Tania Sodhi | |
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Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Moncton Northwest | |
Assumed office October 21, 2024 | |
Preceded by | Ernie Steeves |
Personal details | |
Political party | Liberal |
Tania Sodhi is a Canadian realtor and politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2024 election. She was elected in the riding of Moncton Northwest. [1]
Sodhi is originally from Patiala,a city in Punjab,India. [2] Before immigrating to Canada in 2018, [3] she practiced law when she was based in India. [4] Sodhi works as a realtor in the Moncton area. [5] Sodhi is the first visible-minority elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick and the second person of South-Asian descent elected to a legislature from an Atlantic province. [6]
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