Peter Singh
Canadian politician
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Peter Singh is a Canadian politician who was elected in the 2019 Alberta general election to represent the electoral district of Calgary-East in the 30th Alberta Legislature as a member of the United Conservative Party (UCP).[1] Singh was re-elected in the 2023 Alberta general election.[2]
Peter Singh | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for Calgary-East | |
| Assumed office April 16, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Robyn Luff |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | United Conservative Party |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Singh was born in the Fiji Islands and has previously owned and operated an automotive repair business.[3][4]
As an MLA, Singh has advocated that more resources be put into seniors facilities. He has also been opposed to the carbon tax and pushed for a reduction in corporate tax.[5]
Singh currently serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship, the Standing Committee on Private Bills as well as the Select Special Ombudsman and Public Interest Commissioner Search Committee. Previously he served on the Standing Committee on the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund as well as the Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Public Bills.[6]
In May 2019, an investigation was launched by Elections Alberta into Singh's conduct during his 2018 nomination campaign in Calgary-East.[7] Singh was accused by four of his former opponents in November 2018 of using "fraud, forgery, improper inducement and bribery" to gain votes during the nomination campaign.[7] However, both an internal UCP investigation cleared Singh of any wrongdoing and Elections Alberta failed to find enough evidence to publish an offence.[8][9] Singh maintains his innocence.[10]
A recall petition against Singh was approved by Elections Alberta on November 25, 2025. Signature collection runs from December 6, 2025 to March 5, 2026, requiring 8,593 signatures. [11]
Electoral history
| 2023 Alberta general election: Calgary-East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| United Conservative | Peter Singh | 7,123 | 50.23 | +0.51 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rosman Valencia | 6,425 | 45.31 | +13.13 | ||||
| Green | Jayden Baldonado | 403 | 2.84 | +0.52 | ||||
| Solidarity Movement | Garry Dirk | 166 | 1.17 | – | ||||
| Communist | Jonathan Trautman | 64 | 0.45 | -0.00 | ||||
| Total | 14,181 | 99.02 | – | |||||
| Rejected and declined | 141 | 0.98 | ||||||
| Turnout | 14,322 | 44.41 | ||||||
| Eligible electors | 32,250 | |||||||
| United Conservative hold | Swing | -6.31 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[12] | ||||||||
| 2019 Alberta general election: Calgary-East | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| United Conservative | Peter Singh | 7,520 | 49.72 | -4.54 | $33,681 | |||
| New Democratic | Cesar Cala | 4,867 | 32.18 | -8.31 | $50,555 | |||
| Alberta Party | Gar Gar | 1,879 | 12.42 | +11.20 | $16,933 | |||
| Liberal | Michelle Robinson | 439 | 2.90 | -0.70 | $3,792 | |||
| Green | William Carnegie | 351 | 2.32 | – | $3,515 | |||
| Communist | Jonathan Trautman | 69 | 0.46 | +0.03 | $500 | |||
| Total | 15,125 | 99.12 | – | |||||
| Rejected, spoiled and declined | 135 | 0.88 | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,260 | 47.92 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 31,843 | |||||||
| United Conservative notional hold | Swing | +1.89 | ||||||
Source(s)
Source: Elections Alberta[13][14][15] Note: Expenses is the sum of "Election Expenses", "Other Expenses" and "Transfers Issued". The Elections Act limits "Election Expenses" to $50,000. | ||||||||
