Gurratan Singh

Gurratan Singh
Gurratan Singh
	Singh in 2021
Member of Provincial Parliament for Brampton East
	In office; June 7, 2018 – May 3, 2022
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	Hardeep Grewal
Personal details
Born	May 13, 1984 (age 41); St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Party	Ontario New Democratic
Spouse	Satvir Kaur Lachhar (m. 2018)
Children	1
Relatives	Jagmeet Singh (brother)
Alma mater	McMaster University ; York University
Occupation	Politician; lawyer;

Preceded byRiding established

BornMay 13, 1984 (age 41)^[1]

Gurratan Singh (born May 13, 1984) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who represented Brampton East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2018 to 2022. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP), Singh practiced as a litigation lawyer before he was elected as a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in the 2018 provincial election. He was defeated in the 2022 Ontario general election, later joining the lobbying firm Crestview Strategies. He is the brother of former federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh.

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Brampton East
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Hardeep Grewal	12,869	44.32	+10.82	$92,593
	New Democratic	Gurratan Singh	9,017	31.05	−15.87	$85,968
	Liberal	Jannat Garewal	6,131	21.12	+4.49	$17,306
	Green	Jamaal Blackwood	557	1.92	+0.56	$2,165
	New Blue	Michael Bayer	295	1.02		$0
	Ontario Party	Paul Stark	167	0.58		$0
Total valid votes/expense Limit			29,036	99.27	-0.07	$112,648
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			213	0.73	+0.07
Turnout			29,249	36.35
Eligible voters			79,559
	Progressive Conservative gain from New Democratic		Swing		+13.34
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 18, 2023. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on May 21, 2023.

2018 Ontario general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Gurratan Singh	18,062	46.92	–6.18
	Progressive Conservative	Sudeep Verma	12,896	33.50	+19.57
	Liberal	Parminder Singh	6,398	16.62	–14.29
	Green	Raquel Fronte	523	1.36	–0.66
	Libertarian	Daniele Cerasoli	486	1.26	N/A
	Trillium	Gurdeep Dhothar	130	0.34	N/A
Total valid votes			38,495	99.34
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			256	0.66
Turnout			38,751	51.67
Eligible voters			75,002
	New Democratic notional hold		Swing		–12.88
Source: Elections Ontario^[9]

v t e Jagmeet Singh
Leader of the New Democratic Party (2017–2025) Member of Parliament for Burnaby South (2019–2025) Member of Provincial Parliament for Bramalea—Gore—Malton (2011–2017)
Leadership	Shadow cabinets 2017–2019 2019–2021 2021–2025 Parliaments 42nd 43rd 44th Party: New Democratic Federal election campaigns 2019 2021 2025 Liberal–NDP confidence and supply agreement Canadian Dental Care Plan Pharmacare proposal
Elections	2017 New Democratic Party leadership election 2019 Burnaby South federal by-election 2019 federal election 2021 federal election 2025 federal election (Burnaby Central)
Family	Gurratan Singh (brother)

Political career

Gurratan Singh
Singh in 2021

Member of Provincial Parliament for Brampton East
In office June 7, 2018 – May 3, 2022
Preceded by	Riding established
Succeeded by	Hardeep Grewal

Personal details
Born	(1984-05-13) May 13, 1984 (age 41)^[1] St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada^[2]
Party	Ontario New Democratic
Spouse	Satvir Kaur Lachhar (m. 2018)
Children	1
Relatives	Jagmeet Singh (brother)
Alma mater	McMaster University York University
Occupation	Politician lawyer