Rachna Singh
| Rachna Singh MLA | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Green Timbers | |
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Assumed office May 9, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Sue Hammell |
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| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Gurpreet Singh |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Panjab University (MA, Clinical Psychology) |
Rachna Singh is a Canadian politician and trade unionist, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Surrey-Green Timbers as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus.[1]
Prior to her election to the legislature, Singh worked as a Psychologist and drug and alcohol counsellor. She became active in her labour union local, and eventually became a National Representative (staff) for the Canadian Union of Public Employees[2] representing workers through advocacy in grievance handling, labour arbitrations, organizing, community and political activism and helping advise local unions on matters of internal administration.
Singh is married to Gurpreet Singh, a journalist for the Georgia Straight and publisher of the Radical Desi magazine. Both descend from families with a history of activism for various social and economic causes in their native India.
Singh is a secular Sikh and lives in Surrey.
References
- 1 2 "Surrey: NDP takes six of nine ridings". The Province, May 9, 2017.
- ↑ "B.C. NDP nominates Rachna Singh in Surrey–Green Timbers". The Georgia Straight, January 9, 2017.