Rachna Singh

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]

Rachna Singh MLA
Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office November 26, 2020
Preceded by	Position Created
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Surrey-Green Timbers
Incumbent
Assumed office May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Sue Hammell
Personal details
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	Gurpreet Singh
Children	2
Alma mater	Panjab University (MA, Clinical Psychology)

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.

Electoral History

2020 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rachna Singh	8,171	59.59	+1.4
	Liberal	Dilraj Atwal	5,540	40.41	+7.3
Total valid votes			13,711	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[3]

2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Rachna Singh	8,945	58.29	+0.23	$58,322
	Liberal	Brenda Locke	5,056	32.95	−1.57	$20,975
	Green	Saira Aujla	1,112	7.25	+3.2	$7,739
	No affiliation	Vikram Bajwa	163	1.06	–	$7,980
	Your Political Party	Kanwaljit Singh Moti	69	0.44	–	$3,612
Total valid votes			15,345	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			163	1.05	−0.14
Turnout			15,508	54.61	+2.29
Registered Voters			28,400
Source: Elections BC[4][5]

References

1. "Surrey: NDP takes six of nine ridings". The Province, May 9, 2017.
2. "B.C. NDP nominates Rachna Singh in Surrey–Green Timbers". The Georgia Straight, January 9, 2017.
3. "2020 Provincial General Election Final Voting Results". electionsbcenr.blob.core.windows.net. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
4. "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
5. "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.