Jagmeet Singh

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Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal (born January 2, 1979 in Scarborough (Toronto) , Ontario ), known as Jagmeet Singh , is a Canadian politician and party leader of the social democratic New Democratic Party (NDP).

He has been a member of the Ontario Legislative Assembly since 2011 as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party , of which he was Vice Chairman from 2015 to 2017. On October 1, 2017, he was elected chairman of the NDP in a primary election to succeed Thomas Mulcair .

Origin, studies and profession

Singh was born in Scarborough, a suburb of Toronto , in 1979 . His parents were immigrants from the Indian state of Punjab . He grew up in St. John's, Newfoundland , Windsor, Ontario, and Beverly Hills, Michigan , where he graduated from school in 1997. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Western Ontario in 2001 and a Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in 2005 . He was admitted to the Canada bar in 2006. He then worked as a criminal defense lawyer in the Greater Toronto Area, initially at Pinkofskys' law firm, then in his own law firm, Singh Law , which he ran with his brother Gurratan Singh.

He is fluent in English, French and Punjabi .

Political career

Early attempt in federal politics

As a lawyer, Singh assisted groups of human rights activists , including a group protesting against Indian politician Kamal Nath's visit to Canada for his involvement in the persecution of Sikhs . Singh was encouraged by the activists to become politically active himself. He ran for the first time in the Canadian general election in 2011 in the constituency of Bramalea-Gore-Malton . From that point on, he stopped using his surname Dhaliwal, which is associated with the caste system , to show that he is opposed to the caste system. He lost the election narrowly to the candidate of the Conservative Party , Bal Gosal .

Ontario Province politician

Singh at a Labor Day 2014 parade

In the election for Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 2011 Singh joined the NDP Ontario and defeated in the constituency Bramalea-Gore-Malton previous local deputies Kuldip Kular by the Liberals . Singh was the first NDP candidate to win a mandate in the Peel region . He was also the first member of the legislative assembly to wear a turban (or dastar ).

Singh's areas of responsibility in parliament were in particular overseeing the Ontario Attorney General and the provincial consumer protection ministry. He introduced several legislative proposals on car insurance and criticized the corresponding policies of the ruling liberals. He also made suggestions in various areas of police work , the real estate industry and the health system, which generally aimed at better democratic control and the strengthening of the rights of ombudspersons in various institutions.

In the 2014 election, he was re-elected in his constituency. He then became vice-chairman of the NDP parliamentary group.

Provincial politics outside of Ontario

Singh campaigned for the Alberta New Democratic Party in 2015 and campaigned for voters of Asian descent in particular in Irfan Sabir's campaign. Sabir ultimately won his Calgary constituency and became a minister in Rachel Notley's cabinet . In 2017, Singh also appeared for the British Columbia NDP and the Nova Scotia NDP in their respective provincial election campaigns.

Election to the federal chairman of the NDP

Jagmeet Singh in January 2017

After the previous party chairman Thomas Mulcair lost a leadership review vote (a kind of vote of confidence ) at the NDP's national party congress in 2016 after the NDP's disappointing general election in 2015 and a new chairman was to be elected by primary election, Singh was considered a promising candidate in polls. On May 15, 2017, he officially announced his application for the post and began his election campaign in Brampton . In August 2017, Singh claimed his campaign had already resulted in 47,000 new entrants to the NDP; the claim has been criticized as excessive by its competitors. Singh won the primary election on October 1, 2017 with 53.8% of the votes cast.


Private life

Singh is married. He practices Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has participated in several competitions in the sport in Canada and the USA. Various media have highlighted his style of clothing. The fact that he is the first member of a “ visible minority ” to be the federal chairman of one of the major Canadian political parties caused quite a stir. Singh is a practicing Sikh.

Web links

Commons : Jagmeet Singh  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jagmeet Singh . Huffington Post.
  2. ↑ Julie Slack: MPP likes the finer things . In: Mississauga News . December 22, 2011. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012.
  3. ↑ Ava Baccari: Ontario's Jagmeet Singh Responds to Racist Accusations with “Love and Courage” , Flare (magazine). 10th September 2017. 
  4. ↑ a b c d Martha Tancock: Number One . The York University Magazine, 2014, p. 20.
  5. ↑ Arshy man: The most interesting man at Queen's Park . In: Canadian Lawyer Magazine , November 17, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2016. 
  6. ^ A b Ontario NDP's Singh throws stern of a victory rally , CBC News . October 7, 2011. 
  7. ↑ Summary of Valid Ballots Cast for Each Candidate (PDF) Elections Ontario. October 6, 2011. Archived from the original on March 30, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  8. ↑ Jane Taber: NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh's quest to quash carding in Ontario . In: The Globe and Mail , June 5, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2016. 
  9. ↑ Jagmeet Singh, MPP (Bramalea-Gore-Malton) . Legislative Assembly of Ontario . Retrieved April 22, 2016.
  10. ↑ Martin Regg Cohn: Leaderless NDP looks to rising star Jagmeet Singh: Cohn . Toronto Star . October 8, 2016.
  11. ^ Joanna Smith: Ontario NDP deputy leader Jagmeet Singh helped court South Asian vote - in Alberta . In: Toronto Star , July 2, 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2016. 
  12. ↑ Brampton MPP Jagmeet Singh Set to Run for Federal NDP Leadership . May 11, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017. 
  13. ↑ Ashley Csanady: NDP leadership poll: Avi Lewis, Jagmeet Singh and Nathan Cullen are favorites to take party helm . In: National Post , April 20, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2016. 
  14. ↑ Peel Region MPP Jagmeet Singh jumps into federal NDP leadership (en-CA) . In: The Toronto Star , May 15, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017. 
  15. ↑ Jagmeet Singh needed Thousands of new members to win NDP leadership race - he might have them . In: CBC News . Retrieved September 12, 2017. 
  16. ↑ Jagmeet Singh accused of inflating party membership signups (en-US) . In: National Post , August 30, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017. 
  17. ↑ Gloria Galloway: Jagmeet Singh chosen as new federal NDP leader . October 1, 2017. Accessed October 1, 2017.
  18. ↑ Making history, Jasmeet Singh, scores NDP leadership victory . Rcinet approx. October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.
  19. ↑ Meet Jagmeet Singh: New leader of federal NDP . In: CBC News , October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017. 
  20. ^ Sikh Becomes Canada's First Nonwhite Political Party Leader . In: The New York Times , October 1, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017. 
  21. ↑ WSO's 2012 List of Honorees . World Sikh Organization of Canada. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Singh, Jagmeet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal, Jagmeet (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd January 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough (Toronto) , Ontario