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♂ Jagmeet Singh
aliasJagmeet Singh
Record
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Punjabi-Canadian    Sikh   ∞1
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Confidence-and-supply agreement
 Performance: 86%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 1 5
Ontario 2 0 2
Total 6 1 7
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 2 January 1979
Age 45 years + 3 months
First mandate 6 October 2011 → 12 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 32 years + 9 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Jagmeet Singh (1979– )
© Photo 2014 BGM Riding Association — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Gurratan Singh (1984–) Brother  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 5 1 30
Ontario 6 0 13 Z
TOTAL 11 2 13

Leadership role

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 42–44
NDP
 1 Party leader 38–45 01 Oct 2017 — 6 6 27

Electoral history

Races * 7  
Path points 8  
5 documented challengers
⊕ Frank Chilelli  m 
⊕ Kuldip S. Kular  m  (2 runoffs)
⊕ Gurbax S. Malhi  m 
 		 ⊕ Baljit S. Gosal  m 
⊕ Richard T. Lee  m 
 
Eligible: 108,751 Votes: 58,250 Participation: 53.56% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Ontario
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6341(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to Parliament
Age
32
NDP
 2/5 19,368 33.51% -539 Winner:
CPC
 19,907 34.44% Baljit S. Gosal
Eligible: 107,820 Votes: 43,893 Participation: 40.71% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
40		 Ontario
6 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 6568(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
32
NDP
 1/7 16,626 38.16% +2,277 Loser:
LIB
 14,349 32.93% Kuldip S. Kular

Service: 2 years 8 months 5 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 119,534 Votes: 53,825 Participation: 45.03% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
41		 Ontario
12 June 2014
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7657(F) — 27 Feb 2022 11:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
35
NDP
 1/4 23,519 44.32% +5,646 Loser:
LIB
 17,873 33.68% Kuldip S. Kular
After his election:
20 Oct 2017 38
NDP
 →
Vac.
 Successfully ran federally
Service: 3 years 4 months 8 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 78,394 Votes: 37,923 Participation: 48.37% Candidacies: 7
Provincial
42		 Ontario
7 June 2018
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 12007(F) — 1 Aug 2021 19:22 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
39		 Successor:
PC
 14,712 39.12% Deepak Anand
Eligible: 76,204 Votes: 22,936 Participation: 30.10% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 British Columbia
25 February 2019
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 26199(F) — 3 Feb 2022 15:23 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament (Party leader)
Age
40
NDP
 1/6 8,848 38.90% +2,929 Loser:
LIB
 5,919 26.02% Richard T. Lee

Service: 7 months 25 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 80,312 Votes: 45,423 Participation: 56.56% Candidacies: 7
Federal
43		 British Columbia
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26816(F) — 22 Sep 2021 20:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
40
NDP
 1/7 16,956 37.67% +3,042 Loser:
CPC
 13,914 30.92% Jay Shin

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 80,092 Votes: 40,899 Participation: 51.07% Candidacies: 6
Federal
44		 British Columbia
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36167(F) — 11 Jul 2023 22:04 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
42
NDP
 1/6 16,382 40.34% +4,021 Loser:
LIB
 12,361 30.44% Brea H. Sami
After his election:
22 Mar 2022 43
NDP
 →
NDP
 Changed allegiance (joined government)
Service: 2 years 7 months 8 days (Oppo. & Gov't)
Burnaby Central
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 British Columbia
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39356(P) — 24 Jan 2024 00:03 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Party leader) (Oppo.)
Age
46
NDP
 1/4   37.25%   Loser:
CPC

Online biographical references (4)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Members
Jagmeet Singh		 22 Jan 2024
FR Assemblée législative de l'Ontario: Membres
Jagmeet Singh		 22 Jan 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Jagmeet Singh, M.P.		 22 Jan 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Jagmeet Singh, député		 22 Jan 2024
EN Wikipedia
Jagmeet Singh		 22 Jan 2024
FR Wikipédia
Jagmeet Singh		 22 Jan 2024

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