Prabmeet Sarkaria

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The Honourable
Prabmeet Sarkaria
KC MPP
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Ontario Minister of Transportation
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 4, 2023
Website prabmeetsarkariampp.ca

Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria KC MPP is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been the Ontario minister of transportation since 2023. He has sat as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Brampton South since 2018, representing the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party.

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Sarkaria was previously the associate minister of red tape reduction from 2019 to 2021 and president of the Treasury Board of Ontario from 2021 to 2023. Sarkaria is the first turban-wearing Sikh to be appointed to cabinet.

Early and personal life

Sarkaria was born in Orangeville, Ontario. [1] Sarkaria’s parents immigrated from Punjab, India in the 1980s. His father drove a taxi and mother worked in a factory until they later became small business owners, after purchasing an inn outside of Orangeville. [2]

Sarkaria attended Wilfrid Laurier University, where he completed a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, majoring in finance. He worked in at TD Securities, before attending law school at the University of Windsor. [3] He worked at Miller Thomson as an associate corporate lawyer until his election. [4] [5]

Before entering provincial politics, Sarkaria served on the City of Brampton’s Property Standards Committee, and was an organizer for the annual Hockey for Humanity tournament. He was also the former Ontario Vice President of the World Sikh Organization, an organization that advocates for the Sikh community diaspora. [6]

Sarkaria lives in Brampton, Ontario, [1] with his wife, Sarpreet, who works for Loblaw as a senior merchandising analyst. Sarkaria's daughter, Deyva, was born in May 2020. [2]

Political positions

Sarkaria was nominated to be the PC Party candidate for Brampton South on December 8, 2016. [6] Sarkaria is the first turban-wearing Sikh to be appointed to cabinet. [7]

Prior to his appointment as a minister, Sarkaria was the chair of the Select Committee on Financial Transparency and also served on the Standing Committee on Justice Policy. He also previously served as the parliamentary assistant to the solicitor general (formerly known as the minister of community safety and correctional services). [8]

He stepped down as the parliamentary assistant to the solicitor general on June 20, 2019 when he was appointed to the Executive Council of Ontario as the associate minister of small business and red tape reduction.

Electoral results

2022 Ontario general election : Brampton South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Prabmeet Sarkaria 12,98045.38+4.37
Liberal Marilyn Raphael7,95727.82+8.92
New Democratic Andria Barrett5,47519.14−14.70
Green Ines Espinoza1,0283.59−0.26
New Blue Mike Mol9743.41 
None of the Above Mehdi Pakzad1880.66 
Total valid votes28,602100.0  
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots112
Turnout28,71435.81
Eligible voters79,835
Progressive Conservative hold Swing −2.28
Source(s)
  • "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023.
  • "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 21 May 2023.
2018 Ontario general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Prabmeet Sarkaria15,65241.01%
New Democratic Paramjit Gill12,91933.85%
Liberal Sukhwant Thethi7,21218.89%
Green Lindsay Falt1,4723.86%
Libertarian Brian Watson3630.95%
Trillium John Grant3370.88%
Freedom Ted Harlson2140.56%
Total valid votes100.0  
Source: Elections Ontario [9]
Progressive Conservative pickup new district.

Cabinet posts

Ontario provincial government of Doug Ford
Cabinet posts (2)
PredecessorOfficeSuccessor
Peter Bethlenfalvy President of the Treasury Board of Ontario
June 19, 2021–Present		 Incumbent
Position established Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction
June 20, 2019 – June 18, 2021		 Nina Tangri

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References

  1. 1 2 Guardian, Iain Colpitts Brampton (7 May 2018). "Ontario PC candidate Brampton South riding Prabmeet Singh Sakaria". Brampton Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  2. 1 2 ""Newborns and politicians-in-crisis keep similar hours": Small business minister Prabmeet Sarkaria on becoming a new dad while trying to save the economy". Toronto Life. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Meet Prabmeet Sarkaria, MPP | Brampton South". Prabmeet Sarkaria, MPP. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Prabmeet Sarkaria". LinkedIn .
  5. ↑ "Exclusive Interview With Hon. Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria - CanadianSME Small Business Magazine". canadiansme.ca. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
  6. 1 2 "Lawyer Prabmeet Sarkaria candidate for Ontario PC Party in Brampton South". Brampton Guardian. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  7. ↑ Service, Tribune News. "Canada's Ontario gets first turban-wearing Sikh minister". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria | Legislative Assembly of Ontario". 7 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2018. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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