Ruby Sahota

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The Honourable
Ruby Sahota
PC MP
Ruby Sahota.jpg
Sahota in 2025
Secretary of State (Combatting Crime)
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 13, 2025
ProfessionAttorney
Website Official website

Ruby Sahota [2] PC MP (born June 22, 1979) [3] [4] is a Canadian lawyer and politician. A member of the Liberal Party, she served as the Minister of Democratic Institutions from 2024 to 2025 and has represented the federal riding of Brampton North in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. [5] [6] She also previously served as the Chief Government Whip from January to December 2024.

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Early life and education

Sahota was born in Toronto after her parents arrived in Canada from Punjab, India in the late 1970s, [7] and was raised in Brampton. Her father previously was the Chairman of the Ontario Sikhs and Gurdwara Council. [8]

Sahota attended Brampton's Central Peel Secondary School from 1993 to 1998, and then graduated with an Honours bachelor's degree in Political Science and Peace Studies at McMaster University in 2003. [9] She then attended Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, graduating in 2007. [10]

From 2007 to 2012, Sahota practiced law in Cleveland, Ohio, focusing on commercial litigation. [11] [12]

Political career

Sahota sought the Liberal nomination for the newly created riding of Brampton North, winning it on March 1, 2015. [13]

The general election campaign involved some controversy, as Sahota's campaign criticized leaflets circulated by her opponent, Conservative incumbent Parm Gill, which it was alleged were deliberately aimed at confusing Sahota with previous Liberal Party MP Ruby Dhalla. [14] Sahota defeated Gill to win the election.

Once elected, Sahota was appointed to both the Standing Committee on the Status of Women and the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs. She was subsequently named to the Special Committee on Electoral Reform. On February 1, 2017, she was elected Chair of the Federal Liberal Ontario Caucus by her peers. As Caucus Chair, she presides over meetings, leads discussions, and is an important link between Ontario Liberal MPs and the Prime Minister's Office and Cabinet.

Sahota was appointed interim Chief Government Whip on January 8, 2024, replacing Steven MacKinnon while he was appointed interim Government House Leader while Karina Gould was on maternity leave. MacKinnon was promoted to Minister of Labour on July 9, 2024 making Sahota's appointment as whip permanent. [15]

Sahota became Minister of Democratic Institutions and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario in December 2024. She was appointed by Prime Minister Mark Carney to be part of the 30th Canadian Ministry as Secretary of State (Combatting Crime). [16]

Personal life

She is married to podiatrist Dr. Tejinder Sahota and has a son named Nihal.

Electoral record

2025 Canadian federal election : Brampton North—Caledon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Ruby Sahota 22,68248.93–2.51
Conservative Amandeep Judge22,03247.53+14.34
New Democratic Ruby Zaman1,0012.16–11.79
People's Sat Anand6371.37+0.41
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout46,35267.05
Eligible voters69,132
Liberal notional hold Swing –8.43
Source: Elections Canada [17] [18]
2021 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ruby Sahota22,97653.87+2.44
Conservative Medha Joshi13,29231.16+3.49
New Democratic Teresa Yeh6,38614.97-1.92
Total valid votes42,654
Total rejected ballots
Turnout42,65456.61-8.58
Eligible voters75,344
Source: Elections Canada [19]
Liberal hold Swing -0.53
2019 Canadian federal election : Brampton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Ruby Sahota 25,97051.42+3.05$76,162.12
Conservative Arpan Khanna 13,97327.67-5.32$100,060.30
New Democratic Melissa Edwards8,38216.90+0.40$17,829.85
Green Norbert D'Costa1,5163.00+1.10$0.00
People's Keith Frazer5101.01–none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit50,50299.03
Total rejected ballots4960.97
Turnout50,99865.19
Eligible voters78,229
Liberal hold Swing +4.11
Source: Elections Canada [20] [21]
2015 Canadian federal election : Brampton North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Ruby Sahota 23,29748.37+20.21$136,386.70
Conservative Parm Gill 15,88832.99-15.88$194,312.26
New Democratic Martin Singh 7,94616.50-2.34$78,854.84
Green Pauline Thornham9151.90-1.78$146.44
Communist Harinderpal Hundal1200.25––
Total valid votes/expense limit48,166100.00 $206,076.29
Total rejected ballots3180.66–
Turnout48,48466.13–
Eligible voters73,321
Liberal notional gain from Conservative Swing +18.05
Source: Elections Canada [22] [23]

References

  1. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ↑ Alumni Elected Officials | WMU Cooley Law School Western Michigan University]
  3. ↑ Sahota, Ruby (June 22, 2016). "Ruby Sahota on Twitter: "Thanks for the birthday wishes & cake #TeamSahota - They are truly amazing individuals working hard for #Brampton"". twitter.com. Twitter. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Meet the candidates: Ruby Sahota is the Liberal party candidate for Brampton North". Brampton Guardian. September 1, 2021. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Liberal Ruby Sahota wins in Brampton North". San Grewal. Toronto Star. October 20, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ "19 Indian-Canadians elected to Canadian parliament". The Economic Times. October 20, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Debates (Hansard) No. 30 - March 10, 2016 (42-1) - House of Commons of Canada". www.parl.gc.ca.
  8. ↑ "'Captain's allegations against Canadian minister baseless'". indianexpress.com. April 17, 2017.
  9. ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubysingh [ self-published source ]
  10. ↑ "Benchmark | Summer 2016 by Cooley Law School - Issuu". issuu.com. August 3, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Benchmark | Summer 2016". issuu.com. issuu. July 24, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  12. ↑ Ruby Sahota Biography, Liberal.ca.
  13. ↑ Another Ruby wins Liberal nomination for Brampton North, Can-India News, March 5, 2015.
  14. ↑ Althia Raj, Ruby Sahota, Liberal Candidate, Incensed At Tory Parm Gill's Name Game, The Huffington Post , August 24, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Brampton MP Ruby Sahota named government whip in Liberal cabinet adjustment". InSauga. January 9, 2024. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  16. ↑ Rumbolt, Ryan (May 13, 2025). "Brampton MP Ruby Sahota will take on crime file in new cabinet role | inBrampton". INsauga | Ontario Local News Network. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. April 29, 2025. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  19. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada . Retrieved September 2, 2021.
  20. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  21. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  22. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Brampton North, 30 September 2015
  23. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
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