Rachna Singh

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Rachna Singh
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Minister of Education and Child Care of British Columbia
In office
December 7, 2022 November 18, 2024
Expenditures
Conservative Mandeep Dhaliwal 7,95450.7%
New Democratic Rachna Singh 6,79443.3%
Green Sim Sandhu6624.2%
Freedom Kiran Hundal1621.0%
Independent Hobby Nijjar1250.8%
Total valid votes15,697
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC [11]
2020 British Columbia general election : Surrey-Green Timbers
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Rachna Singh 8,17159.59+1.40$31,108.56
Liberal Dilraj Atwal5,54040.41+7.46$34,751.00
Total valid votes13,711100.00
Total rejected ballots2241.61+0.56
Turnout13,93547.20–7.41
Registered voters29,526
Source: Elections BC [12] [13]
2017 British Columbia general election : Surrey-Green Timbers
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Rachna Singh 8,94558.29+0.23$58,322
Liberal Brenda Locke 5,05632.95−1.57$20,975
Green Saira Aujla1,1127.25+3.2$7,739
No affiliationVikram Bajwa1631.06$7,980
Your Political Party Kanwaljit Singh Moti690.44$3,612
Total valid votes15,345100.00
Total rejected ballots1631.05−0.14
Turnout15,50854.61+2.29
Registered voters28,400
Source: Elections BC [14] [15]

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British Columbia provincial government of David Eby
Cabinet post (1)
PredecessorOfficeSuccessor
Jennifer Whiteside Minister of Education and Child Care
December 7, 2022 –
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