Education
Occupation
  • Politician
  • lawyer
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Jagmeet Singh Dhaliwal MP (born January 2, 1979) is a Canadian politician and lawyer. He has been the leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada since 2017. He used to be a Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2011 to 2017. He represented the electoral district of Bramalea—Gore—Malton.

After the leadership election, he became the first person of a visible minority to be the permanent leader of a major federal political party. He lost his re-election as member of Parliament during the 2025 federal election and announced his plans to resign as New Democratic Party leader.

Biography

Jagmeet Singh was born on January 2, 1979 in Scarborough, Ontario. His parents were Harmeet Kaur and Jagtaran Singh, who both came from the state of Punjab in India. He started his career as a criminal defense lawyer.

Singh was first elected in the 2011 Ontario provincial election. He represented the ONDP. In 2015, he became the Deputy Leader of the Ontario New Democrats under Andrea Horwath until 2017.

Singh announced he would run for leadership of the federal New Democratic Party of Canada to replace Tom Mulcair which he won. He did not have a seat in the House of Commons until March 2019. This was when he won a seat in Burnaby South, British Columbia in a by-election.

During the 2025 federal election, with the NDP expected to lose official party status and having lost his seat in parliament, Singh announced that he would resign as party leader once an interim leader was chosen in advance of the next party leadership election.

Political views

Singh has branded himself a progressive and a social democrat. Singh supports LGBTQ rights.

References

  1. ↑ Frisk, Adam (August 13, 2021). "NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, spouse Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu expecting first child". CTV Television Network. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  2. ↑ "NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh campaigns in Montreal ahead of tough byelection fight". Cbc.ca. Archived from the original on February 25, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  3. ↑ Raj, Althia (January 1, 2017). "Jagmeet Singh Is A Young, Photogenic, Confident Politician. Sound Familiar?". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Riding results from across Canada". Edmonton Journal. May 3, 2011. p. A6. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  5. ↑ Austen, Ian (October 1, 2017). "Sikh Becomes Canada's First Nonwhite Political Party Leader". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. ↑ "Punjab village celebrates its son Jagmeet Singh's success in Canadian politics". Hindustan Times. October 3, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ "VIDEO: Ontario NDP's Singh throws heck of a victory rally". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. October 7, 2011. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  8. ↑ Ghoussoub, Michelle (February 25, 2019). "NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wins federal seat in high-stakes Burnaby South byelection". CBC News. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  9. ↑ "CP NewsAlert: Jagmeet Singh to step down as NDP Leader after losing seat". Toronto Star. The Canadian Press. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Ontario politician Jagmeet Singh launches bid for federal NDP leadership". The Globe and Mail. May 15, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
  11. ↑ "NDP leadership hopeful Jagmeet Singh pledges to support homeless LGBT youth". Xtra. August 25, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.

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