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Canada’s Province of Ontario went to the polls last week and the voters have brought in, after a long hiatus, a majority government. The win by Kathleen Wynne and her Liberal Party is notable in a number of ways, not the least being that the government side of the parliament benches will boast four Sikh-Canadian […]

Canada’s Province of Ontario went to the polls last week and the voters have brought in, after a long hiatus, a majority government.

The win by Kathleen Wynne and her Liberal Party is notable in a number of ways, not the least being that the government side of the parliament benches will boast four Sikh-Canadian Members of Parliament out of 59 — that is, almost 7% of the governing party.

In addition to the four, a fifth Sikh-Canadian was re-elected for the New Democratic Party (“NDP”), bringing the total number of Sikh-Canadian MPPs in Ontario new Parliament to five out of a total of 107 — which is almost 5% of the province’s lawmakers.

The following are the five MPPs:

LIBERAL

  1. Amrit Kaur Mangat, Mississauga – Brampton South
  2. Harinder Kaur Malhi, Brampton – Springdale
  3. Harinder Singh Takhar, Mississauga – Erindale
  4. Vic Singh Dhillon, Brampton West

 

NDP

  1. Jagmeet Singh, Bramalea – Gore – Malton

 

Equally notable in this election is the fact that Kathleen Wynne is the first woman to be elected as Premier in Ontario.

And, to the credit of Ontario’s electorate, neither her gender nor the fact that she is a lesbian and openly campaigned with her partner by her side, played any part in her electibility.

~ Source – http://sikhchic.com/